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    Cleevely Group continues EV training

    Cleevely Group is continuing to run its At Ease With EV training courses in 2025, aimed at those already ...

    Cleevely Group is continuing to run its At Ease With EV training courses in 2025, aimed at those already familiar with high voltage vehicles. Aimed at garage owners and technicians with IMI Level 2, 3 ...

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    How to optimise EV servicing

    Castrol is aiming to bring EV servicing to new heights of ease and efficacy. With the continued rise in h ...

    Castrol is aiming to bring EV servicing to new heights of ease and efficacy. With the continued rise in hybrid and electric vehicle sales, garage technicians are finding it increasingly important to a ...

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    Workshops supported for EV battery repairs

    Valeo is supporting those workshops who are taking on EV/hybrid battery repairs with its new chiller rang ...

    Valeo is supporting those workshops who are taking on EV/hybrid battery repairs with its new chiller range. Independent garages are looking to take on more ambitious and profitable EV and hybrid jobs, ...

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    Automotive electrical component auction

    Almost 3,500 automotive electrical components and accessories from O&H Vehicle Conversions, a UK manu ...

    Almost 3,500 automotive electrical components and accessories from O&H Vehicle Conversions, a UK manufacturer of emergency vehicles, are currently up for sale with the online auction closing from ...

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    AVILOO addresses EV battery fears

    AVILOO has announced it is addressing one of the biggest uncertainties for existing and future EV drivers ...

    AVILOO has announced it is addressing one of the biggest uncertainties for existing and future EV drivers, the fear of being stranded on the road due to a dead battery. Vague information about the amo ...

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    Dispelling EV myths

    This is the final article in Tom Denton's EV series. Previous articles looked at EV technologies and what ...

    This is the final article in Tom Denton's EV series. Previous articles looked at EV technologies and what is involved in repairing them. Tom also chose to be controversial at times, saying things like ...

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    EV Pre-conditioning

    In the penultimate article in the series, Tom Denton explores the heating and cooling functions of an ele ...

    In the penultimate article in the series, Tom Denton explores the heating and cooling functions of an electric vehicle.  Most EVs allow the operation of heating or cooling when the vehicle is plugged ...

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    EV Charging: Wireless power transfer

    Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a system for wirelessly charging the batteries in electric vehicles. The ...

    Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a system for wirelessly charging the batteries in electric vehicles. There are two main methods:  stationary WPT  dynamic WPT  With stationary charging, the electric e ...

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    Will hydrogren replace EVs? - Part Two

    In part one Tom Denton shared his opinion that hydrogen is not an ideal fuel for cars and looked at how c ...

    In part one Tom Denton shared his opinion that hydrogen is not an ideal fuel for cars and looked at how clean hydrogen is created. This time, he will examine briefly how a fuel cell converts hydrogen ...

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    Will hydrogren replace EVs? - Part One

    Hydrogen is, indeed, the fuel of the future, according to Tom Denton, just not for cars…  Whenever I get ...

    Hydrogen is, indeed, the fuel of the future, according to Tom Denton, just not for cars…  Whenever I get involved in a discussion about the future of transport there is often somebody who will categor ...

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    EV battery health assessed

    Assessing the condition of an EV battery easy. However, there are two main indications we can use: state ...

    Assessing the condition of an EV battery easy. However, there are two main indications we can use: state of charge (SOC), and state of health (SOH).  State of charge  State of charge is a measure of t ...

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    EV Charging

    Charging an EV is clearly important. Because of this, the ‘lack of public’ charging is often stated as th ...

    Charging an EV is clearly important. Because of this, the ‘lack of public’ charging is often stated as the reason many people will not yet buy an electric vehicle (EV). There is, however, a level of m ...

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    EV kilowatt hours explained

    The term kilowatt hour (kWh or kW-h) is often used in connection with electric vehicle batteries, but als ...

    The term kilowatt hour (kWh or kW-h) is often used in connection with electric vehicle batteries, but also to household electricity supply. Before I explain in detail what this means, we need to clear ...

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    EV Equipotential Bonding – Part 2

    In the previous article Tom Denton described equipotential bonding (EPB) as the process of connecting all ...

    In the previous article Tom Denton described equipotential bonding (EPB) as the process of connecting all metalwork and conductive parts, of various components, so that the voltage is the same through ...

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    EV Equipotential Bonding - Part 1

    Equipotential bonding (EPB) is the process of electrically connecting metalwork and conductive parts, so ...

    Equipotential bonding (EPB) is the process of electrically connecting metalwork and conductive parts, so that the voltage is the same throughout these various parts (an equal potential). EPB is used t ...

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