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• New Bugatti Chiron EV goes 12 MPH, built from LEGO parts

  By Jeff Nisewanger on August 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  In what may be the most awesome LEGO project ever, the company has announced the world premier of a full scale functional replica of the Bugatti Chiron supercar built almost entirely from LEGO Technic parts, including its 5.3 horsepower electric… Read More ›

• Electrify America releases Q2 California progress report

  By Jeff Nisewanger on August 14, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Electrify America has signed leases for 71 of its 162 highway and community DC charging locations planned by next year in California and made progress on the details of its GreenCity initiative in the Sacramento area, according to a new… Read More ›

• Electrify America preps first site with 10 chargers

  By Jeff Nisewanger on July 31, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  Electrify America is building its first highway charging site capable of handling up to 10 cars in the Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Kennesaw along I-75. Another location capable of charging up to 8 cars recently opened along I-95 in Stratford,… Read More ›

• Watch a 2019 Hyundai Kona EV charge at up to 70 kW

  By Jeff Nisewanger on July 30, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  Thanks to YouTube vlogger Bjorn Nyland we now have a time lapse video of the new 2019 Hyundai Kona EV charging at full capability on a 175 kilowatt DC charger in Europe. The small SUV, similar to the dimensions of… Read More ›

• 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 supporting CCS and CHAdeMO 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… 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 • ( 19 )

  

  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 ›