Pritzker Administration Opens Next Round of Electric Vehicle Rebate Program for Illinois Residents
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Kim today announced the opening of the next round of funding for the Illinois Electric Vehicle (EV) Rebate Program. Applications are being accepted starting November 1 and must be postmarked no earlier…
France Reinvests in EV Charging Infrastructure to Meet EU targets
France aims to have over 400,000 electric vehicle charging points on its road network by 2030, including 50,000 fast charging points.Today, the public network has more than 110,000 charging points, making France the second best-equipped country in Europe, behind the…
Mercedes-Benz CFO Says EV Market is ‘brutal’ And Unsustainable After Carmaker Reported Earnings
Electric vehicles are losing their luster as major automakers grapple with waning customer demand and the realization that mass adoption of EVs won’t happen without some hiccups. Mercedes-Benz is the latest to feel the pinch of high interest rates on…
Volkswagen Group’s Electric Car Order Bank Shrunk By 50% In Europe
The Volkswagen Group experiences lower-than-expected demand and sales of electric cars, but intends to maintain its pricing to prioritize margins and profitability.In the nine-month financial report, the company revealed that its order bank in Western Europe includes 1.4 million vehicles,…
Vietnam’s Vinfast Committed to Selling EVs to US Despite Challenges, Intense Competition
Vietnamese automaker Vinfast plunged right into the crowded and hypercompetitive U.S. auto market, gambling that if it can sell its electric vehicles to finicky Americans, it can succeed anywhere. So far, that gamble has yet to pay off. Its CEO…
Ohio EPA Awards $3.2M in Grants for EV, Equipment Upgrades
Ohio EPA is awarding more than $3.2 million to seven organizations to replace aging diesel-powered vehicles and equipment with new electric vehicles and equipment. Ohio EPA estimates that these upgrades will greatly reduce annual emissions across Ohio, including those pollutants…
These Space-saving Public EV Chargers Are Ridiculously Fast And Rolling Out Now
If you’re an urban-dwelling electric vehicle owner, your public charging options are often limited to slow AC chargers found in tight parking spaces that are too small for typical DC fast chargers. Now Gravity, the company that started an EV…
Delay EU Tariffs To Help Sales of Electric Cars, Says UK Car Industry
The UK car industry has said incoming tariffs between the UK and the EU could raise the price of imported electric cars by as much as £3,400 unless a solution is found by the end of the year. The Brexit…
POSCO Int’l Completes Mexico EV Motor Core Plant For N.American Market
POSCO International Corp., the energy and trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., concluded construction on an electric vehicle motor core plant in Mexico with a plan for another factory there as the group is seeking a…
EU-made EVs Would Cost $4,100 More In UK Under Post-Brexit Rules
If Britain and the EU fail to postpone post-Brexit trade rules dictating local content in electric vehicles traded between the bloc and the UK, average EU-made car prices will rise 3,400 pounds ($4,134) in January, a trade group said on…
