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Year: 2024

Nissan Launches its own Version of the Electric Renault Twingo

the drive type). The smallest model is currently the Juke crossover. With the offshoots of the Renault models Twingo for the A-segment and Renault 5 for the B-segment, Nissan will therefore serve these two size classes purely electrically. The adaptation…

Power Africa Launches Uganda’s Electric Mobility Industry Position Paper

The U.S. government’s Power Africa initiative supported the launch of an industry position paper on Uganda’s electric mobility sector. The paper, funded by Power Africa, outlines market trends, policy frameworks, challenges, and opportunities for electric mobility in Uganda, offering recommendations…

ChargePoint’s New Essential Cloud Plan Makes EV Charging Accessible to Small Businesses and Multifamily Housing

ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT), a leading provider of networked charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs), today announced an easier way to offer EV charging. Named the ChargePoint Essential cloud plan, it represents an alternative to a traditional cloud subscription. The ChargePoint…

Stellantis Launches Electric Charging Service Free2Move Charge Go.

After announcing last year the launch of an ecosystem for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, which would cover residential charging, commercial charging, and public charging, Stellantis has now announced the launch of Free2move Charge Go – the second of three strategic…

Hanon Systems Invests $155 million to Build Ontario’s First-of-its-kind EV Parts Facility

Invest Ontario is supporting a $155 million investment by Hanon Systems, a global supplier of automotive thermal and energy management solutions, for the construction of a new facility in Woodbridge, Ontario to manufacture cutting-edge e-compressors for electric vehicles (EVs). The…

Xponential Battery Materials (XBM) Develops Critical US EV Battery Cathode Material from Abundant Industrial Waste Byproducts

With the surge in adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs), a glaring reality has emerged – there’s an acute shortage of domestically critical EV battery raw materials in the US, EU, and elsewhere. The EV lithium-ion battery (LIB) industry is at…

StarCharge and Schneider Electric Form Joint Venture to Boost EV Charging and Energy Storage in Europe

Building on their May 2024 Memorandum of Understanding, StarCharge, a leader in EV charging and energy storage, and Schneider Electric, a global authority in energy management and automation, have finalized a joint venture agreement to drive advanced electric vehicle (EV)…

Ford Mustang Mach-E Battery Production Is Moving To America

The consumer-facing side of electric vehicles paints a limited picture of what’s happening in the broader automotive industry. But when you glance behind the scenes, things start appearing far clearer, to a point where it’s pretty evident that the future…

Costco Partners with Electric Era to Bring Back EV Charging in the U.S.

Costco, known for its discount gas stations, has left EV drivers in need of juicing up out in the cold for the past 12 years. But that seems about to change now that the big-box retailer is putting its brand…

Louisville Launches America’s First 100% Electric Garbage Truck Fleet

In what the city is calling a national first, Louisville, Colorado officials held a “ribbon cutting” last Tuesday to celebrate the launch of a new, all-electric residential recycling and waste collection fleet, which is already the city’s streets. Operating under…