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Monday, May 3, 2021

DETROIT – Ford Motor should be selling enough electric vehicles in North America to produce its own battery cells domestically by 2025, an executive with the automaker told CNBC.

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Monday, May 3, 2021

As of March 2021, there are 25 states that have at least 1,000 non-residential electric vehicle (EV) charging units (public and private). California has by far the greatest number of non-residential EV chargers with nearly 37,000 units. New York, Florida, and Texas had well over 4,000 each, while 11 other states had more than 2,000. Oklahoma had the highest share of DC fast chargers, accounting for 64% of the 1,044 non-residential chargers in the state.

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Thursday, April 29, 2021

The number of electric cars, buses, vans and heavy trucks on roads is expected to hit 145 million by 2030, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.

According to the IEA’s Global Electric Vehicle Outlook, if governments ramp up their efforts to meet international energy and climate goals, the global electric vehicle fleet could increase further still, hitting 230 million by the end of the decade. Both of these projections exclude two- and three-wheeled electric vehicles. 

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Thursday, April 29, 2021

Daimler Trucks and Volvo AB (VOLVb.ST) said on Thursday they aim jointly to cut the costs of hydrogen fuel cells by a factor of five or six by 2027 as they seek to make the zero-emission technology commercially viable for long-haul trucking.

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Thursday, April 29, 2021

Electrify America announced that it now has 600 charging stations in operations, and it is announcing new locations in the US.

With the recent opening of locations in Quartzsite and Kingman, Arizona, Electrify America now has 600 electric vehicle charging stations in operations in the US.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

General Motors (GM.N) on Wednesday announced deals with major electric vehicle charging networks to offer its customers access to nearly 60,000 charging points across the United States and Canada.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Electric Drive Transportation Association President Genevieve Cullen released the following statement reacting to President Biden’s address to Congress: 

“Electric vehicles (EVs) and electric drive technology are essential to a transportation future that is built to provide cleaner air, more livable communities, and greater economic opportunity across all segments of the economy. In tonight’s address, President Biden outlined critical steps that we, as a nation, must take to secure this future. 

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Ford Motor Co (F.N) on Tuesday took a fresh step toward taking control of electric vehicle battery design and production, saying it would establish a southeast Michigan center to research and build prototype lithium ion and solid-state cells.

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Monday, April 26, 2021

Honda recently announced a big push for electrification, pledging that it would be 100% electric by 2040, at which point it would no longer sell gas-powered vehicles. And with motorcycles making up a decent chunk of Honda’s sales, the company is now announcing plans for four new models of electric motorcycles.

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Friday, April 16, 2021

New York (CNN Business)General Motors and LG plan to build a new $2.3 billion plant to build batteries for electric vehicles, a key step toward the US automaker's goal of an all-electric future.

The new plant, GM's second EV battery operation with LG, will be adjacent to the automaker's Spring Hill assembly plant in Tennessee, where it announced last fall a $2 billion investment to build electric vehicles.

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