Mazda Adopts Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS)
Japanese carmaker Mazda has announced that it will be adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard for its upcoming battery electric vehicles. Mazda’s EVs that would be equipped with Tesla’s NACS standard are expected to be launched in North America from…
Mississippi Lawmakers to Weigh Incentives for an EV Battery Plant That Could Employ 2,000
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is asking legislators for $350 million in incentives for a proposed factory that would manufacture electric vehicles batteries and employ about 2,000 people in Marshall County. The Republican governor on Tuesday declined to name the company…
Tesla Gets a $94 Billion Reality Check as EV Winter Sets in
Tesla Inc. had a blockbuster 2023, as its shares more than doubled in 12 months. But 2024 is starting on a different note, with Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker off to its worst start to any year — ever. The…
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…
