China has its own fast-charging standard, though, and Japan will likely stay with CHAdeMO.
Boston Power, founded in 2005, makes fast-charging Li-ion cells for consumer products, including some Hewlett-Packard laptops.
Even though these are touted as fast-charging stations, it would take hours to fully charge a battery.
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It will have fast-charging capability, which is a feature that has been absent on electric cars so far.
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The breakthrough is that the SAE International standards agency has finalized work on a U.S. 480-volt fast-charging standard.
Fast-charging stations are still scarce but Nissan says they will steadily increase in number over the next couple of years.
But public fast-charging better not cost a lot: 75 percent said they would pay a 33 percent premium (over the slower, at-home rate) to fast charge.
The SL version of the Nissan Leaf will now come standard with fast-charging capability, an option that most of the 4, 000 current Nissan Leaf owners ordered.
T-Mobile Micro USB Chargers are designed to provide customers with a convenient, fast-charging solution, while helping to reduce the number of cords needed for charging other electronic devices.
The MAINGEAR Solo 21 is equipped with up to four USB 3.0 ports and two additional high current, fast-charging USB ports keep your mobile devices ready to go.
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In both cases the sockets will allow fast-charging and will include a communications interface so an electric car can, for instance, identify itself for billing purposes when plugged into a public recharging spot.
The ThinkPad X1 was designed for mobile professionals who demand the best in performance, mobility and entertainment, and offers a simple, modern style with backlit keyboard, fast-charging batteries and a host of performance and multimedia capabilities.
"Esha Khare, 18, of Saratoga, California has received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award for developing a fast-charging super-capacitor that fits inside a cell phone, charges the battery in under a minute, and holds it for long, " the paper adds.
Here's hoping that the Ulsan team's fast-charging battery is more viable than others and spreads to just about everything -- we'd love to have EVs and laptops alike that power up in as much time as it takes to fill a traditional car at the pump.
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In California alone (as part of a settlement with the State over issues occurring suring the CA energy crisis over a decade ago) NRG has agreed to build and operate infrastructure for at least 200 fast-charging (480 volt) stations, and a minimum 10, 000 level 2 (240 volt) stations in businesses and multi-unit dwellings.
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Renault is particularly keen to promote fast-charging stations, along with exchange centres on motorways where depleted batteries can be quickly swapped for another one during long journeys. (This approach is being championed by Better Place, a start-up which has developed robots to handle the battery-swapping process.) Meanwhile the tinkerers are already at work: some are planning to build small, petrol-powered generators which can be towed behind battery-only cars on long trips.
He says that the money and the political will are there to install fast charging-points (which can deliver an 80% charge within 20 minutes) in car parks, workplaces and city streets.
The energy concerns of the future have also been taken into account with grand schemes of super-fast charging batteries supplied ultimately by solar or wind power connected to the stacking stations that could even feed back into the energy grid of the city itself.
Starting at only 3.5 pounds, the H2 delivers 6.5 hours of battery life and includes fast charging twin hot-swappable batteries that allow for virtually limitless use, maximizing up time.
In addition, Siemens will provide highly efficient and fast on-board and off-board charging systems.
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Tesla thus becomes the latest automaker to attempt to straddle the divide between charging protocols in this fast-evolving sector.
AV's comprehensive EV charging solutions include EV home charging, public charging, fast charging, data collection, grid-integrated communications and complete installation, training and support services for consumers, automakers, utilities, government agencies and businesses.
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The fast charge handle is heavier than the J1772 standard for 220-volt charging, but it was not much harder to use.
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Meanwhile, Clever, a Danish company in the EV charging space announced in late 2012 that it was installing 50 fast charging stations (capable of recharging a vehicle in 15-20 minutes) by mid-2013.
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Nevertheless, Cracker Barrel is taking a plunge into the unknown with 24 electric charging stations (half of them with ultra-fast 480-volt DC) in a Tennessee triangle that includes Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.
When it goes on sale next summer, the Spark EV is expected to have among the best EV battery range in its segment and be the first electric vehicle to offer SAE Combo DC Fast Charging capability, enabling the Spark EV to reach 80-percent battery charge in just 20 minutes.
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AV's industrial fast charging systems support thousands of electric materials handling vehicles in mission-critical supply chains for Fortune 500 enterprises.
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The I-MiEV and some Nissan Leafs will be equipped for this kind of fast charging, but the U.S. has yet to decide if it will develop its own standard, or embrace the Japanese form, which goes by the colorful name CHAdeMO.
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Fast and Energy Efficient: All three Micro USB Chargers provide customers with a faster charge time - charging phones at least 20% faster and up to 50% faster than standard chargers (depending on the phone).
Because it packs a full-size USB port as well as a micro one and fast (2.1 amp) charging, the Power Station can also power up an iPad.
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