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…
Biden Spent Billions for EV Charging Stations, Only Built One
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will meet with the state’s all-Democrat federal delegation at NASA to explain “how Bidenomics is helping lower costs for American families.” Granholm will also tout the purported benefits of the Biden administration’s billions in green…
Hyundai & Kia Take Second Place After Tesla in US EV Sales
South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia placed second together in US electric vehicles (EV) sales after Tesla, beating Detroit-based legacy automakers Ford and General Motors. Hyundai and Kia, along with the Genesis brand, are owned by Hyundai Motor Group, which…
Honda Considers US$14 Billion Plan for EV Production in Canada
Honda Motor Co is considering building an electric vehicle plant in Canada in a near ¥2 trillion (US$13.83 billion) project that could possibly include in-house production of batteries, Japan’s Nikkei news group reported on Sunday (Jan 7). The project could…
EV startup Fisker Struggling to Meet Internal Sales Goals, Documents Show
Fisker remains far from meeting CEO and founder Henrik Fisker’s publicly stated goal of delivering 300 electric SUVs per day globally. The EV startup spent much of December aiming to meet an internal sales goal of between 100 and 200…
Blue Bird Delivers First Electric School Bus Fleet to Carter County Schools in Kentucky
Blue Bird Corporation, the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, is supplying 23 electric school buses to Carter County Schools (CCS) in Kentucky. The zero-emission vehicles mark a new era of clean student transportation for the school district. CCS…
Clayco Nabs $5B Rivian EV Factory Project in Georgia
American automaker Rivian has selected Chicago-based construction firm Clayco to build its $5 billion EV manufacturing plant in Stanton Springs, Georgia, according to a company press release. The 1,800-acre complex will sit about 40 minutes from Atlanta, and will produce…
Buying an EV Just Got More Affordable
A change to the federal EV incentive that took effect Monday could widen access for low and middle-income buyers who want to go electric but have been excluded by high prices. The clean vehicle tax credit, which offers up to…
