Rental-car giant Hertz has announced several large-scale electric vehicle purchases from Tesla, GM, and Polestar, on the way to making EVs a quarter of its fleet by the end of 2024. That’s a lot of EVs—tens of thousands of them, and once in…
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Hertz partners with BP to place EV chargers
Hertz has partnered with BP to place EV chargers at existing Hertz locations nationally. Hertz announced today that it had entered a Memorandum of Understanding with BP to place the company’s Pulse EV charging stations at Hertz locations. This is part of Hertz’s larger plan to aggressively electrify and offer customers the best electric vehicle […]
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Seoul plans more than 200,000 EV chargers by 2026
South Korea’s capital plans to install more than 200,000 EV chargers over the next four years in order to support a shift away from internal-combustion vehicles. Most of the city of Seoul’s nine million-plus residents use the subway or buses, and the c…
Tesla CCS charging adapter for North America costs $250, allows up to 250 kw for newer models
Tesla last week finally released a “CCS Combo 1” adapter for the North American market that will enable some recent models from the automaker to be charged at up to 250 kw on third-party stations, such as those from Electrify America or EVg…
Should a tax on the rich help build EV infrastructure?
Californians will vote later this year on whether to tax the wealthy to fund EV incentives and charging infrastructure. Proposition 30 would increase taxes on California residents who make over $2 million a year by 1.75% and direct the state to use tha…
Fisker partners with Wallbox for home-charging ecosystem
Fisker on Tuesday announced Wallbox as its official partner for home charging equipment. The two companies will start by offering Fisker Ocean electric SUV owners Wallbox home chargers for purchase through the Fisker website in the United States, Canad…
ABB E-Mobility announces EV charger production in the U.S.
ABB E-Mobility has announced that it will construct another EV charger production facility in South Carolina. As the States and U.S. federal government look to spend billions on new electric vehicle charging infrastructure, more EV chargers are needed than ever before. And to meet this new demand, ABB E-Mobility is constructing a new EV charger […]
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35 states get the green light for $7.5 billion national EV charging network
President Biden, in a speech at the Detroit Auto Show Wednesday, confirmed that the federal government is releasing a first round of funding to 35 states to start installing EV charging hardware on the way to a 500,000-charger U.S. network. As Transpor…
Nissan approves first US bidirectional charger for Leaf, use won’t affect warranty
The Nissan Leaf will finally get bidirectional charging in the United States, and it won’t affect the EV’s warranty, Nissan confirmed this past week. Leaf models have for years had the hardware for bidirectional charging, which allows electric cars to …
Tesla Supercharging time could be cut by 60% with new charging curve tech
Time spent at Tesla Superchargers could be cut by as much as 60% with new charging curve technology. According to New Scientist, research conducted at the Idaho National Laboratory can charge EV batteries from a 0% state of charge to 90% in 10 minutes, equating to a 60% decrease in charging time compared to current […]
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