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Year: 2023

$2.5 Billion Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Systems Markets 

The global wireless electric vehicle charging systems market is projected to reach $2.5 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 50.1% during the forecast period 2023-2030.  The growth of the wireless electric vehicle charging systems market is driven by the…

The First Battery-Powered Trains Have Arrived In Europe 

As the aviation world looks to battery-powered planes to help sustainability, the rail sector has been quietly working on a faster alternative. Enter Europe’s first battery-powered trains.  A 20-strong fleet of Hitachi Masaccio trains is now running in Italy, where…

Auto-Industry Group Assails Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars 

The auto industry’s largest lobbying organization has come out against the Biden administration’s most ambitious climate change regulation, a proposed rule designed to ensure that two-thirds of new passenger cars sold in the United States are all-electric by 2032.  If implemented,…

Fisker Makes First US Deliveries Of Long Range Ocean One Electric SUV 

Fledgling American electric vehicle company Fisker has begun deliveries of its Ocean One launch edition electric SUV to the first customers in the United States.  Fisker says it has delivered the first 22 Ocean Ones, with additional deliveries expected to…

Volvo Becomes Latest Automaker To Adopt Tesla EV Charging Standard 

First came Ford. GM and Rivian followed. Now, Volvo is turning to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard.  Under an agreement announced Tuesday, Volvo EV owners will have access to about 12,000 of Tesla’s fast chargers, known as Superchargers, via an adapter starting in the first half…

Stellantis Is Signing Up EV Charging Companies To Assemble Its Own Network 

Stellantis says it is pulling together a network of public electric vehicle chargers that could include Tesla and nearly all of the other chargers in the U.S., Canada and Europe.  But executives wouldn’t say for certain if the company will…

Ford To Lay Off Workers As It Focuses On Electric Vehicles 

As Ford shifts to producing more electric vehicles, it expects to lay off a number of employees, mostly engineers, in North America over the coming days. The company would not confirm any specific number of employees involved.  “This is related…

Georgia Governor Attacks Biden’s Electric Vehicle Policy At Federally-Backed Battery Material Maker 

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is escalating his attack on President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle policy, speaking Tuesday at the groundbreaking for a company that received more than $100 million to refine graphite for electric batteries from the infrastructure law Biden…

GM And Element 25 To Supercharge The US EV Battery Supply Chain

General Motors (GM) announced a new deal with Australian-based supplier Element 25 on Monday to expand manganese sulfate production in the US, a key EV battery component.  Under the supply agreement, Element 25 will provide GM with up to 32,500 metric tons…

Aston Martin, Lucid To Enter Into Agreement To Make Electric Vehicles 

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin said on Monday it would enter into an agreement with Lucid Group to manufacture “high performance” electric vehicles (EVs).  As part of the agreement, US-based luxury EV maker Lucid will supply Aston Martin with select…