Kinetic, an automotive infrastructure company that delivers digital repair services in the US for EVs, has secured $21 million in Series B funding in a round led by Menlo Ventures. Other participants in the round included returning investors Lux Capital, Construct Capital and Haystack Ventures along with new investors Allstate Strategic Ventures and Liberty Mutual… Read more »
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itselectric secures $6.5 million in seed funding, will bring curbside charging to 7 US cities this year
Millions of drivers rely on on-street parking, and have no possibility of installing their own home charging stations. This situation, which your correspondent has dubbed the Plight of the Drivewayless, was long seen as a difficult dilemma, but nowadays a visit to Oslo or London makes the solution plain: plenty of on-street public chargers. Brooklyn-based… Read more »
EST-Floattech supplies Octopus battery systems to Wight Shipyard
Netherlands-based battery manufacturer EST-Floattech will provide its Octopus Series battery systems to UK shipbuilder Wight Shipyard for installation on two vessels, Mars Clipper and Cross River Ferry. The vessels will be operated by ferry service company Thames Clippers. Wight Shipyard, on the Isle of Wight, specializes in high-speed ferries, retrofits and vessel maintenance. Thames Clippers… Read more »
Charging/rideshare provider Revel hires former Tesla Supercharger exec
When Tesla’s CEO chose to disband the company’s Supercharger team, EV industry pundits predicted that many of those experts would soon be snapped up by other firms. Now we learn that rideshare/charging provider Revel has hired Edward Noseworthy to lead the company’s EV infrastructure design and construction team. Noseworthy, a seven-year Tesla veteran who oversaw… Read more »
New study finds EV owners are very satisfied with home charging
When it comes to public EV charging…well, let’s just say we hear from a lot of dissatisfied customers. Home charging is by all accounts quite a different experience, and a new study from automotive data provider J.D. Power confirms the anecdotes we hear from EV drivers who charge at home. The J.D. Power 2024 U.S…. Read more »
Two- and three-wheel EVs delivering more emissions reduction than cars
We humans are, at least in theory, proceeding with a broad range of measures to slow climate change —deploying renewable energy sources, protecting forests, cleaning up industrial emissions, etc. According to a recent study by the World Resources Institute, only a single one of these projects is currently on track to meet the goals set… Read more »
bp pulse opens central London charging hub with eight 150 kW chargers
bp pulse, the EV charging arm of oil giant bp, has opened what it calls its most powerful charging hub in Central London. Located at Q-Park Pimlico in the Borough of Westminster, the hub features eight 150 kW chargers. Sixteen EVs can charge simultaneously. The new hub is the latest addition to bp pulse’s network… Read more »
Major UK petrol station chain to buy Tesla EV chargers
British petrol station operator EG Group plans to buy Tesla fast charging stations for its evpoint European EV charging network. This is the second known sale of Tesla chargers to another charge point operator, following a recent order from bp pulse. EG’s Tesla chargers will be accessible to all EV drivers regardless of brand, and… Read more »
GKN Automotive unveils off-the-shelf electric drive unit concept
GKN Automotive has unveiled a new plug-and-play eDrive concept aimed at the niche EV and EV conversion markets. GKN will use the concept to test market appetite for a new eDrive that’s suitable for various purposes, including small to large cars and light commercial vehicles in series production. The first commercial products based on the… Read more »
J.D. Power study finds declining satisfaction with public EV charging
Public dissatisfaction with the reliability of public EV charging isn’t news, but now market analysis powerhouse J.D. Power has put some current numbers to the trend. J.D. Power’s U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Public Charging Study, now in its third year, measures EV owners’ satisfaction with both Level 2 and DC public charging stations. Satisfaction… Read more »