This Modular Off-Grid Solar EV Charger Can be Installed in Just Four Hours
Solar-powered EV charger company Paired Power has just debuted a modular, off-grid electric vehicle charger that is powered by a solar canopy. The company has called its new modular charger PairTree.
According to a 2022 McKinsey & Company Report, “On average, each person in the United States travels about 30 miles a day by private vehicle.” PairTree is designed to optimize EV charging loads to deliver up to 75 miles of daily range. But PairTree supports the integration of up to 40 kWh of lithium iron phosphate batteries, which can can extend the EV’s delivered daily range to up to 230 miles.
PairTree is a flexible design that works in various settings, such as locations that have either maxed out their local grid capacity, or workplaces and retail locations that lease their property and don’t want to invest in permanent infrastructure. PairTree also can provide emergency backup power and temporary power for particular events.
A Call to Action: The Indirect Buying Cycle Is Here and Suppliers Must Adapt
By Ed Pierce, FMW Contributing Editor
In today’s B2B remote work environment, buyers have fewer opportunities for face-to-face sales calls and developing relationships than in the past. Instead, establishing and building relationships depends more and more on digital connectivity tools and media.
Coincidentally, tech-savvy millennials are making more B2B purchase decisions. And they are more inclined to rely on communications technology for their interactions with product and service providers. These time-strapped managers are more likely to visit supplier and peer review websites and more likely to attend supplier-hosted webinars before ever meeting with a sales rep.
In this digital business world, a vendor’s digital channels – website, social media, search engine and banner advertising – are more than likely the impetus for a buyer to meet with a sales representative. So, aligning marketing and sales tactics to create a single, synergistic strategy is critical.
Ford Has New Commercial Vehicle to Challenge Tesla
September 14, 2022 - The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker is teaming with a Ferguson, a Newport News, Va. distributor of plumbing supplies, waterworks and fire and fabrication products on an alternative energy vehicle pilot program. With the competition for EV semi-trucks increasing ever so quickly, Ford does not want to be left behind.
The pilot program will evaluate how fuel cell technology will operate within the Ferguson fleet, while providing real-world usage data to Ford. Ferguson will provide Ford with vehicle data and feedback about the technology to help Ford better define the engineering requirements for commercial vehicle duty cycles.
Ford will study the data for ongoing industry challenges within the medium-duty and heavy-duty work truck segments, like battery range and payload capacity, that have prevented faster conversion to environmentally friendlier options. Ferguson previously announced another pilot program to launch 30 class 6 through 8 all-electric delivery trucks in its fleet in collaboration with Holman and Electrada.
An Impressive Lineup of Speakers at the NETS Safety Conference
There are going to be some amazing speakers at the NETS annual STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Benchmark Conference in Ann Arbor, including the United Nations Special Envoy for Road Safety and a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.
An App to Make Mechanics’ Jobs Easier
Mechanics like this mobile maintenance app because it helps manage workflow by offering instructions, a checklist and a simple means to record the work being done. All without having to use paper or walk back and forth to a kiosk.
