Orange Ev Revives Freewire Tech, Gives It the Best Name in the Business

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Orange EV has revived Freewire's charging technology and rebranded it, generating positive discussion around the innovation in electric vehicle charging.

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leakycap

3 months ago

> "Basically, they integrated a li-ion battery back into a vertical cabinet that could be effectively “trickle charged” with a standard 110 or 220 AC connection, then “dump” that charge into an EV very quickly – enabling up to 200 kW of DC fast charging without the need for expensive utility and infrastructure."

Now that's cool. The name Orange Juicer is awesome but it doesn't look like they leaned into it much with the photo in the article.

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