Joby Aviation, a maker of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis for commercial passenger service, has entered into a definitive agreement with Blade Air Mobility, an urban air mobility company, to acquire Blade’s passenger business. “Blade was founded with the mission of democratising short-distance air travel by facilitating the transition from conventional rotorcraft… Read more »
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DeCharge to roll out a “community-owned” EV charging network
EV charging network DeCharge describes itself as “a decentralised EV charging startup [that] empowers local hosts and fleets to monetize unused spaces with smart chargers.” DeCharge’s platform features smart hardware, IoT-based energy payments and tokenized incentives. DeCharge recently raised $2.5 million in seed funding, and has now announced its official US launch. The company’s charging… Read more »
MN8 Energy to build freight EV charging hub in the South Bronx
MN8 Energy, a New York-based renewable energy company, plans to build a freight electric vehicle charging hub and workforce development center in the South Bronx. The Gateway to Hunts Point FDC facility will serve the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, the largest wholesale food hub in the nation, which currently supports over 15,000 daily truck… Read more »
Suffolk County Transit orders 132 electric and hybrid buses from NFI Group
New York state transit operator Suffolk County Transit has awarded NFI Group, a supplier of propulsion-agnostic bus and coach mobility solutions and a subsidiary New Flyer of America, a contract for up to 132 buses over the next five years, including 40 Xcelsior CHARGE NG electric buses and 92 Xcelsior hybrid buses. The latest order… Read more »
IUC, Redaptive form financing partnership for EV charger deployment
Atlanta, Georgia-based charging-as-a-Service (CaaS) provider Invisible Urban Charging (IUC) has entered into a financing agreement with Redaptive, which deploys energy-as-a-service (EaaS) installations for whole-building portfolios, to supply capital for the financing and refinancing of some of IUC’s portfolio of contracted EV charger deployments in the US and Europe. The partnership aims to allow sites to… Read more »
Choosing the perfect sites for EV charging projects: EVpin’s all-in-one site selection and design tool
Q&A with EVpin CEO and founder Maythem Alsodani Whatever kind of EV charging facility you’re planning to deploy—from a Level 2 destination or multi-family site to a highway DC fast charging station to a commercial fleet depot—site selection is a critical part of the process. Many criteria need to be considered, including not only potential… Read more »
Vietnam’s VinFast signs first California dealership
Vietnamese EV manufacturer VinFast has signed its first authorized dealership in California, part of its strategy to expand its sales model through a network of dealerships across the US. The company’s VF 9 full-size electric SUV is currently available in the US. VinFast San Diego, part of the Sunroad Automotive Group, will give consumers the… Read more »
2026 Subaru Uncharted: quirky brand’s third EV is, yes, another model shared with Toyota
If the company’s contribution to the Uncharted was largely AWD tuning, ride, and safety … what makes it a Subaru? Subaru unveiled its third dedicated electric vehicle Thursday night, a compact hatchback roughly the size of its Crosstrek, to be known as the Uncharted. The 2026 Subaru Uncharted is 7 inches shorter than its Solterra,… Read more »
Tax breaks for US battery plants preserved for now, Ford to proceed with Michigan LFP plant
The US administration’s BBB (which stands for Big Bill, and something else beginning with B) will be a disaster for American industry—it slashes support for clean energy technologies, ceding further ground to competitors in China and elsewhere. However, analysts who’ve combed through the fine print report that certain tax breaks for US battery plants survived… Read more »
Judge temporarily blocks US administration from withholding NEVI funds for EV charging infrastructure
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the US administration from withholding funds awarded to 14 states including California, New York, Illinois and Washington under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, part of President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. US District Judge Tana Lin in Seattle ruled that the states were likely to… Read more »