In Germany, the Master Plan for Charging Infrastructure II has been approved by the cabinet. With 68 measures, the Ministry of Transport wants to accelerate the expansion of the charging network and, this time, aims to incentivise private enterprise.
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In Germany and Austria, the parking operator Contipark and the energy company E.ON want to install more than 4,000 new charging points in car parks and underground garages between 2023 and 2025. The project will involve AC wall boxes with an output of up to 22 kW.
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In Germany, Vattenfall and the NH Hotel Group are collaborating to set up charging stations for electric vehicles across the country. The hotel group is planning to install publicly accessible fast-charging infrastructure with 180 kW charging columns and AC chargers at 50 of its hotel locations.
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Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, has launched the new Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure Strategy 2022 – 2025, which will invest €100 million on public charging infrastructure construction over the next three years.
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The government of the UK and Ofgem published the ‘Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan’ today, setting out steps to seize on the significant potential of smart EV charging and make it the preferred method of long-duration charging by 2025.
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Audi is creating 72 additional charging points for electric vehicles at its Neckarsulm site through the use of so-called cubes, which use used lithium-ion batteries from dismantled Audi test vehicles to store electricity.
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Toronto launched the ‘EV Charging Initiative’ and appointed the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) to run it. TPA, the largest municipality-owned parking operator in North America, just installed eight chargers in a parking garage as part of a more comprehensive plan.
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The Texas government is awarding charging infrastructure provider Universal EV Chargers $3.2 million in grants to install 105 charging stations at 21 locations in the state. The focus is on destination chargers at hospitality establishments or apartment buildings.
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ABB E-Mobility has announced a new AC charging solution for the home that will go on sale later this year. At the at CES in Las Vegas, the Swiss-Swedish company revealed a special feature: The new ABB Terra Home wallbox can automatically give preference to electricity from renewable sources.
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Charging has increasingly become a geographical and financial matter as e-mobility shifted from a niche product to the mass transit option of the future. Sungrow Power aims to answer this challenge with Destination Charging and a basic but reliable charging product range.
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In the Australian city of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales (NSW), Transit Systems and their partners Zenobē and TransGrid have completed the construction of Australia’s largest electrified bus depot. The NSW State Government has also approved $3 billion to fund the next stage of Zero Emission Buses (ZEBS) and new charging infrastructure.
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Porsche has announced an offer to upgrade home charging in the USA for the 19.2 kW AC charging system. This upgrade effectively doubles the power the Taycan can draw from a 19.2 kW charger.
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The German charging infrastructure manufacturer Compleo Charging Solutions will file for insolvency proceedings in self-administration at short notice due to impending insolvency. The board of directors no longer considers “the positive continuation of the company as a going concern to be predominantly probable”.
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General Motors has kicked off the implementation of its “Dealer Community Charging Program” announced a year ago to build up to 40,000 AC charging stations by dealers in the US and Canada. The first of these charging stations have now been installed in Wisconsin and Michigan.
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ADS-TEC Energy has opened the order books in Europe for clients to order the company’s ChargePost system with integrated buffer battery, first announced in May. This time, the company delivers all details customers may need to know but one.
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The government of Slovakia is freeing a total of €46 million for a nationwide charging infrastructure roll-out. The new budgets will include 100% grants for high-power chargers and funding of slower charging stations in municipalities and workplaces.
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The French government has launched a new funding programme to support the installation of fast-charging stations at smaller filling stations in rural regions of the country.
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Audi has unveiled its new charging service, Audi Charging, which will replace the existing e-tron Charging service in the new year. Audi Charging will launch in 27 countries, including Germany, on 1 January 2023 and will be expanded later in the year.
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Siemens has received an order to supply charging stations for electric vehicles for Electromin’s planned charging network in Saudi Arabia. This includes the ultra-fast Sicharge D chargers that use direct current and the smart VersiCharge AC wall or pole mounted units that run on alternating current.
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In the Nordics, Recharge will be the first major operator to integrate card payment terminals at its charging stations. The launch will take place in Norway in 2023. The Norwegian parliament is also currently debating the introduction of corresponding legislation with this stipulation.
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In London, the Borough of Hounslow will expand its electric vehicle charging infrastructure in a series of stages by 2026. Houndslow Council decided to install 2,000 new EV charging points by 2026.
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Apcoa Parking UK has signed a multi-million-pound contract with Compleo UK to supply Apcoa Parking with charging stations. As part of the existing collaboration, Compleo UK will supply a further 1,000 AC charging stations by the end of 2024.
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The German automotive supplier Mahle has presented chargeBIG6, a smaller version of its chargeBIG charging system. The new variant is designed to charge up to six electric cars simultaneously, suitable for smaller application areas such as apartment buildings, workshops or small businesses.
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In the USA, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a five-year, statewide, $1 billion transportation electrification program. This encompasses funding for charging facilities for both heavy and light-duty vehicles.
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A new partnership between UK-based Connected Kerb and Australian EV infrastructure provider EVX aims to install 1,000 new kerbside EV charging points across Australia over the next 24 months.
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Ambition is in total supply at Tesla. The company wants Supercharger technology to become standard in North America and opened the design to third parties. Calling it the North American Charging Standard (NACS), Tesla is also set up against CCS.
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Audi has just announced the construction of fast-charging stations in Chinese cities with up to 360 kW of power. The first of these fast chargers are to be installed in major cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, from the end of 2022. The network will be exclusively available for Audi drivers.
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The government of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is funding the construction of 1,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles with 3.7 million euros. The project will be implemented in two phases. The first phase has a budget of 1.85 million euros, for which applications can be submitted until 31 January 2023.
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In the UK, as of 1 November, Tesco will start charging electric vehicle drivers to use all types of charge points at its grocery stores. Cooperation partner Pod Point did not mention rising energy costs, saying only that the revenues will be used to meet charge point roll-out targets by next year.
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In Luxembourg, the government is funding the construction of 672 additional charging points for electric cars, 44 of which are fast chargers, with more than 4.5 million euros. A total of 29 projects from 19 companies have now been selected as part of the first call for funding.
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