It was Tesla’s biggest “mote” on the US EV market for years — its widespread, fantabulous, easy-to-use Supercharging network. Several years ago, Tesla offered to open it up to other automakers if they simply 1) helped fund it, and 2) made cars that were compatible. No one bit. Elon Musk … [continued]
Waynesville, NC, just had six new Level 2 EV chargers installed that also provide free charging. “Everything we do is in line with the town’s goal to reach carbon neutrality or net zero emissions by the year 2050 and so electric vehicles are part of that, solar on the public … [continued]
One of the electric vehicles myths is that there aren’t any EV chargers at workplaces, which is simply not true. There are many workplaces that now provide them. The Salt Lake City–based company Packsize is one example of a company supporting electric vehicles and electric charging. In fact, the company … [continued]
As we have seen recently with some Chinese EV chargers reaching and exceeding 1,000 kW of charging power and BYD planning to install about 3,000 such chargers, some of these Chinese companies are moving at a different speed. They seem to be dissatisfied with doing what is average and are … [continued]
Cuba, with the help of China, is embracing renewables because they are the best way to defeat embargoes on fossil fuels.
Last week, Jennifer Sensiba wrote about the chaos created by NEVI funding disruption. In the final year of the program, Trump put an illegal freeze on releasing funding, interrupting progress. However, while the administration’s disruption in funding was destructive, the speed of the program made it vulnerable to that disruption. … [continued]
A new Tesla Supercharger hub with up to 48 charging stalls is planned for Romulus, Michigan, which is near the Detroit airport. While the addition of 48 new chargers might not seem that important, I just wrote an article in November about 40 fast chargers being installed in the Detroit … [continued]
It’s not too exciting, but this little-by-little approach is how public EV charging expansion has been going. In the latest update, the city of San Francisco has proposed to install 100 new curbside public EV chargers to provide extra public charging options. It has been reported San Francisco already has … [continued]
In 2023–2024, I wrote a TON of articles about the NEVI program, or the money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that was supposed to massively expand highway EV charging in the United States. Having at least one charging station every 50 miles (with some exceptions) was going to be a … [continued]
Well, the news of the month so far has been BYD unveiling 1,500 kW “flash charging” for passenger electric vehicles. Apparently, though, it’s hard to keep secrets in the Chinese EV industry and BYD’s top competitor has been working on the same thing. In particular, the Zeekr 001 will be … [continued]
