Hertz has announced a new public-private partnership initiative, Hertz Electrifies, aimed at accelerating the transition to EVs, while creating economic opportunity and environmental benefits for communities.
The Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan published by the UK government and Ofgem, sets out steps being taken to seize on the significant potential of smart charging and make it the preferred method of long duration charging by 2025.
Paul Maric and Alborz Fallah of Car Expert wanted to put this theory to the test over an extended road trip in Australia. They drove between Adelaide and Sydney, which is around 1,400km in a diesel Audi Q5 and a full electric Kia EV6 to see how inconvenient a regional road trip would be in an EV and also how much cheaper the road trip would be. The results were surprising!
Volta has announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which Shell USA will acquire Volta in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$169m.
Israel-headquartered StoreDot, a specialist in extreme fast charging battery technology for electric vehicles, has officially opened its first US research facility in Irvine, California, USA.
Supporters of vehicle electrification point to the more than 140,000 EV charging stations currently deployed across the United States as a sign that a budding system to support the transportation transformation is in place.
According to a new report from Research and Markets, the EV charging market size was valued at US$14.49bn in 2021 and is predicted to reach US$128.13bn by 2030 with a CAGR of 28.2% during the forecast period, 2022 to 2030.
