charging station

Tesla’s silly new accessory is a big, tough home charger

Meet Tesla’s latest gadget: A home charging station that looks as futuristic as a Porsche hard drive from the early 2010s.  The Cybervault seems to be a Tesla Wall Connector in a decidedly Cyb

GM is launching an online EV service to educate and woo consumers

General Motors launched a program Monday to educate car shoppers on electric vehicles and target first-time buyers, as the automaker searches for ways to catch up to and outpace rival Tesla. The autom

28% of Americans still won’t consider buying an EV

More than a quarter of Americans say they would not buy an electric vehicle, according to a Consumer Reports survey released Thursday. Price, range and access to charging stations have remained as pri

JD Power: EVs and plug-in hybrids have more problems than combustion engine cars

Battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids have more problems than the average car, according to the annual J.D. Power U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) released Wednesday. The 2022 survey found tha

EV fleet management startup Synop steers its way to $10M seed round

Commercial fleets are poised for electrification, and Synop wants to give operators more control over their vehicles.

GM is latest to join the race to streamline EV charging

General Motors said Wednesday it will join a growing list of automakers focused on streamlining the EV charging process by equipping its models with “Plug and Charge” capability — aka th

Lucid partners with Bank of America to launch Lucid Financial Services

Lucid Group, which makes long-range, fast-charging luxury EVs, said on Tuesday it is joining with Bank of America to provide customer financing as one way to stand out in the crowded segment.

The US is about to get serious about EVs

The US market for electric vehicles is at an inflection point. Get ready for mass adoption.

Dallas County police add Tesla Model 3s to their fleet

Dallas County is the latest to tap EVs for law enforcement, adding three Tesla Model 3s to its police fleet. Local, state and federal governments worldwide have begun adding battery-electric models to

Acton’s latest acquisition hints at the future of docked micromobility

The term “shared micromobility” often calls to mind that Lime e-bike on the nearest street corner or the Voi e-scooter parked next to the bus stop, either of which could on any given day b

US investment in smart roadways will pave the path to an economic boom

The adage of "the way we've always done it" needs to fall by the wayside. Putting public investment into infrastructure is how we got paved roads 100 years ago and interstates 60 years ago.

Toyota’s first battery EV has 280-mile range and a solar roof option

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How to meet the demand of EV infrastructure and maintain a stable grid

A combination of a new blueprint for managing energy on the grid plus behavior change is needed.

EV charging solutions will become an asset, not a liability, to the grid

Although wireless charging is still relatively new to the market, the benefits are beginning to become glaringly self-evident.

Fisker invests in EV charging network Allego’s SPAC merger

Fisker is investing $10 million in private-investment-in-public equity (PIPE) funding for the merger of Allego and special purpose acquisition company Spartan Acquisition Corp III.

ChargerHelp co-founder, CEO Kameale C. Terry is heading to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021

Thousands of electric vehicle charging stations will be built around the country over the next decade. ChargerHelp!, founded in January 2020 by Kameale C. Terry and Evette Ellis, wants to make sure th

Biden infrastructure plan proposes spending $174B to boost America’s EV market

Volkswagen will bring 240 gigawatt hours of battery production capacity to Europe by 2030

Volkswagen AG is gearing up to seize the top spot as the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer with plans announced Monday to have six 40 gigawatt hour (GWh) battery cell production plants i

From the ashes of nearly a billion dollars, Ample resurrects Better Place’s battery swapping business model

A little over 13 years ago, Shai Agassi, a promising software executive who was in line to succeed the chief executive at SAP, then one of the world’s mightiest software companies, left the comp

Planning 500,000 charging points for EVs by 2025, Shell becomes the latest company swept up in EV charging boom

Shell’s plan to roll out 500,000 electric charging stations in just four years is the latest sign of an EV charging infrastructure boom that has prompted investors to pour cash into the industry
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