Nissan Ariya drivers have gained access to 17,800 Tesla Superchargers within the Nissan Energy Charge Network (NECN), bringing the total number of public chargers in the network to more than 100,000 in the US and 25,000 in Canada. Nissan EV owners will need a Nissan-provided NACS adapter kit to access Tesla Supercharger stations, which is… Read more »
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Advancing TCO Parity Of HDT Fleet Electrification
Electric heavy-duty trucking is uneconomical compared to diesel in terms of total cost of ownership (TCO) for most applications. Join this session to learn about novel approaches and levers to lower the TCO for electric HD trucks meaningfully, thereby accelerating TCO parity timeline. Presented by: Saral Chauhan, Sr. Asset Leader, McKinsey & Company
Watch now: EV Infrastructure Virtual Conference starts today
The Charged Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure starts today, Tuesday, December 10th, 2024. Join us here. This free-to-attend conference is broadcasting December 10 – 12, 2024, and will feature live presentations, interactive Q&As, on-demand webinars, and whitepaper downloads. All live webcast sessions will also be recorded and available on demand after the event. The virtual… Read more »
Lake Tahoe to link 14 ski resorts with Candela P-12 electric hydrofoil ferry
Lake Tahoe, the largest Alpine lake in North America, became a transportation hub after the 1848 California Gold Rush. Mail delivery then took place via a sailboat that visited each community, and steamboats began plying the river in 1863. The advent of automobiles in the 20th century diminished the steamers’ popularity, but the pendulum might… Read more »
Asahi Kasei and Honda form joint venture to produce Li-ion battery separators in Canada
Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei and automaker Honda Motor have agreed to collaborate on the production of lithium-ion battery separators in Canada. The two companies plan to convert E-Materials Canada into a joint venture, to be tentatively renamed Asahi Kasei Honda Battery Separator, in which Honda Canada will acquire a 25% stake. Honda will invest… Read more »
Archer Aviation to sell up to 100 electric aircraft to Soracle
Electric airplane manufacturer Archer Aviation has signed an agreement with Soracle, a joint venture of Japan Airlines and global general trading company Sumitomo, to sell up to 100 Midnight aircraft, totaling approximately $500 million. Soracle plans to offer electric air taxi flights in cities with traffic constraints or geographic barriers. Locations could include Tokyo, Osaka,… Read more »
Solaris to sell 14 electric buses to the city of Szczecin, Poland
The City of Szczecinin, Poland has signed an agreement with Polish electric bus manufacturer Solaris to purchase four 12-meter Urbino 12 and 10 articulated Urbino 18 electric buses. The vehicles will increase Szczecin’s fleet of Solaris buses to a total of 30. They will be operated by the city’s public transport company, Szczecińskie Przedsiębiorstwo Autobusowe…. Read more »
Charging management software provider AMPECO raises $26 million in Series B funding
AMPECO offers a white-label, hardware-agnostic EV charging management platform that covers public, private and home charging and currently serves over 160 clients across 60 markets and powers some 120,000 charging stations on all 6 continents. The customer list includes (in Europe) E.ON Drive Infrastructure, ChargeGuru, INDIGO Group, Wattif and Elaway; as well as (in the… Read more »
CGD and IFPEN demo 800 VDC multi-level GaN inverter
UK-based fabless semiconductor company Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) and French public research and training organization IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) have developed a demonstration that confirms the suitability of CGD’s ICeGaN650 V gallium nitride (GaN) integrated circuits (ICs) in a multi-level, 800 VDC inverter. The demo delivers high power density of 30 kW/l, which is greater… Read more »
NREL’s free analysis tool helps fleets calculate TCO for EVs
Commercial vehicle fleets will electrify sooner or later—the savings from lower maintenance and energy costs are substantial, and growing. However, the math behind a transition to EVs can be quite complicated. EVs are less standardized than diesel vehicles, and their total cost of ownership (TCO) can vary based on a wide array of factors, from… Read more »