Electric Vehicles

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Buc-ee's, which expects to begin construction on its first travel center in Wisconsin in 2024, is adding new electric vehicle charging stations to its offerings.

Mercedes-Benz HPC North America LLC has already begun installing the premium EV charging hubs at several Buc-ee's travel centers and plans to have 31 completed by the end of 2024, the companies said. The hubs in some key markets are expected to open by the end of this year.

Buc-ee's declined to disclose the specific locations at this time. Most Buc-ee's locations will feature the charging hubs eventually, the companies said.

“Mercedes-Benz HPC North America's collaboration with Buc-ee's represents an important moment in our pursuit of a national charging network that sets a new standard in both convenience and quality,” Andrew Cornelia, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz HPC NA, said in a statement.

Buc-ee’s in April 2023 bought a 23-acre site in DeForest, near Madison, where it's planning one of its massive travel centers. Work on the about 75,000-square-foot store with 120 gas pumps at Highway V and Interstate 39/90/94 is anticipated to start in 2024. An application with the village of DeForest pegs an initial estimate for opening sometime in the first quarter of 2025.

Along with the electric Land Cruiser concept, Toyota also previewed a Ford Maverick-sized electric pickup.

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ChargePoint, one of the companies racing to put EV charging stations all over the US, announced today that it is beginning to roll out support for the NACS connector that is quickly becoming the national standard. ChargePoint stations that have previously used other ports and power sources can start to use the Tesla-created plug in November, and the company says it now offers “every necessary cable solution to charge an EV in North America and Europe.”

The company first said it would add NACS plugs to some of its stations in June, as the standards organization SAE International announced that the NACS (which stands for “North American Charging Standard”) port would be standardized for cars in North America. A number of car makers have since said they plan to make NACS-capable cars and offer adapters for their existing models.

ChargePoint quickly began making new stations with NACS plugs. Now it’s shipping “cable upgrade kits” to existing DC fast chargers around the country — hundreds of thousands of them, the company says — so they can upgrade their setup, both to better support Tesla charging and to be more compatible with the future of EVs. Those using ChargePoint’s in-home Home Flex system can get NACS cables even sooner.

About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.

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June 16, 2023, update: Since this article originally published on June 9, 2023, Hyundai responded to Consumer Reports’ test findings, indicating that it is working on a solution to be deployed to Hyundai and Genesis EV owners in July 2023. The article has been updated to reflect its response.

I'm definitely going to be keeping an eye on the development of this one. A return to actually practical trucks for working people would be great.