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Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program
Commercial EV, Electric Car, Electric Fleet February 6, 2025 Aarian Marshall Comments: 0

Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program

The US Department of Transportation has ordered states to kill their implementation plans related to the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, according to a memo obtained by WIRED that was later made public. The decision appears to halt in its tracks a $5 billion program designed to fund state projects to install electric vehicle charging stations across the United States. Officials at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which manages the program, ordered state transportation...
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Electric Vehicle Charging Is Going to Get Political
Commercial EV, Electric Car, Electric Fleet December 23, 2024 Aarian Marshall Comments: 0

Electric Vehicle Charging Is Going to Get Political

It’s an exciting and delicate time to be an electric vehicle charging company. Three years ago, the US government opened the funding spigot as Congress, with support from the Biden administration, directed $7.5 billion in funding to build tens of thousands of public charging stations. Those stations would ease the transition from gas-powered cars to electric ones, policymakers argued, allowing the government to reach its goal of making at least 40 percent of car sales zero-emission by 2030. No...
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Trump Won. What Will Happen to Electric Vehicles?
Commercial EV, Electric Car, Electric Fleet November 6, 2024 Aarian Marshall Comments: 0

Trump Won. What Will Happen to Electric Vehicles?

Donald Trump picked up 15 electoral votes when he won Michigan on Election Day, another big win that helped to hand the Republican candidate his second presidential term. Both he and the Democratic nominee, US vice president Kamala Harris, spent a lot of time this fall campaigning in the critical swing state. One consequence of this electoral quirk is that the candidates have said plenty about electric cars, and dropped lots of hints about how the electric revolution might fare during their admi...
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The Auto Industry Finally Has a Plan to Stop Electric Vehicle Fires
Commercial EV, Electric Car, Electric Fleet September 15, 2024 Aarian Marshall Comments: 0

The Auto Industry Finally Has a Plan to Stop Electric Vehicle Fires

Last month, a Mercedes Benz EQE 350 electric vehicle caught fire in a South Korean apartment building’s underground parking garage. Reportedly, 23 people were sent to the hospital and approximately 900 cars were damaged. The fire reached temperatures of more than 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celsius), and took firefighters almost eight hours to extinguish. The incident led to a series of swift policy changes in the country, including the acceleration of a planned EV battery certific...
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