California Investing $2.9 Billion To Double Number Of EV Chargers
The government of California has approved a $2.9 billion investment plant to accelerate the state’s electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling targets for 2025. According to the plan approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC) on December 14, the investment…
Electric Vehicles Confront The Leap To The Mass Market
The past year was sobering for investors who poured money into Tesla Inc and rival electric vehicle startups that hoped to emulate Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s success. As interest rates rose and financial markets gyrated, shares in many EV startups…
Research Shows That Americans Are Warming Up to EVs
The number of electric vehicles available to American car shoppers grows by leaps and bounds each year. However, many consumers still need to be better informed about many aspects of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), which continues to hinder acceptance. Battery materials…
Siemens Locates Plant For Chargers In Carrollton, Texas
In the USA, the German engineering giant Siemens has selected a site for its second US electric mobility manufacturing hub. The facility is meant to enable the goal of manufacturing more than a million EV chargers for US markets over…
Lyft Drivers Get Charging Deal On EVgo Network
In the USA, EVgo has launched a new EV charging discount program for rideshare drivers on the Lyft platform. Drivers on the Lyft platform will now be able to register for the new program with EVgo via the Lyft Driver…
Mullen Automotive Partners with Loop Global to Deploy EV Charging Solutions
Mullen Automotive, Inc., an emerging electric vehicle (“EV”) manufacturer, announces today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Loop Global Inc., a full-service EV charging solution provider, to build the next generation of public and private EV charging…
Biden Threatens Europe’s Car Batteries
EU negotiators are poised to agree the world’s most stringent standards for sustainable batteries on Friday in a bid to spur local cell production — but at the same time generous U.S. subsidies threaten to suck investments out of the…
Will 2023 Be The Year The Electric Vehicle Hits The Fast Lane In North Carolina?
It was an expenditure that doesn’t usually make much of a ripple, especially when compared to the other big-ticket issues on the agenda. But at Tuesday night’s Wilmington City Council meeting, council members unanimously agreed to spend $20,000 awarded to…
Union Wins Vote in First US Electric Vehicle Battery Plant
The United Auto Workers union won an election at a General Motors Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. electric-car battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio, giving the union its first win in a factory of that kind. Workers at Ultium Cells…
PG&E Customers Invited to Pre-Enroll in Groundbreaking ‘Vehicle-to-Everything’ Pilot Programs, Leveraging Electric Vehicle Battery Power for Resilience Benefits and Helping Reduce Customer Bills
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced the launch of a pre-enrollment website for customers interested in joining the company’s three upcoming Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) pilot programs. The new programs will offer customers financial incentives to integrate new bidirectional EV…
