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A.I. Is Helping ‘Small Town America’ Embrace the Green Transition
Fortune – With all the hype about generative A.I., you might have forgotten about “classical A.I.,” which uses big data and “machine learning” algorithms to optimize business processes ... more
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FreeWire to Launch Site Analytics Tool
CSP – FreeWire Technologies is using artificial intelligence to predict demand for electric vehicle charging in various locations, allowing retailers to make more-informed choices about where to ins... more
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Parkland Opens Largest Open-Access EV Charging Site in Canada
C-STORE DIVE – The location in Hope, British Columbia, can charge up to 12 vehicles at a time and saw 300 customers in its first week of opening. To date, Parkland has already seen 100,000 charges a... more
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Solving Middle-Of-Nowhere EV Charging Could Be Profitable
Clean Technica – I spend a lot of time thinking about the future of EV charging infrastructure. Every EV driver wonders about this a little, and we probably all have ideas about where stations shoul... more
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Fast Charging, High Costs: Eliminating Demand Charges Won’t Solve the Problem
Utility Dive – High electricity costs and an antiquated electric grid are slowing the national transition to electric vehicles. A frequently proposed approach to overcome this challenge — eliminat... more
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Utility Rate Design: Sustainable Solutions for Managing EV Charging Costs and Grid Modernization
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Electric Big Rigs Hit the Streets, but Chargers Are Scarce
Wall Street Journal – Heavy-duty electric trucks are rolling out across the country. The electric grid upgrades and equipment needed to plug them in aren’t. As automakers deliver new electric ... more
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GM and Ford Could Help Spark a Charging Standards War by Teaming Up With Tesla
TechCrunch – Seven months ago, when Tesla announced it would share its EV charging connector design to encourage automakers to adopt the technology and help make it the new standard in North Ameri... more
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Analysis: Ford’s EV Charging Tie-up with Tesla Ripples through Industry
Reuters – The Ford deal was a boost to Tesla’s more widespread, reliable North American Charging Standard (NACS) and dented the value of smaller players offering the rival Combined Charging Sy... more
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FreeWire CEO Commends Ford and Tesla, Vows to Add NACS Connectors to Its Chargers
FreeWire to add NACS connectors to chargers by 2024 Electrek – If you’re not already aware of FreeWire Technologies, you probably should be. It is an EV fast charging and energy management solutio... more
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Community Briefs: Free EV Charging, Learning About Housing Instability, and Downtown Mountain View
Bay Area electric vehicle charging company offers free charging in Mountain View Mountain View Voice – In celebration of Clean Air Month, Newark-based company FreeWire is offering free and fast el... more
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FreeWire Offering Two Weeks of Free Charging at Chevron, Mountain View, to Celebrate Clean Air Month and Deployment at its Ultrafast EV Charger
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – FreeWire Technologies, the leading provider of battery-integrated electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and energy management solutions, has deployed a new Boost Charger at a C... more
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FreeWire Unveils CLAIM, a Service for Streamlining EV Charging Infrastructure Incentives
The EV Report – What’s Happening: FreeWire Technologies, an industry frontrunner in battery-integrated electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and energy management solutions, has launched a no... more
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EV Charger Data Helps Decide Locations
Charging networks, research firms and automakers use data to fill charging gaps as EV sales climb. Automotive News – As the Biden administration, automakers, local governments and others pledge to i... more
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FreeWire Preferred Vendor of Ford Minority Dealership Group
Auto Dealer Today – The Ford Minority Dealership Association selected FreeWire as its preferred electric vehicle charger vendor in a partnership designed to help dealerships meet the demands of Ford... more
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How FreeWire’s Charging Technology Meets Ford Model E Program Requirements
FreeWire begins Preferred Vendor relationship with Ford Minority Dealers Association. The Ford Minority Dealers Association (Ford MDA) has selected FreeWire as their preferred electric vehicle (EV) ch... more
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Loop Neighborhood Market Launches EV Charging Program
C-STORE DIVE – As of early March, Loop’s leadership team was in the process of building two EV chargers in the forecourt of its first Poppy Market location in Arbuckle, California. The structural ... more
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FreeWire’s Game-Changing EV Charging Solutions Expand Outside the US Into the EU
Electrek – This morning, FreeWire Technologies announced a larger expansion into Europe with a new headquarters in Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK – which will see a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 19. ... more
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Battery Integration Tackles Charging Network Challenges
Automotive World by Megan Lampinen – FreeWire’s approach slashes the input power requirement for charging operators, allowing for rapid, low-cost deployment almost anywhere. Ultrafast electric veh... more
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FreeWire Helps Road Ranger Get EV Charging Stations Up Faster
CleanTechnica – On March 8, Road Ranger welcomed the first of many EV Boost Charging Stations to its Waco, Texas, location. The ribbon-cutting saw the commissioning of four machines, giving the site... more
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Santa Cruz, CA, Gets First Electric Garbage Truck
The new garbage collector, which costs around $600,000, has a 290 kWh total battery capacity that allows it to hold a charge for about eight hours. The new collector is expected to save around $20,000... more
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EV Charging Station Sneak Attack Coming Soon to a Gas Station Near You
EV Charging At Gas Stations: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet Installing an EV charging station is not a particularly simple task, as described in detail by CleanTechnica’s Jennifer Sensiba last Decemb... more
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Episode #275: Electrify News Podcast: Ultrafast Charging & Energy Storage
Electrify News Podcast: Episode #275 Joining Jo today is the CEO and Founder of FreeWire Technologies, Arcady Sosinov. Arcady and Jo kick off the episode with some discussion around the NEVI program a... more