{"id":187985,"date":"2022-07-22T01:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T23:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrek.co\/?p=246529"},"modified":"2023-08-28T16:10:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:10:36","slug":"ford-is-testing-a-robotic-ev-charger-to-assist-disabled-elderly-and-less-mobile-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/ford-is-testing-a-robotic-ev-charger-to-assist-disabled-elderly-and-less-mobile-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford is testing a robotic EV charger to assist disabled, elderly, and less mobile drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.evearly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ford-is-testing-a-robotic-ev-charger-to-assist-disabled-elderly-and-less-mobile-drivers.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAs EV adoption begins to grow, many drivers will face early charging issues since they\u2019re not used to the charging process, which differs from a gas station visit. While there is certainly a learning curve, the process is relatively simple for most people. However, others may need a little more assistance. To help solve this issue, Ford Motor Company is trialling a robotic EV charger system that less mobile users can activate from their phone without leaving the vehicle, offering a new level of inclusivity that the EV community embraces. <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2022\/07\/21\/ford-robotic-ev-charger\/\" target='bwindow' rel=\"noopener\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/ford-is-testing-a-robotic-ev-charger-to-assist-disabled-elderly-and-less-mobile-drivers\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electrek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254898,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187985\/revisions\/254898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}