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GE Energy Forges OEM EV Charger Agreement with CODA Automotive

The new collaboration creates a "one-stop shopping" experience for consumers by creating the opportunity to have the GE WattStation EV charging station and the CODA electric vehicle at the same retail outlets. GE and CODA look forward to working together on additional opportunities such as retail outlet displays, marketing event co-promotions and consumer activities to demonstrate the ease of use and functionality of GE Energy's entire EV charging product line.

"This milestone is another step in GE's journey to lead the future of global electrification," said Luis Ramirez, CEO of GE Energy Industrial Solutions. "As demand for the GE WattStation continues to exceed our expectations, bringing our products closer to the customer will help accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles."

Source: MarketWatch (press release)

Solio Mono Emergency Hybrid Solar Charger

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Before I bought this product, my expectation was a solar charger that could be clipped to a backpack or left in a car under the sun and maintain enough charge to top off a cellular phone battery once every few days. My expectation was not met. The device does not charge whatsoever when left inside a car, even under direct sunlight (perhaps the windows block too much UV light). It requires several hours of direct, uninterrupted sunlight to charge completely, which means leaving it outside unattended. In an urban setting, this is not realistic.

Since buying it a couple months ago, I have left it at home and not used it since.

It does tale kinda long to charge it, but I got it to charge in my car easy, in the winter even. Your windows need to be clean (it won’t charge under half of my back window because of this), and your car needs to be in the direct sun, but even driving, in my boyfriend’s hatchback, we clip it to the cracked window & it charges fine.

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