Canada’s BC Hydro has announced it will add connectors for Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) at its EV charging stations across British Columbia. In a tweet, BC Hydro said it is working with its suppliers to see when NACS connectors will be available for their future charging stations. There is also talk of BC […] More…

Future demands of high-power charging will need grid-sensitive infrastructure for heavy-duty EVs across Europe. With 20 proposals to select from, the Dutch government is funding a consortium to establish ‘Charging Energy Hubs’ in the country. Working with Heliox and internal documents, we unearth the details and find concrete real-world applications in the making. *** Twenty-nine […] More…

SAIC-GM, the Chinese joint venture between General Motors and SAIC Motor, has begun construction of its third factory for electric cars based on GM’s Ultium platform. The new plant is being built in Yantai in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong. According to the Chinese news portal Yicai Global, series production of electric cars at […] More…

Tesla is urging the US government to speed up the switch to electric cars. The electric car manufacturer wants the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set much stricter targets for emissions reductions in new cars than proposed in April. Most other OEMs, however, want the opposite. The EPA proposed new standards in April for […] More…

Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars more than doubled its sales of battery-electric cars in the second quarter to 56,300 units – specifically by 123 per cent. This growth was particularly due to demand in three model series. The van division also posted gains in Q2, but not as strong as the passenger car business. As reported, 23,500 […] More…

Following slow development in its business in China, Volkswagen is also reportedly struggling with demand problems for its electric models in Europe. In the private customer segment, incoming orders in Germany are well below the planned target for the year. The news was initially reported by the German publication Handelsblatt, with reference to an insider […] More…