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S Harris, Rapid-charging stations gear up for EVs for the road, The Engineer, 23 January 2012, p 6

Harris, S; 23/01/2012

In UK, ABB has installed its first Terra 51 DC charger in a printing company in Nottinghamshire, with the aim of reducing the charging time from 8 hours to less than 30 minutes. In view of the charging rate of 50 kW, in contrast to conventional slow charging at 3 kW, specialised software is used to enable the charger to talk continuously to the car's battery management systems.

Abstract details

Journal title: The Engineer

Keywords: 4 Propulsion - 4.2 Battery-electric vehicles

Subjects: Information technology, Information systems, Energy efficiency, Management and commerce, Road transport, Energy consumption, Transport, Electric vehicles, Distributed storage, Software, Management systems