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Home EV Charging Revolution: Government Axes Red Tape to Help Millions Without Driveways

Red Tape Axed for Kerbside Charging In a bid to accelerate the electric vehicle revolution, the UK government announced it is overhauling planning laws to help drivers without off-street parking charge at home. Ministers plan to scrap the requirement for planning permission before fitting a “cross-pavement charging gully” outside one’s home electrifying.com. These narrow covered channels let a charging cable run safely under the sidewalk from a home power outlet to a car at the curb, without creating a trip hazard autocar.co.uk autocar.co.uk. Currently, homeowners with driveways can install a charger on their property freely, but those who park on
30 October 2025
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Battle of the EV Charging Standards: Tesla’s NACS vs. CCS2 vs. CHAdeMO – Who Will Rule the Roads in 2025?

Helios vs. Tesla: Inside the Solar-Powered EV Charging Platform Shaking Up the Industry

Helios Charging’s Clean Energy Platform Explained Helios Charging is positioning itself as a clean energy disruptor in EV infrastructure, blending renewable power and fintech-like innovation into EV charging. Announced in Denver on Sept. 15, 2025, Helios’s new platform is essentially an online marketplace for funding EV charging stations and solar projects oilprice.com. It connects accredited investors (think corporations or high-net-worth individuals) with project opportunities that need capital – for example, installing a bank of EV fast chargers at a shopping center, or building a solar-covered charging hub on a highway. In return for funding these developments, investors receive tax equity
16 September 2025
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No More Cables: Porsche’s Game-Changing 11 kW Wireless Charging Pad for EVs

No More Cables: Porsche’s Game-Changing 11 kW Wireless Charging Pad for EVs

Key Facts Porsche’s Wireless Charging Pad – How It Works and Key Features Porsche’s new wireless charging station lets EV owners charge their car as effortlessly as charging a phone or electric toothbrush motortrend.com, only on a larger scale. The system consists of two main pieces: a floor-mounted charging pad (also called a floor plate) and a receiver coil on the vehicle’s underside caranddriver.com. When the Cayenne EV is parked in the right spot over the pad, electricity is transferred inductively “through the air” via a magnetic field – no cable needed caranddriver.com insideevs.com. Charging speed: The wireless charger supplies
4 September 2025
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Battle of the EV Charging Standards: Tesla’s NACS vs. CCS2 vs. CHAdeMO – Who Will Rule the Roads in 2025?

Battle of the EV Charging Standards: Tesla’s NACS vs. CCS2 vs. CHAdeMO – Who Will Rule the Roads in 2025?

Tesla introduced its own charging connector with the Model S in 2012 and opened it as NACS in late 2022. Tesla’s V3 Superchargers deliver up to 250 kW (about 1000 V, 250 A) to compatible vehicles, enabling about 80% charge in roughly 20 minutes under ideal conditions. Ford announced NACS ports for 2025 models in May 2023, followed by GM in June 2023, with Volvo, Polestar, Mercedes‑Benz, Nissan, Honda, Rivian, Lucid, Hyundai, Kia, Genesis, and VW Group joining by late 2023. The SAE officially standardized NACS as SAE J3400 in 2023, and the U.S. government endorsed NACS as a national
5 August 2025
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