Tag: Charging

25 OCT

Could This Be the Future of Charging While Traveling?

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15 OCT

Shell preps for the future with acquisition of EV charging network

Royal Dutch Shell (or just Shell, if you’re into the whole brevity thing) has already committed a billion dollars toward alternative fuels, and now it’s showing us where some of that money is going. The gas station corporation has agreed to buy NewMotion, a Netherlands-based company that owns some 30,000 electric-vehicle charging points across Western […]

13 OCT

Shell buys NewMotion charging network in first electric vehicle deal

AMSTERDAM – Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy Dutch-based NewMotion, the owner of one of Europe’s largest electric vehicle charging networks, marking the company’s first deal in electric mobility as demand for cleaner vehicles is expected to soar. Shell said NewMotion, which manages over 30,000 charging points for electric vehicles in Western Europe and […]

13 OCT

Flu jab 2017: Get the CHEAPEST vaccine in THIS supermarket – Boots is charging double!

The flu jab is on everyone’s lips after chairman of NHS England Sir Malcolm Grant said he fears hospitals will be “inundated” with cases this winter.  Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England, has urged the 21 million people eligible for free vaccinations to take up the jabs. It comes at a time when […]

27 SEP

Mug shot website must face class-action for charging to remove photos

Enlarge / Ars Creative Director Aurich Lawson is looking for $ 15k apiece to have these Ars authors’ faces removed from this group mug shot. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) Websites that publish mug shots and charge for their removal have defeated one lawsuit after the other, claiming First Amendment protection. But that defense to […]

23 SEP

Tesla might build convenience stores at its charging stations

Tesla plans to roll out more electric supercharging stations this year, especially in big cities, which should double the size of its network. But even with more places to juice up your Tesla, it still takes far longer to refill an EV than gassing up a fossil fuel-powered car. But the electric vehicle maker is […]

19 SEP

How Qi wireless charging works, and why it hasn’t taken over yet

Enlarge / The Qi-compatible Nexus 5 on the Nexus Wireless Charger. New chargers will be able to increase the space between the device and the pad. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) The Qi wireless charging standard from the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) is having a relatively good year. Now is a good time for a bird’s-eye view […]