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100

A most prominent EV brand

What is Tesla? 

100

Tesla's rebranded charging plug

What is NACS?

100

This highly reactive element is essential for all our batteries (for now)

What is Lithium? 

100

Stretches of highway identified for priority charging locations

What is AFC - Alternative Fuel Corridors? 

200

One billion kilowatts

What is a terawatt?

200

A charger you might use while having a cup of tea in Japan

What is CHAdeMO?

200
Ditching the ICE for electricity, automakers now offer this colloquial term for a new storage space within the vehicle

What is frunk? (What is froot? also acceptable)

200

This monumental federal policy won't help you retire

What is IRA - Inflation Reduction Act? 

300

A utility's strategy to anticipate growing electricity demand due to EV adoption

What is a Transportation Electrification Plan?

300
This working group is designing MHD charging standards

Who are CharIN?

300

This solution, mainly deployed in China, promises to send drivers on their way with a full charge in under 5 minutes 

What is battery swapping?

300

The Electrification Coalition used this acronym to refer to electric vehicles in the monumental 2009 report, "Electrification Roadmap"

What is GEV, or Grid-enabled Electric Vehicle?

400

This overseas manufacturer bid for the USPS contract 

What is Tata Motors?

400
This group published the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP).

What is the Open Charge Alliance?

400

DAILY DOUBLE: The Lucid Air Dream Edition has an industry leading EPA estimated range of 520 miles on this size battery pack

What is 112 kWh? 

400

A regional, market-based policy solution for reducing transportation-related emissions.

What is LCFS - Low Carbon Fuel Standard?

500

bZ4X

What is Toyota's electric SUV?

500

The proprietary charging standard used by General Motors EV1

What is Magne-Charge?

500

One of the three lanthanides in an EV motor 

What is dysprosium, neodymium, or praseodymium?

500

Aaron Viles probably has family ties to this well organized group

What is the UAW - United Auto Workers?

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