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The Electric Vehicle Tariff Boomerang 

Electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. are at an impasse. Sales are down after the expiration of Biden-era tax credits and federal efforts to build out a national charging network fell flat. Ford and GM have announced significant pullbacks on…

Royal Waste Services Expands Mack® LR Electric Fleet

 Mack Trucks today announced that Royal Waste Services, Inc., a Waste Connections subsidiary, has ordered three additional Mack LR Electric refuse trucks, funded through the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP). The order follows the Company’s initial LR Electric deployment…

Uber bets big on EV charging for both its drivers and future robotaxis

Uber announced a new push into EV charging on Wednesday with a two-pronged approach to serve both its current drivers on the platform today and autonomous robotaxis in the future. First, Uber said it would offer incentives to firms like…

2026 Toyota C-HR Puts Sporty, Stylish Spin on the Compact Electric SUV

The all-new 2026 Toyota C-HR joins the automaker’s burgeoning battery electric vehicle (BEV) lineup. With an eye-catching, wide, athletic coupe-like profile, the model joins the revised bZ and the new bZ Woodland SUVs when it goes on sale next month….

US lawmakers, Waymo, Tesla urge Congress to take action to speed deployment of self-driving cars

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Lawmakers, Waymo and Tesla will urge Congress to take action on long-stalled legislation to speed deployment of self-driving vehicles, warning of competitive threats from China. The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday…

The Toyota bZ is now among America’s top-selling EVs after a surprise sales surge

Toyota is finally selling electric vehicles in the US, thanks to the new and improved bZ. After sales shot up in January, the bZ was among the best-selling EVs in the US, outpacing the Hyundai IONIQ 5. Toyota bZ proves to…

L-Charge Raises $10M to Fund New Deployments and Scale Off-Grid EV Charging

L-Charge today closed a $10 million funding round, led by Ultra Capital and Founder Dmitry Lashin, to scale its off-grid EV charging solutions across the US. Demand for our solutions continues to grow as fleet operators look for reliable ways…

California ZEV sales plateau as national adoption patterns reshape

In 2025, California is on pace to see declining BEV (battery electric vehicles) sales for the first time since the pandemic affected the market in 2020, a sign that the leader of the United States’s electric vehicle movement might be getting to the point of saturation. Signs of…

Toyota Split Its EV Strategy In Two, And The US Isn’t Getting The Good Half

Saying the automotive world is in a bit of limbo may be an understatement. On one hand, you have the world’s largest market, China, accepting EVs and plug-in hybrids in even greater numbers than ever before. Meanwhile, in Europe, manufacturers…

Cadillac EV Sales Actually Up Year Over Year In 4th Quarter!

Cadillac did it. Despite the $7,500 US EV tax credit ending at the end of the 3rd quarter, leading to a rush of EV purchases before October and then a big dropoff in sales after that, Cadillac actually sold more…