Charging has increasingly become a geographical and financial matter as e-mobility shifted from a niche product to the mass transit option of the future. Sungrow Power aims to answer this challenge with Destination Charging and a basic but reliable charging product range.
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Tesla has made it official that non-Tesla charging stations can now appear on the maps inside the car’s navigation system. This initially applies to Europe and Israel and is subject to conditions.
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Fastned and EVBox have jointly installed one of the first 400 kW fast charging stations in Europe. The HPC station, called EVBox Troniq Modular High-Power, is being tested in a pilot project and is now available at the Fastned station De Watering on the A8 near Oostzaan in the Netherlands.
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In the USA, the German energy and technology company ADS-TEC Energy will soon also produce its battery-buffered ultra-fast charging solutions for electric vehicles in Alabama.
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Porsche has announced an offer to upgrade home charging in the USA for the 19.2 kW AC charging system. This upgrade effectively doubles the power the Taycan can draw from a 19.2 kW charger.
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In Germany, the Munich-based e-mobility startup EcoG has closed a six million euro Series A funding round, bringing new investors BayBG and Lindner Group on board. EcoG develops operating software for DC charging stations and aims to help its customers scale their solutions.
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Stellantis has announced a new partnership with Octopus Energy to improve electric vehicle charging experience for customers across the UK.
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The German charging infrastructure manufacturer Compleo Charging Solutions will file for insolvency proceedings in self-administration at short notice due to impending insolvency. The board of directors no longer considers “the positive continuation of the company as a going concern to be predominantly probable”.
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Toyota Motor North America and Oncor Electric Delivery, a Texas-based electric transmission and distribution company, have agreed to collaborate on a pilot project around vehicle-to-grid (V2G). It is the first cooperation of its kind for Toyota in the US.
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The Swiss eMobility specialist Designwerk has presented a new type of megawatt charging station designed to rapid-charge electric trucks within 45 minutes. That would be six times faster than 350-kW charging stations, and Designwerk is moving fast towards real-life applications.
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In Balingen, dynamic wireless charging technology for electric vehicles is being tested in practice for the first time in Germany. The main actor of the pilot project is a shuttle bus for the Garden Show 2023, which is to charge its vehicle battery while driving.
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In the USA, EVgo has launched a new EV charging discount program for rideshare drivers on the Lyft platform. Drivers on the Lyft platform will now be able to register for the new program with EVgo via the Lyft Driver app.
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In the USA, the German engineering giant Siemens has selected a site for its second US electric mobility manufacturing hub. The facility is meant to enable the goal of manufacturing more than a million EV chargers for US markets over the next three years.
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EV charging companies 50five Group and NXT Mobility have signed an agreement to build a fast charging network in the Netherlands together. They envision running 150 to 200 locations by 2030, focusing on underserved areas.
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The Volkswagen Group and Enel X Way, Enel Group’s e-mobility arm, launched their equally-owned joint venture Ewiva today. Ewiva shall build a truly high-power charging network comprising 3,000 charge points in Italy.
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EverCharge, now part of the SK Group and a provider of EV charging solutions, announced that it is opening a 30,000-sqft production factory in Hayward, California. Spanning 2787 sqm, the new plant will help EverCharge produce EV chargers for the US market.
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The Chinese EV startup Nio has found a strong partner overseas. German energy company EnBW will have Nio equip its fast-charging hubs with Nio battery swapping stations. There is also talk of cooperating in energy management.
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Volkswagen AG and its energy brand Elli have announced a milestone – Elli now claims to operate 400,000 charge points in partnership with over 800 providers in 27 countries. Over the past 18 months, the network has doubled in size.
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ADS-TEC Energy announced a new partnership with GP Joule Connect; a company focused on sustainable mobility. They plan to install several ADS-TEC battery-boosted charging stations in Europe to enable ultra-rapid charges without expanding the existing power grids.
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General Motors has kicked off the implementation of its “Dealer Community Charging Program” announced a year ago to build up to 40,000 AC charging stations by dealers in the US and Canada. The first of these charging stations have now been installed in Wisconsin and Michigan.
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UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has signed an agreement with BP to build charging points at its sites. Over the next two years, BP Pulse will install 900 new fast charging points at around 70 M&S shops in the UK.
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Commercial Vehicle Charging Europe, the joint venture founded by Daimler Truck, the Traton Group and the Volvo Group to build a high-performance charging network for heavy trucks and coaches in Europe, has now started its business activities under the brand name Milence.
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Stellantis is introducing EV certification for its US dealers and wants outlets to be ready by 2024, when many of the first all-electric vehicles become available to US customers. Stellantis plans to roll out 25 EVs in North America within the decade.
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ADS-TEC Energy has opened the order books in Europe for clients to order the company’s ChargePost system with integrated buffer battery, first announced in May. This time, the company delivers all details customers may need to know but one.
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The CCS association CharIN has released a statement of discontent after Tesla recently announced it would release the design of its proprietary Supercharger connector to make its system the charging standard in North America. Tesla remains a member of the consortium behind the CCS charging standard.
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Audi has unveiled its new charging service, Audi Charging, which will replace the existing e-tron Charging service in the new year. Audi Charging will launch in 27 countries, including Germany, on 1 January 2023 and will be expanded later in the year.
Read moreSolaris gives us an insight into its factory in Bolechowo near Poznan, where Poland’s leading e-bus maker recently inaugurated a bus charging park. Solaris equipped the massive charging hub with systems from three manufacturers that support bidirectional charging – a first in Poland.
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Siemens has received an order to supply charging stations for electric vehicles for Electromin’s planned charging network in Saudi Arabia. This includes the ultra-fast Sicharge D chargers that use direct current and the smart VersiCharge AC wall or pole mounted units that run on alternating current.
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In the Nordics, Recharge will be the first major operator to integrate card payment terminals at its charging stations. The launch will take place in Norway in 2023. The Norwegian parliament is also currently debating the introduction of corresponding legislation with this stipulation.
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In London, the Borough of Hounslow will expand its electric vehicle charging infrastructure in a series of stages by 2026. Houndslow Council decided to install 2,000 new EV charging points by 2026.
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