EV Charging

Not all drivers looking to ditch the combustion engine in favor of battery-electric drive have ready access to chargers at home. Audi is looking to serve its EV customers with urban charging hubs with an included while-you-wait lounge.

A new advance in EV research leverages an advanced cooling technology to take the heat out of the charging cable, allowing it to handle the type of current needed to charge up an electric car in under five minutes.

ZipCharge says that some 40% of car-owning households in the UK don't have designated off-street parking, making owning an EV less attractive due to lack of home charging possibilities. That's where the Go power bank on wheels is designed to come in.

A remarkable new battery and ultra-charger combo from Hong Kong's Desten Group claims 400-km electric vehicle top-ups in 4 minutes, 40 seconds, transferring energy at nearly a megawatt without excessive heat and lasting more than 3,000 cycles.

Global technology company ABB has just announced what is claimed to be the world's fastest electric vehicle charger, capable of delivering 100 km (62 miles) of range in a matter of minutes.

With the lithium power of a Tesla Model 3, Colorado Teardrops' new Boulder trailer can charge its tow vehicle and make up for the decrease in range it adds at the hitch. Adventurers can disappear into the wild and make it back without incident.

Trojan Energy has developed an on-street EV charging solution that sits flush with the pavement until a user plugs in a special charging cable and tops up their vehicle. The first five Connectors have been installed in the London Borough of Brent.

There are a lot of reasons to like adding more battery power to off-roading, but there's also a big question: How do you charge that battery? Jeep is looking to help out by adding a network of off-road charging stations to its 4xe family.

Nova Innovation has announced the installation of the first electric vehicle charge point powered by tidal energy, which is located on the island of Yell in the Shetlands.

A year after Volkswagen unveiled its mobile charging robot concept designed to make the charging of electric vehicles a completely autonomous operation, the company has given us a glimpse of the robot in prototype form.

If electric vehicles run out of juice while traveling, drivers can't just walk to the nearest refueling point for a can full of charge. This is where mobile EV chargers could help, and the latest comes from Colorado's Lightning Systems.

If aeroplanes can refuel each other mid-air, then why not electric cars? What if EVs could share energy on the move? Could the whole traffic ecosystem become one giant battery dedicated to getting everyone where they're going without stopping?