Google Maps – you may love it or hate it, but you probably use it. Now Google has made its omnipresent app more useful by adding EV charging stations to its database. With a quick search, users can now pull up charging stations within the app and view each station’s port types, counts and charging… Read more »
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Koben Systems’ new scalable battery storage solution for multi-unit and workplace EV charging
EVSE solution provider Koben Systems has announced a new integrated system designed to reduce demand charges in large-scale Level 2 charging installations. Koben’s Evolve EVSF is aimed at multi-unit dwelling (MUD) and workplace locations. Utility demand charges may not be a concern for locations with 1-10 chargers – most complexes can accommodate the power. But… Read more »
Dyson selects Singapore for EV factory site
The British firm Dyson, famous for its innovative vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, has chosen Singapore as the manufacturing site for its upcoming EV. Dyson, which is investing some $2.6 billion in its effort to expand into automobiles, says it will complete the factory by 2020, and hopes to bring its first model to market… Read more »
Porsche dealers will have to share the cost of fast chargers
Back in March, a Porsche exec said that the brand expected to make a profit from its planned network of fast chargers, a comment that was met with much skepticism in the EV industry. Now the company is sending a rather different message, saying that its US dealers will be expected to pony up between… Read more »
One Republican Senator wants to extend federal EV tax credit, another wants to end it
Support for EVs on Capitol Hill does not divide neatly along partisan lines, as a pair of dueling bills in the Senate illustrates. This week, Senator Dean Heller (R-Nevada) proposed legislation that would lift the current cap on EV tax credits. Under current law, once a particular automaker sells 200,000 EVs, the tax credit will… Read more »
CARB announces $200 million in new funding for clean freight transport
Passenger cars get most of the press, but heavy-duty vehicles are arguably even more in need of reducing emissions. In California, there’s a comprehensive (and complicated) plan to electrify everything. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced up to $205 million in new grants for projects to advance clean freight technologies. The grants will… Read more »
Aluminum industry: Administration’s claim that lightweighting costs lives is false
Last week, the US DOT and EPA held public hearings on the Trump administration’s proposal to reverse existing federal fuel efficiency and emissions standards. The administration has attempted to justify the rollback of standards by claiming that higher fuel economy would lead to more highway fatalities because of the trend towards reducing the weight of… Read more »
BMW upgrades battery cells to 120 Ah, boosting 2019 BMW i3 range to 160 miles
BMW has been taking its share of criticism in the EV press lately, because of its lack of new plug-in models, and because it seems to the biggest loser from Tesla’s gains in the luxury sedan segment. But don’t count the Bavarians out just yet. The i3 is as popular as ever, especially in Europe… Read more »
Elon Musk settles with SEC, will resign as Chairman and take it easy on Twitter
Tesla supporters are hoping that a settlement between Elon Musk and the SEC will bring an end to what one commenter called Tesla’s Summer of Needless Drama. Earlier this week, the stock market regulatory agency accused the impulsive Iron Man of misleading investors with his market-moving tweet about a plan to take Tesla private, and… Read more »
SEC sues Elon Musk over the $420 tweet
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has formally accused Elon Musk of misleading investors when he tweeted that he had funding lined up to take Tesla private at $420 a share. The SEC intends not only to impose a fine, but also seeks to bar Musk from serving as officer or director of a public… Read more »