Google has plans to fashion a version of its Android operating system for vehicles, according to a report from Reuters. Sources told the news agency the technology titan’s plan is to have a version of Android — dubbed Android Auto — that would be built directly into vehicles enabling drivers to use the Internet without having to plug in their Smartphones. Google will offer up …
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CHAdeMO is the trade name of a quick charging method for battery electric vehicles delivering up to 62.5 kW of high-voltage direct current via a special electrical connector. It is proposed as a global industry standard by an association of the same name. CHAdeMO is an abbreviation of “CHArge de MOve”, equivalent to “charge for moving”. The name is a pun for O cha demo …
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles has made it mandatory for drivers to gain “immediate physical control” of a vehicle, necessitating the addition of a steering wheel and gas and brake pedals to its fleet of self-driving cars. The technology firm has said it will obey the new regulation set to go into effect in mid-September. “During our testing we are equipping the vehicles with …
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An electric vehicle charging station, also called EV charging station, electric recharging point, charging point, charge point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment), is an element in an infrastructure that supplies electric energy for the recharging of plug-in electric vehicles, including all-electric cars, neighborhood electric vehicles and plug- in hybrids. As plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicle ownership is expanding, there is a …
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