), two primary methods are commonly used: Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC) charging. Both serve the same purpose—recharging the EV’s battery—but they operate in fundamentally different ...

The Porsche Taycan’s AC charging abilities just got really fast. Sure, DC fast charging speeds are the cool, suave thing that most consumers want to know about when looking at an EV, but AC level 2 ...

Understanding the intricacies of electricity and how it works in relation to electric vehicles (EVs) can be confusing. Before I bought a Mitsubishi i-MiEV and before I started heavily reporting on EVs ...

There's so much jargon around types of EV charging, sometimes you can feel like you need an engineering degree to understand it all. There can be a lot to keep track of: high voltage electricity, ...

Imagine being stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on a brutally hot summer day when, unexpectedly, your car’s AC stops blowing cold air. Not only is this going to make your drive unbearable until the ...

A significant factor that scares people away from electric vehicles is confusion around charging. Every gas station in the land is fitted with nozzles that will fill any gasoline-powered car’s fuel ...

EV owners don't necessarily need to understand the inner workings of a charger to charge their cars. Still, given the many types of chargers available (each with its own plug type, power level, and ...

Electric vehicle (EV) charging standards have evolved quickly over the past decade, but one name still comes up often, and that's CHAdeMO. Originally developed in Japan, the CHAdeMO fast charging ...