Tesla has announced that it will finally deliver 500 kW charging as it is about to install its long-awaited V4 Supercharger cabinets. The rollout of Supercharger V4 has been a strange one, to say the least. Tesla has been deploying the new charging stations for two years and calling them “Supercharger V4”, but it has … Continue reading “Tesla announces 500 kW charging as it finally delivers V4 Supercharger cabinets”
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There’s no good way for a company to abandon its customers. But Enel X Way, the EV-charging subsidiary of Italian utility and energy conglomerate Enel Group, may have picked the worst way to go about it — and critics say it’s running out of time to choose a better path. On October 2, Enel X Way abruptly announced it … Continue reading “Enel X Way abandoned its US EV charging customers. What happens next?”
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US EV fast charging network Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, and California-based trucking company 4 Gen Logistics, have installed 14 hyper-fast chargers to support 4 Gen’s fleet of Class 8 drayage trucks. 4 Gen’s facility in Rialto, California, is part of a broader initiative to reduce Southern California tailpipe emissions, particularly … Continue reading “Electrify America and 4 Gen Logistics open electric truck charging station”
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Photo: GM It’s an exciting week for grid resiliency-lovers in California, as Governor Gavin Newsom followed up his earlier smart grid law and signed another law this week which may require bidirectional charging on EVs in the future – though the law has no hard timeline attached, so it may be a while before we see … Continue reading “Bidirectional charging may be required on EVs soon due to new CA law”
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Sponsored by EnergyHub. Adoption of electric vehicles is accelerating rapidly, posing challenges to aging distribution infrastructure. Fortunately, managed charging offers a compelling solution. In this eBook, EnergyHub explores how growing residential EV load affects utility power distribution networks, and how utilities can use managed charging programs to both delight customers and defer or defray the … Continue reading “Download eBook: How can managed EV charging protect the distribution grid?”
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Public charging stations don’t just drive EV adoption; they also increase consumer spending at nearby businesses, a new MIT study found. The study is based on data from over 4,000 charging stations in California and 140,000 businesses, using anonymized credit and debit card transactions to track changes in spending. Researchers used data from 2019 through … Continue reading “EV charging stations give bump to nearby businesses, research confirms”
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More than a year after legacy automakers announced a transition from the CCS charging port to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), GM EV customers are finally able to purchase an approved adapter and gain access to hundreds of thousands of Tesla chargers. Today’s news has been a long time coming for GM-branded EV drivers. … Continue reading “GM releases its approved NACS adapter, giving its drivers access to Tesla’s charging network”
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Curbside charging is emerging as the solution to the problem of charging EVs in dense urban neighborhoods. Curbside chargers are common in Europe, and a few companies are beginning to bring them to the US. Curbside charging represents a different application from the sort of public charging that we’re used to seeing in US parking … Continue reading “Beam Global launches BeamSpot curbside EV charging product line”
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A California-based company aims to add curbside EV charging and solar and wind power to streetlights. Beam Global’s BeamSpot incorporates solar panels and small wind turbines to generate some of its own energy, with built-in battery storage to maximize use of it. While normal streetlights generally have only enough power for illumination, the renewable-energy additions … Continue reading “Solar-powered curbside EV charging concept taps streetlights”
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Greenlane, an EV charging joint venture owned by Daimler Truck, NextEra Energy Resources and investment firm BlackRock, has secured a $15-million grant from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). The grant will allow Greenlane to accelerate the development of its first commercial EV charging corridor along Interstate 15. SCAQMD’s funding will be used … Continue reading “Greenlane wins $15-million grant to deploy commercial EV charging infrastructure in California”