The California Energy Commission (CEC) reported this week that the state passed 2.5 million cumulative new zero‑emission vehicle (ZEV) sales in 2025. In CEC‑speak, that “ZEV” tally includes battery‑electric vehicles, fuel‑cell electric vehicles, and plug‑in hybrids (even though plug‑in hybrids aren’t exactly “zero‑emission”). Still, the headline number underscores how quickly California’s plug‑in market has grown. Since … Continue reading “Federal EV incentives ended, California’s ZEV sales grew anyway”
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a formal investigation into Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) following repeated delays in reporting crashes involving its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems. Federal rules require Tesla to report such incidents within five days, yet some reports were submitted months after the accidents, raising safety and regulatory concerns. … Continue reading “Tesla Faces Federal Scrutiny for Delayed Self-Driving Crash Reporting”
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Federal Realty Investment Trust has selected Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging (HPC) to install over 500 EV fast charging stalls across at least 50 of its open-air retail properties nationwide, beginning in 2026. The initial deployment phase targets 20 Federal Realty retail centers in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Florida and Connecticut. Each selected location will have up to 10 … Continue reading “Mercedes-Benz HPC to install over 500 EV fast charging stalls at Federal Realty properties”
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BCDP is also adding its input into initiatives like the Chicago Transit Authority Better Streets for Buses plan, which aims to expand clean transportation options and develop safer streets in communities of color. ”If you’re gonna electrify your bus fleet, why would you launch the 20 or 30 new electric buses anywhere other than in a Justice40 … Continue reading “Chicago community group advances EVs, despite federal setbacks”
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Photo by Kindel Media on Pexels.com The Trump administration is shutting down EV chargers at all federal government buildings and is also expected to sell off the General Services Administration‘s (GSA) newly bought EVs. GSA, which manages all federal government-owned buildings, also operates the federal buildings’ EV chargers. Federally owned EVs and federal employee-owned personal EVs … Continue reading “Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings”
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Photo: @TeslaCharging/Twitter Trump’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued a memo ordering states to suspend all state EV infrastructure deployment plans under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. Trump’s FHWA orders NEVI suspension The $5 billion NEVI program is the big rollout of EV charging infrastructure across the US that was funded by … Continue reading “Trump just canceled the federal NEVI EV charger program”
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Emerging lithium-boron producer Ioneer has received the final permit approval for its Rhyolite Ridge project from the US Bureau of Land Management. Having received the formal approval, Ioneer expects to issue updated reserve figures and estimated project costs by December 2024 and advance toward a final investment decision with its financing partners in the first … Continue reading “Ioneer receives federal permit for its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada”