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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The Biden administration said Tuesday it is awarding $521 million in grants to build out electric vehicle charging and deploying more than 9,200 EV charging ports.

The Energy Department and Federal Highway Administration said $321 million will be allocated for 41 community projects that expand EV charging infrastructure, while $200 million will fund 10 corridor fast-charging projects.

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Monday, August 26, 2024

The share of electric and hybrid vehicle sales in the United States increased in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24) after a slight decline in 1Q24. Combined U.S. sales of hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) increased from 17.8% of total new light-duty vehicle (LDV) sales in 1Q24 to 18.7% in 2Q24, according to estimates from Wards Intelligence.

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Monday, August 26, 2024

In 2024, a small electric SUV with a range of 300 miles produces 52% fewer life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than a comparable gasoline vehicle. Electric vehicles (EVs) have no tailpipe emissions, but nearly three quarters of the GHG emissions for a gasoline vehicle come from the tailpipe (vehicle operation). 

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Monday, August 26, 2024

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government on Monday announced it is imposing a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles that matches U.S. tariffs and follows similar plans announced by the European Commission.

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Sunday, August 25, 2024

Kentucky has long been a dominant force in the automotive industry, boasting hundreds of factories and producing vehicles for brands like Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor.

Now, the commonwealth stands to grow from just a key player for automakers to the “new Michigan” with the expanding frontier of electric vehicles.

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

E&E NEWS PM | An upgrade to a battery manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Ohio, marks the first project to come online after receiving funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law.

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

PITTSBURGH — Intelligent power management company Eaton today announced the expansion of its newest global Innovation Center near Montreal in Brossard, Quebec less than a year after its opening. After developing cutting-edge software in the region for nearly 40 years, last year the company announced its Innovation Center focused on the research and development of distributed energy resources (DER) technologies.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Rivian's (RIVN.O), opens new tab head of manufacturing is leaving the electric vehicle startup to join Stellantis (STLAM.MI), opens new tab at a time when the maker of Jeep SUVs and Ram pickups is preparing to launch a number of battery powered cars.

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Monday, August 19, 2024

Household vehicles were driven an average of 64.6 minutes on a typical day in 2022 (including all trips made that day) and parked for the remainder of the time (95%). Drivers in all Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) averaged between 61 minutes and 68 minutes per day with the longest driving time of 67.6 minutes for those in MSAs with 1-3 million people. Household vehicles being parked for 95% of a 24-hour day offers opportunity for EV charging.

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Friday, August 16, 2024

Charging isn’t the headache that many people think it is. For many, the outlet that’s already in their garage is almost always all they’ll need to keep an EV running.

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