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• Watch a Bolt EV at a ChargePoint Express 250 charge at up to 55 kW

  By Jeff Nisewanger on July 17, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  California’s first greater-than-50 kilowatt DC charger is now online and available for public use. How many kWh and miles of driving range can it add to the battery of an existing EV? We plugged in a 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV… Read More ›

• Electrify America names ultra-fast charging site contractors

  By Jeff Nisewanger on June 7, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Black & Veatch and SAI Group have been named as the two firms that will design and build Electrify America’s 484 initially planned ultra-fast charging locations in the United States. Some 300 of those locations are planned along highways to… Read More ›

• Revealed: secrets of the Bolt EV service manual

  By Jeff Nisewanger on June 5, 2018 • ( 9 )

  

  The official General Motors 2017 Bolt EV service manual is now available in both paper and PDF thumb drive formats and a quick skim reveals some interesting trivia. Access to service manuals is one advantage that the customers of GM… Read More ›

• Hyundai Ioniq EV keeps 28 kWh battery for 2019

  By Jeff Nisewanger on May 30, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Hyundai has just announced relatively minor changes to its Ioniq lineup for the new 2019 model year in the United States market and will continue the EV variant’s 28 kWh battery pack and 124 mile driving range. The move comes… Read More ›

• ChargePoint vs Tesla: Megacharger connector comparison

  By Jeff Nisewanger on May 14, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  ChargePoint revealed a “first-ever concept design” for a 2 megawatt electric charging connector intended for use with large electric trucks and airplanes at the second annual Elevate Summit conference in Los Angeles last week. The new connector appears to share… Read More ›

• California gets Q1 2018 report from Electrify America

  By Jeff Nisewanger on May 12, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Electrify America’s new quarterly report to the California Air Resources Board shows they plan to install DC charging at 160 locations throughout the state using over 600 chargers. At least 50 of those locations will include ultra-fast units located adjacent… Read More ›

• GM releases new round of updates for all Bolt EVs

  By Jeff Nisewanger on May 10, 2018 • ( 8 )

  

  Here we go again…. GM is beginning to notify existing owners of 2018 and 2017 Bolt EVs that they should bring their cars into the dealer for a software update that will improve the way the car behaves in the… Read More ›