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Gathering Place receives electric vehicle charging stations
The Gathering Place will be the latest site in Tulsa to make use of electric vehicle charging stations for public use. In a partnership with Public Service Co. of Oklahoma and the Indian Nations Counc... more
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FreeWire’s boost charger becomes first battery-integrated EV charger to achieve UL certification, enables ultrafast charging without grid upgrades
FreeWire Technologies, Inc., San Leandro, California, has announced that Boost Charger™ is the first battery-integrated ultrafast charging system to achieve UL certification. Boost Charger is the fu... more
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How Convenient! Ultra Fast, Battery-Boosted EV Charging At ampm Stores
The field of battery-enabled ultra fast EV charging is about to blow up out of nowhere. In the latest development, the company FreeWire Technologies has inked a deal with the convenience store chain a... more
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EV Charging Live at ampm Store
An ampm store in Lodi, Calif., has installed electric vehicle (EV) charging from FreeWire Technologies. The installation of the Boost Charger in Lodi is the first of its kind, and FreeWire expects to ... more
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What’s the Difference Between EV Charging Levels?
Most drivers are familiar with different grades of gasoline, like regular, plus, or premium. What about electric vehicles? Are there different “grades”? Electric vehicle (EV) chargers are ... more
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Are You Prepared for the Next Power Outage?
With wildfire season around the corner in California, it’s not a question of if the power supply will turn off, but when. In 2019 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) intentionally turned off pow... more
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FreeWire Offers Safe, Touch-Free EV Charging
According to a Kimberly-Clark study, fuel station handles are the filthiest object in America, with 71% of handles considered “highly contaminated.”1 Electric vehicle (EV) owners using pu... more
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Acterra Celebrates 30 Years of Business Environmental Awards Virtually on May 28
Nonprofit Recognizes Eight Bay Area Organizations for Sustainability Leadership PALO ALTO, May 19, 2020—This year marks the 30th anniversary of Acterra’s Business Environmental Awards (BEA), a pro... more
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Clean, Reliable Power Supporting Emergency Services in San Francisco
Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood1. The Red Cross is a major provider of blood and emergency services, supplying about 40 percent of the nation’s blood. The San Francisco Disaster Ac... more
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FreeWire Shows How to Revive a Discharged Tesla Model 3 with a Dead 12 V Battery
Misery loves company, so what happens when the traction battery and the 12 V battery are both discharged? As electric cars become more and more popular, many users or potential buyers will wonder what... more
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East Bay energy tech startup raises $25M for ultra-fast electric car charging stations
Located in an old Chrysler and Dodge manufacturing building, energy tech company FreeWire Technologies has secured a $25 million funding round led by BP Ventures. The money will go toward commercializ... more
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FreeWire Technologies Raises $25M, Starts Shipping Battery-Boosted Fast Chargers
California startup finishes its “infrastructure-light” electric car chargers and moves into initial deployment. Startup FreeWire Technologies raised another $25 million to commercialize its electr... more
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FreeWire Technologies Raises $25 Million: ABB Joins The Board
FreeWire secured financing and is ready to launch flexible DC fast chargers with integrated batteries. FreeWire Technologies, provider of the flexible charging solutions, has announced the successful ... more
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Mobile EV Chargers
Charging Vans, Portable Chargers, and Temporary Chargers: Global Market Analysis and Forecasts The perpetual increase of the EV population and its expansion into new ownership cases and vehicle types ... more
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3 Innovations in Test at BP
EV Fast Charging In 2018, BP became a strategic investor in FreeWire Technologies Inc., a tech company best known for its mobile EV charging units. At the BPAMA convention, FreeWire displayed a batter... more
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New Voucher Program Cuts Costs for Clean Power Products in California
FreeWire Technologies’ Mobi product is now eligible for a 50% voucher from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Clean Off-Road Equipment (CORE) program designed to streamline the purchase o... more
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FreeWire Hosts Lunch & Learn with East Bay Clean Cities
A huge thank you to everyone that came to meet and network with other stakeholders in our community! In collaboration with East Bay Clean Cities Coalition (Oakland), we hosted a Lunch & Learn in o... more
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Public Funding Available for Clean Power Products in the San Francisco Bay Area
In an effort to prevent fires in California, during the fall of 2019 close to 1 million customers experienced rolling power outages. Many of those customers deployed portable generators to supplement ... more
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Mobi Gen Powers Event in Tokyo
Bell Energy and TEPCO Town Planning showcased the power of Mobi Gen at the recent Akari Park lighting event in Tokyo, Japan. Designed to raise awareness about renewable energy, this event was the perf... more
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Cooking with Clean Power: Using Mobi Gen for Food Trucks at LKIC with LADWP and LACI
The La Kretz Innovation Campus (LKIC) located in Downtown Los Angeles is using Mobi® Gen, an innovative battery-backed technology to power food trucks. LKIC is owned by the Los Angeles Department of ... more
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Will Ultra-Fast Charging Take-Off? (Part Two)
Over 28 providers are developing ultra-fast charging (100kW+) networks in the U.S. and Europe, with investment coming from several sectors. There is debate around its economics and the extent to which... more
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Mobi Gen Provides Electrification Beyond the Grid for Estas Manos Coffee
Innovative mobile kiosks called Cuberts are popping up all around the San Francisco Bay Area. Designed and manufactured by Off the Grid, Cubert is a mobile and modular pop-up kitchen and retail space ... more
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Startups’ Promising Results Energize IlluminationLAB Demo Day
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and other utilities will hear the results of intensive 10-we... more
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Leveraging Charging Infrastructure to Accelerate EV Sales
EV markets have grown considerably since 2010 driven primarily by government policies and advances in battery technology. Although the growth is encouraging, purchase subsidy programs in major markets... more