In the coming months, with some timing and volume variations by region, you will be able to choose from many affordable, generous range, compelling, and all-around-capable EVs that are coming on to the market. Whilst the Tesla Model 3 Standard Range is arguably the most keenly anticipated of the bunch, all of these EVs are great cars, much better than any fossil fuel vehicle (FFV) equivalent.
Electrify America has begun a new national ad campaign designed to educate American consumers about driving electric cars. It features a Chevy Bolt but no Teslas.
Funds from Electrify America will help bring zero emission urban mobility to the city of Sacramento through two electric carsharing programs with a total of 400 electric cars available for rent on city streets by this time next year.
To support the expanding EV market, 13 northeastern US states are establishing “a robust and reliable charging network.”
EV charging in urban areas takes imaginative planning, as retrofitting existing infrastructure is difficult.
Our “What Changed … ?” feature tries to cut through the “noise” (that is, review articles, op-eds, superfluous analyses, announcements about the not-so-near future, fun anecdotes, etc.) in order to highlight significant news in the EV industry, solar energy industry, and energy storage industry each month. Here’s an update on what was actually new in the electric vehicle world in April.
Details about the new EV charging network from Electrify America are beginning to emerge. As usual, there is more to the announcement than meets the eye.
Target has announced plans to deploy 600 plug-in vehicle charging points at 100 locations in more than 20 states over the next two years. The new push into plug-in vehicle charging expands on the 18 sites in 5 states that currently host charging stations.
Volkswagen’s criminal-settlement-mandated Electrify America division has now secured over 100 partner locations across the retail, convenience, and refueling sectors in the USA, it has revealed.
As part of its settlement agreement with the US government in relation to the diesel vehicle emissions scandal, Volkswagen was ordered to put $2 billion into the development of electric vehicle charging stations throughout the country. Owing to that settlement, Volkswagen created a new unit dubbed “Electrify America” that was … [continued]
