A consensus is emerging that curbside charging is the solution to the Dilemma of the Drivewayless Drivers, and startup it’s electric is zeroing in on this market. (Read the feature article in our July-September 2024 issue.) Now the company has announced seven cities for the first year of its nationwide rollout: Boston, Los Angeles, Jersey… Read more »
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Kempower and Sprocket Power collaborate to deploy EV charging infrastructure microgrids
Finnish EV charger manufacturer Kempower has partnered with Sprocket Power, a New York-based energy management and EV integration company. Using cloud-based facility management software, Sprocket Power microgrids integrate solar energy generation and battery storage to power EV chargers, reducing upgrade and utility costs. One of the first joint projects of the two companies will be… Read more »
Cracking The Egg Of Urban Electrification
Big cities have lagged in EV adoption because of a classic chicken-and-egg problem. Without publicly available charging, people living in apartments who don’t have home garages can’t practically own an EV. And without a market of EV owners, charging developers can’t justify the high costs to build in cities. Through a mix of private innovation… Read more »
GM and EVgo surpass 2,000 co-branded public fast EV charging stalls in the US
US automaker GM and EV charging provider EVgo have surpassed 2,000 co-branded public fast charging stalls. The partners’ 2,000th stall is part of a new charging station in Murrieta, California, which offers five 350 kW fast chargers capable of serving up to ten EVs simultaneously. EVgo and GM have collaborated to build fast charging stalls… Read more »
Rivian Adventure Network opens its first chargers for all EVs
US EV startup Rivian plans to launch its first next-generation Rivian Adventure Network charging locations, which allow for non-Rivian electric vehicles to charge alongside the company’s R1T pickup and R1S SUV. The sites use a new charger design to accommodate any compatible EV in North America. The first site is its Joshua Tree Charging Outpost… Read more »
As the EU imposes tariffs on Chinese EVs, Spain aims to become a “connector country”
New tariffs on EVs made in China have now come into effect in the European Union. The new tariffs, which will be added to existing import duties of 10 percent, are based on the amounts of subsidies that the EU has determined each automaker in China has received. The tariffs range from 7.8 percent for… Read more »
Electrovaya receives $3.5-million order for EV batteries, secures loan from US Export-Import Bank
Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Electrovaya has received a purchase order valued at approximately $3.5 million for immediate delivery of its batteries from one of its OEM sales channels. The customer is a Fortune 100 e-commerce company, and it will use the batteries to power material-handling EVs in its warehouse operations. Ontario-based Electrovaya makes batteries and battery… Read more »
Software and maintenance—the keys to making fleet EV charging work?
Q&A with EO Charging’s John Walsh How is providing charging infrastructure for EV fleets like running a web site or a cell phone network? All of these worthy endeavors (among others) depend on a stack, which is a hip way of describing a system of interrelated hardware and software products that function together. Some layers… Read more »
Voltpost chooses AT&T to provide connectivity for curbside EV chargers in Michigan
New York City-headquartered Voltpost, which retrofits lampposts as Level 2 EV chargers, has partnered with AT&T to provide IoT connectivity to EV charging posts across Michigan, including the Metro Detroit area. Voltpost provides scalable curbside and parking lot charging infrastructure to public and private customers, including government entities, real estate developers, universities and parking facility… Read more »
Seven cities form North American Electric Construction Coalition
Government officials from six cities in the US as well as Montreal, Canada have made a commitment to use more electric construction equipment in North America. Leaders in the municipalities of Austin, Texas; Boulder County, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; Montréal, Canada; New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and San Diego, California pledged to support pursuing programs… Read more »