Chevy Bolt EV: 800-mile trip in 238-mile electric car shows challenges remain

Owner Dawn Hall before 800-mile road trip in 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric carWith about twice the range of any non-Tesla electric car, the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV has generated a great deal of excitement and won numerous awards over the last year. In combination with a nascent DC fast-charging infrastructure, it offers the possibility of much longer road trips powered solely by grid electricity. One early Bolt EV owner is...

ChargePoint launches Express Plus modular fast-charging hardware

ChargePoint Express Plus modular DC fast-charging system for electric cars, launched at 2017 CESIt's an interesting moment to contemplate the future of DC fast charging for electric cars right now. Electric cars with 200 miles or more of range are starting to hit the market, with half a dozen expected to be in showrooms three years hence. And international standards groups are working to boost fast-charging rates from the 50-kilowatt level...

Porsche’s 800-Volt fast charging for electric cars: why it matters

Porsche Mission E Concept  -  2015 Frankfurt Auto Show live photosThe future of electric cars for practical transportation relies to some degree on the future of DC fast charging, and how it develops over the next decade. As in other spheres of electrifying transport, Tesla Motors has pointed the way to one vision of the future with its expanding network of Supercharger fast-charging sites. But Tesla's network...

DC fast-charging in east, west coast corridors done, say VW, BMW

BMW i3 and Volkswagen e-Golf electric cars using Combined Charging System (CCS) DC fast chargingBMW and Volkswagen have finally completed a network of network of public DC fast-charging sites that use the Combined Charging Standard (CCS). In January 2015, the two German carmakers announced a collaboration with network operator ChargePoint to build more stations compatible with CCS—which their electric cars use. Known as the Express...