“We have become a full electric car family and we don’t have any conventional gas cars,” said Vivianna, a pathology and laboratory medicine professor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. As president of the Delaware Valley Tesla Owners Club, she is pleased at the budding partnership between Tesla and Wawa to offer charging […]
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Nissan and EVgo announce 200 more fast-charging stations for electric cars in the US
Nissan and EVgo are announcing today that they are expanding their collaboration and will deploy 200 more fast-charging stations for electric cars in the US. The Japanese automaker and the US-based EV charging company have had a long partnership to support Leaf owners and deploy charging infrastructure for all-electric vehicle owners in the US. Now […]
VW wants to test robotic EV chargers for self-driving cars
The future is electric and autonomous The cars of the future will be electric and robotic, so why not use robots to charge their batteries, too? Volkswagen announced a pilot project on Thursday to test that very possibility. The German auto giant is partnering with Bay Area startup Stable Auto under the umbrella of its […]
Didi Chuxing and oil giant BP team up to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure in China
Ridesharing and transportation platform Didi Chuxing announced today that it has formed a joint venture with BP, the British gas, oil and energy company, to build electric-vehicle charging infrastructure in China. The charging stations will be available to Didi and non-Didi drivers. The news of Didi and BP’s joint venture comes one week after Didi […]
Govt softens stance on time frame for transition to electric vehicles
The change in stance follows a strong opposition by automakers of the proposed government plan to ban two-wheelers (below 150cc) and three-wheelers by 2023 and 2025, respectively The government seems to have softened its stance on the time frame for transition to electric vehicles (EVs). The Ministry of Heavy Industries, the Ministry of Road Transport […]
Centrica pens Ford EV charging deal amidst financial pressure
Centrica has revealed a new deal with Ford for a ‘one-stop’ charging solution, on the same day it revealed its operating profits have nearly halved. The utility has partnered with Ford to provide EV charging installations and energy tariffs for new Ford EVs as part of a comprehensive charging solution, with all new Ford passenger […]
Most EV Charging Infrastructure Is Wasted Due To Lack Of New Thinking
There were a reported 60,000 EV charging stations at over 22,000 sites in the USA as of 2018, Impressively 15% are DC “fast” chargers and 87% of them are public. Yet there are claims that the vast majority of these see very light use — charging less than 10% of the time. While some, like […]
Inside the Honda E, EV transmissions, pop-up chargers, Audi’s diesel role: Today’s Car News
Honda reveals a dash with five screens, in its new Honda E. The New York Times reports on new evidence against Audi in the VW diesel emissions scandal. A major supplier has developed a 2-speed transmission for electric cars. And a company in Britain wants to have charge points pop up, out of the sidewalks. […]
Oil major BP aims to fully charge electric cars in 5 minutes by 2021
UK oil giant British Petroleum has plans to make charging an electric car as close as possible to refuelling a regular fossil-fuelled vehicle. In a recent interview, BP’s head of technology David Eyton said that it wants to provide batteries for electric cars by 2021 that can charge to 100% within just five minutes. BP, […]
Billions earmarked for EV charging stations and reducing emissions in bipartisan highway bill
A new bipartisan piece of legislation which aims to repair highway infrastructure in the US includes billions in funding for projects that include reducing carbon emissions and installing electric vehicle chargers along designated highway corridors. The bill, America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 is being introduced as the largest US highway legislation in history. It […]