New grid infrastructure investment will total $436 million and focus on multifamily buildings and underserved areas. California grid regulators approved the largest utility-led electric vehicle charging deployment in the country on Thursday. The new program allows Southern California Edison to spend $436 million of ratepayer funds to install 38,000 light-duty electric car chargers. The utility […]
Flipkart pledges 100% transition to electric vehicles by 2030
To support the wider adoption of EVs, Flipkart is committing to a phased integration of electric vehicles into its entire fleet (directly owned or leased corporate fleets) by 2030 New Delhi : India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace Flipkart on Tuesday announced its commitment to transition to electric vehicles (EVs) by joining the Climate Group’s global electric […]
WoodMac: 54,000 Electric Trucks on US Roads by 2025
That’s a 27-fold increase over today’s fleet, and the expansion of charging infrastructure will be nearly as dramatic. There were just over 2,000 electric trucks on U.S. roads at the end of 2019. This stock is expected to grow to over 54,000 by 2025, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. Compared to passenger […]
ChargePoint Raises Another $127M as EV Charging Wars Heat Up
Latest round brings ChargePoint’s total funding to $660 million, as it competes with deep-pocketed rivals such as BP Chargemaster and Shell’s Greenlots. ChargePoint has raised $127 million, its latest massive round of equity financing to build out a U.S. and European charging network to meet the needs of a fast-growing global electric vehicle fleet. Wednesday’s […]
Electric vehicle sales likely to rise by three times in next 4 years: Report
However, the report forecasts global EV sales to fall 5.8% year on year in 2020, with total sales reaching just over 2 million units. Electric vehicle sales around the world is likely to rise to 6.2 million by 2024, almost three times higher than the volume sold in 2019, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. […]
Osoyoos Indian Band, FortisBC open first electric vehicle charging stations within a B.C. First Nation
It’s a major milestone for green transportation, as FortisBC installs its first publicly available, fast-charging electric vehicle stations in a B.C. First Nations community. The two stations, located in Oliver and Osoyoos, are strategically placed to accommodate EV drivers using Interior routes to travel between the U.S. and Canada, or southern routes to travel between […]
Busting the Myth: Electric Vehicle Technology
There have been strides of innovation and techno-commercial development in technologies such as the electric powertrain and battery, which are sure to disqualify some of the age-old myths around EV technology. New Delhi : This is the second article in the “Busting the Myth” series aimed at breaking down the popular myths surrounding the electric […]
GM details 12 upcoming electric vehicles from Cadillac, GMC, Chevrolet and Buick
General Motors is on track to deliver 20 electric vehicles by 2023, the company said in its latest sustainability report. That includes models for nearly all of its brands, including Cadillac, GMC, Chevrolet and Buick. Most of these vehicles utilize GM’s new modular EV architecture, called Ultium. With this platform, GM says some vehicles will […]
Kerala State Electricity Board shortlists 8 agencies for setting up EV charging stations
The board has recently opened an electric charging station in government secretariat compound. As a first step towards readying the state for the smooth rollout of electric vehicles, KSEB would be setting up charging centres at first in six corporation/Municipality areas THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala State Electricity Board has shortlisted over half a dozen companies/consortiums eligible for […]
Second Life: Carmakers and Storage Startups Get Serious About Reusing Batteries
Batteries still have a lot of life in them after being swapped out of EVs. Why not use them on the grid? Batteries aren’t dead when they come to the end of their useful life in an electric vehicle. Reused or “second-life” lithium-ion batteries still have a lot of juice left in them, but so […]
