1,000 curbside EV chargers are coming to Philadelphia

Philadelphia plans to install up to 1,000 curbside EV chargers, targeting neighborhoods without off-street parking and with limited access.

Electrek

@MLE_online I upcycled power Schottkies from dead power supplies.

I connected a charger directly to battery terminals of a smartphone whose battery failed, over Schottky diodes to reduce the voltage properly.

Now I have a phone which always shows 90%-100% battery.

I ran Tesseract OCR on its 4x64-bit ARM CPU over Termux and ssh and it adds another 50% computational power to my PC when I needed to OCR many pages of documents.

The power Schottkies were upcycled from dead power supplies, the cable from a broken power cord, the USB-A connector from a failed charging cable, I don't remember what the resistor and PCB comes from.

#upcycling #recycling #reuse #frugal #frugalcomputing #frugality #righttorepair #repair #DIY #homemade #powersupply #charger #charging #smartphone #arm64 #tesseract #64bit

@EUCommission I connected a charger directly to battery terminals of a smartphone whose battery failed, over Schottky diodes to reduce the voltage properly.

Now I have a phone which always shows 90%-100% battery.

I ran Tesseract OCR on its 4x64-bit ARM CPU over Termux and ssh and it adds another 50% computational power to my PC when I needed to OCR many pages of documents.

The power Schottkies were upcycled from dead power supplies, the cable from a broken power cord, the USB-A connector from a failed charging cable, I don't remember what the resistor and PCB comes from.

#upcycling #recycling #reuse #frugal #frugalcomputing #frugality #righttorepair #repair #DIY #homemade #powersupply #charger #charging #smartphone #arm64 #tesseract #64bit

Pleased to see the old crappy Electrify America chargers in Plymouth replaced by new and more reliable ones… it happened twice for me here all working chargers were occupied because there were one or two (4 in total here) not working…

And this time of day there was only one other car charging here.

Quick stop because I forgot charging the car before this Ptown trip AND I have the bike rack on

7 mins 35kwh energy gained
Human and dog peed and relieved

#EV #Charging

Shifting Gears: Affordable Long-Range Electric Vehicles Gain Traction

New electric cars offer longer driving range and are easier to charge with NACS plugs, making them cheaper to own than gas cars.

#EVs, #NACS, #ElectricCars, #Charging, #LongRangeEV

https://newsletter.tf/affordable-long-range-evs-easier-to-charge/

Affordable Long-Range EVs Now Easier to Charge

New electric cars offer longer driving range and are easier to charge with NACS plugs, making them cheaper to own than gas cars.

NewsletterTF

More electric cars can now use Tesla's charging stations, making it easier to drive them long distances. This is a big change for drivers.

#EVs, #NACS, #ElectricCars, #Charging, #LongRangeEV
https://newsletter.tf/affordable-long-range-evs-easier-to-charge/

Affordable Long-Range EVs Now Easier to Charge

New electric cars offer longer driving range and are easier to charge with NACS plugs, making them cheaper to own than gas cars.

NewsletterTF
Feds Will Start Charging Companies Like SpaceX For Rocket Launches
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=feds-will-start-charging-companies-like-spacex-for-rocket-launches
<p>The FAA&#039;s fees start at 25 cents per pound of payload
#companies #charging #launches #spacex
Feds Will Start Charging Companies Like SpaceX For Rocket Launches

The FAA's fees start at 25 cents per pound of payload, capped at $30,000 for a single launch or reentry.

The EU common charger rules come into force for laptops.

EU rules on common chargers apply to laptops from today.

It means that all new laptops sold in the European Union must now support USB-C charging.

In December 2024, the rules came into force for mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, videogame consoles, and portable speakers.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260427-the-eu-common-charger-rules-come-into-force-for-laptops?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#EU #Charging #Laptops #Notebooks #Tech

The EU common charger rules come into force for laptops.

EU rules on common chargers apply to laptops from today. It means that all new laptops sold in the European Union must now support USB-C charging. In December 2024, the …

RTÉ

My friends told me I am doing too much.

#evs #charging