Any of our readers who have been following my reports know that Latin America’s EV sales are rising. In some countries, they may not be growing as fast as we would wish; in others, they’re faster than we ever expected; but the trend remains clear regardless. Latin America’s* market amounts … [continued]
New Competitive Program Supports the Expansion of Infrastructure to Improve Consumer Access to Electric Vehicle Charging Initial Round of Funding Focuses on Upstate Charging Along Key Travel Corridors Traducción al español Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $21 million is now available to install electric vehicle fast chargers along major travel … [continued]
EVs reduce electricity rates for all utility customers, and recent legislation accelerates a cycle of more EVs, better climate, better health, and lower rates. In addition to their myriad health and direct economic benefits compared to polluting gasoline vehicles, electric vehicles (EVs) also help reduce electricity rates for all utility customers. They’ve already been … [continued]
General Motors this week announced a new agreement with Hyundai, a possible battery factory deal with CATL, and new EV chargers with EVgo.
A few months ago, I shared how impressed I was with some of the charging stations at Pilot and Flying J truck stops. Not every station from the partnership between GM, Flying J, and EVgo has pull-through spaces, but nearly all of them have reliable Delta hardware, canopies to keep … [continued]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: California awarded over $32 million in federal funds for electric vehicle (EV) charging projects along the state’s busiest transportation corridors, expanding the largest EV charging network in the country and continuing the state’s commitment to building a bigger, better charging network. SACRAMENTO — Today, the California Energy Commission (CEC) … [continued]
If you own or lease a Ford electric vehicle, you can now get paid to support the electricity grid in Southern California, and you don’t even need vehicle-to-grid technology. This is specifically in the Southern California Edison utility district, and it is initially only an option for Ford EV owners … [continued]
Traffic congestion is estimated to have wasted 0.8 billion gallons of gasoline in the US in 1982, but it has grown and grown since then. That number peaked in 2019 at 3.6 billion gallons of wasted fuel. A rare positive of the pandemic is the downturn of car culture. Fuel … [continued]
“We think you’re crazy!” “Wow, we’d never try that!” “What are you going to do if you get stranded?” Almost every time we broached the idea of driving our 2019 Kona EV across Canada, we got these responses in return. Except once. “You’re really worried about climate change, and you … [continued]
A full 10 years ago, on a cleantech tour in Germany, I and a handful of other journalists met with German startup ubitricity. The company had a dream — widespread charging access via light poles. The company wanted to install its charging technology in streetlights so that city dwellers without … [continued]
