LG Opens Its First US EV Charging Factory in Texas
LG Electronics has opened its first electric vehicle (EV) charger facility outside of South Korea — in Fort Worth, Texas — to capture a share of North America’s competitive EV charging market. Its new EV charging station factory, spanning 59,202…
Panasonic to Make Upgraded Electric Car Battery as Early as 2024
Panasonic plans to roll out the newest iteration of its electric vehicle battery cells with improved capacity as early as this calendar year, the firms chief technology officer for EV batteries has said. Production of a revamped version of the…
Maryland Receives $15M Grant to Install 58 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Statewide
The Maryland Clean Energy Center (MCEC) and partners were joined by U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA), to celebrate the announcement of a $15 million grant to the Maryland Clean Energy Center to fund 58 electric vehicle…
Hertz Will Shrink Electric Fleet After Being Burned by Tesla’s Price Cuts
The rental car company Hertz will be selling about one-third of the electric vehicles in its fleet after they lost value more quickly than expected, the company said on Thursday. The drop in value is a blow to the company’s…
Biden Launches $623 Million Grant Program for Electric Vehicle Charging
The Biden administration and U.S. Department of Transportation announced a new investment in the country’s push for greater electric vehicle adoption and usage, pledging $623 million in EV charging station grants intended to build out community charging networks around the…
Starbucks Partners with Volvo to Boost EV Charging Stations from Denver to Seattle
Starbucks customers traveling cross country from Denver to Seattle are now being offered an extra jolt — for electric vehicles. Initiated in August of 2022, the coffee retailer has installed multiple electric vehicle charging stations at its locations along the…
VinFast Shows off a Midsize Truck and Small Utility EV for North America
Vietnam’s VinFast must really want a slice of the EV market in the US based on the vehicles it brought to CES in Las Vegas this year: a midsize pickup truck that looks to be about the same size as…
Nearly $12M Going to Mesa for Installation of Dozens of Electric Vehicle Charging Ports
Mesa is getting a federal grant of nearly $12 million to support the expansion of its electric vehicle charging network, U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton announced Monday. The funding will be used to install 48 electric vehicle charging ports, charging docks…
Fuel Cell Electric Trucks Are Coming, Ready Or Not
The road ahead has not gotten much easier for fuel cell cars, but trucks are a different matter. Just a couple of weeks ago, Isuzu and Honda kicked off a months-long road test of their GIGA FUEL CELL heavy-duty truck,…
EU Approves $986 Million German State Aid For Northvolt’s Battery Plant, Matching US Subsidies
The European Commission gave the green light to a $986 million German measure aimed at bolstering Swedish sodium-ion battery-batteries company Northvolt’s initiative to build a battery production plant for electric vehicles in the country. The sum sways Northvolt’s decision towards…
