CLIMATEWIRE | Republicans in both chambers who are poised to play major roles in writing the next surface transportation bill signaled interest Thursday in ensuring that electric vehicles pay for road usage as a way to help bolster revenues into the Highway Trust Fund.
Sarajane Leary knows what to do when her electric car is low on power: She goes grocery shopping.
On a recent afternoon, Ms. Leary plugged her Toyota bZ4X into a fast electric vehicle charger in the parking lot of a Hannaford supermarket in Altamont, N.Y., and then headed into the store for paper goods and potato chips.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A battery manufacturer has selected Kentucky for a nearly $712 million project to produce industrial-sized batteries used to store and distribute energy, a process seen as increasingly important to help secure a reliable electric grid for the country, officials said Friday.
According to sources that spoke to Reuters, President-elect Donald Trump intends to dismantle the $7,500 electric vehicle (EV) tax credit—which could have implications far beyond individual car buyers and be a major setback for the American automotive industry.
BAKU, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Cancelling the U.S. electric vehicle tax credit would be counterproductive and cede ground to car-makers in China, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters on Friday at the COP29 climate conference in Baku.
To close out the year strong, Ford is offering more ways to save on its electric vehicles. Ford introduced a new year-end sales event with significant discounts on its top-selling EV models, the F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E. Here’s how you can score some savings.
At least one new Kia EV model will be revealed at next week’s LA Auto Show. Kia is teasing the new EV ahead of the event, claiming it wants to make “it very clear” that the company is charging ahead in the US.
After shattering its October US sales record last month, Kia said new models are “generating significant foot traffic” into showrooms.
Blink Charging Co. has reached a strategic passport hub data sharing and roaming agreement with ChargeHub. As part of the collaboration, Blink’s public electric vehicle chargers can now be visible to e-mobility service providers (eMSPs) and charge point operators (CPOs) connected to ChargeHub’s Passport roaming hub. Blink’s public EV chargers can now be activated by the ChargeHub eMSP app, which serves over a million users, according to ChargeHub.
DETROIT — General Motors’ newest all-electric vehicle is a three-row SUV for its Cadillac luxury line, which the brand is dubbing a “baby Escalade.”
The 2026 Cadillac Vistiq will be the last in a lineup of new EVs in the brand’s portfolio when it goes into production and arrives in dealer showrooms beginning in 2025.
Elon Musk has described himself as “pro-environment” and “super pro climate.” But he also threw himself wholeheartedly into electing as president someone who has dismissed global warming as a hoax.
