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Aquaculture is going electric in Maine with the help of Aqua superPower and the US DOE

Leading marine charging network Aqua SuperPower, along with the United States Department of Energy, is helping bring more sustainability to Maine’s waters. Aquaculture specialist and oyster cultivator Maine Ocean Farms has received a grant from the government to deploy custom-built electric boats that will be recharged by Aqua superPower fast chargers. Read more…

Advancing EV charging infrastructure with scalable power distribution: Whitepaper


Sponsored by Starline. The global transition to electric vehicles, both for individual and fleet use, has accelerated in recent years, and as the number of EVs on the road continues to rise, EV charging station providers often struggle to keep up. Providers face several challenges, including limitations of existing power infrastructure and high upfront costs… Read more…

Norway is the first country to have more EVs than gasoline-powered cars in driveways 


The Norwegian Road Federation—Opplysningsrådet for Veitrafikken in Norwegian—has announced a seismic shift in electric adoption: There are now more EVs on the country’s roads than gasoline-powered autos.  There are currently 2.8 million passenger cars registered in the country and 26.3% are fully electric, just edging out the share of gassers. Diesels, however, remain the most… Read more…

Nayax partners with Adyen on EV charging payment infrastructure


Fintech companies Nayax and Adyen have formed a long-term partnership to provide cashless payment technology to EV charging businesses. Under the partnership, Netherlands-headquartered Adyen will join Nayax’s network of acquiring banks and integrate the company’s end-to-end payment and loyalty platform into Adyen’s single global platform. This will enable Israel-based Nayax, which provides payment processing devices… Read more…

Nth Cycle starts domestic commercial-scale nickel and cobalt scrap refining


US metal refining and recycling company Nth Cycle has begun operations in Fairfield, Ohio to produce premium nickel-cobalt mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP), which is an essential component in a number of clean-energy, consumer and military applications.  The plant was installed at an existing 20,000-square-foot facility, and can process up to 3,400 tons of scrap materials… Read more…

October 4 is the day the EU decides how expensive to make Chinese EVs

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Remember when EVs were promised to eventually become as cheap as ICE cars? Well, something funny happened along the way to that goal. Actually, two things. First, ICE cars got more and more expensive (which is exactly the opposite of said promise), and EVs haven’t really gotten cheap past a point. With one very obvious, very clear exception: Chinese EVs.… Read more…