Enlarge / Volvos will charge for free at new charging stations that will be installed at some Starbucks locations on the route between Denver and Seattle. (credit: Volvo) Driving an electric vehicle between Seattle and Denver should be a bit easier by the end of this year. Coffee chain Starbucks is partnering with Volvo Cars […]
Enlarge / An Electrify America charging station. (credit: Charge America) About five years from now, a common complaint about electric vehicles—range anxiety—will be a thing of the past across much of the US. Starting this year, the federal government will begin doling out $5 billion to states over five years to build a nationwide network […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) The switch to electric vehicles is going more slowly in the US than in some other parts of the world. EVs reached a higher market share in 2020 than in any year past, but they still only accounted for 1.8 percent of all new cars and trucks. So […]
A startup called Ample has developed a new modular battery and quick swap station, and it’s just deployed the first five in the Bay Area. [credit: Ample ] On Wednesday morning in San Francisco, a startup called Ample launched its new electric vehicle battery-swap technology. It’s designed an extremely low footprint for its swap stations, […]
Expand / An Electrify America charging place at Colorado recharges a Porsche Taycan. (charge: Electrify America) We quantify electric car batteries at kWh, so if you are paying to control an EV, you would likely expect to get billed by the kWh. And today, if you take advantage of an Electrify America charging channel in […]