Portugal-headquartered EV charging infrastructure manufacturer Efacec will supply Utah-based EV charging network eV Power Exchange with 132 of its QC45 DC fast chargers for the Salt Lake City area. The agreement includes licensing and customization of Efacec’s charging point management system, EV Core, which is designed to allow drivers to locate and reserve chargers using… Continue reading Efacec to deliver 132 DC fast chargers to eV Power Exchange in Utah
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Guardian Yards adds EV charging stations at Sacramento truck yard
California-headquartered Guardian Yards, an operator of industrial outdoor storage and truck parking yards, is introducing EV charging stations at its 25-acre truck parking depot in Sacramento’s Metro Air Park, a 1,320-acre industrial business park near Sacramento International Airport. Guardian Yards is working toward compliance with the California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which… Continue reading Guardian Yards adds EV charging stations at Sacramento truck yard
The 24/7 diner is part of the American Road Trip—and maybe an ideal site for a NEVI public EV charging station
As states begin to award National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program funding, what kinds of sites are getting most of the grants for public EV charging stations? So far, winners include gas stations and convenience store chains—and a Tennessee Waffle House. Tennessee has $88 million in NEVI money to dole out over 5 years. In… Continue reading The 24/7 diner is part of the American Road Trip—and maybe an ideal site for a NEVI public EV charging station
Amperesand’s solid-state transformers could help break electric grid bottlenecks
Here’s a story we hear often: a CPO or fleet operator wants to deploy a large-scale EV charging facility, but the project is delayed for months or years because the local utility is waiting for the necessary transformers to be delivered. (Two out of two subjects of infrastructure articles in our current print issue—XCharge’s Alex… Continue reading Amperesand’s solid-state transformers could help break electric grid bottlenecks
Terawatt’s California heavy-duty EV charging site offers charging now, during site build-out
Terawatt Infrastructure is building a network of charging sites for heavy-duty EVs, and also offers a turnkey solution for fleets that want to electrify. One of several sites in the pipeline is at Commerce, near downtown Los Angeles. While that facility is under construction, Terawatt will offer a temporary charging solution that fleets can start… Continue reading Terawatt’s California heavy-duty EV charging site offers charging now, during site build-out
British Telecom is repurposing old street cabinets as EV charging points
Streetscapes change as technology evolves. As phone booths became obsolete, most disappeared, but some were repurposed as WiFi hotspots, neighborhood libraries and other useful things. British Telecom has thousands of boxy green metal cabinets, used to store internet and phone cabling, all over the UK, and the nationwide rollout of fiber broadband connections is making… Continue reading British Telecom is repurposing old street cabinets as EV charging points
Electrify America opens an amenity-rich indoor EV charging station in San Francisco
Electrify America, along with every other non-Tesla public charging network, has gotten a lot of negative press lately. Among the criticisms: sites need more chargers and more customer amenities. In 2022, Electrify America introduced The Charging Station of the Future, Today—an initiative to add next-generation chargers and various customer-focused services at “flagship” locations. Two of… Continue reading Electrify America opens an amenity-rich indoor EV charging station in San Francisco
XCharge plans EV charging Superhub at Watters Creek Village near Dallas
XCharge is a provider of battery-integrated EV charging solutions (see the feature article in our latest print issue). The company’s latest project to be announced is a state-of-the-art EV charging Superhub at the Watters Creek Village mixed-use development near Dallas. The new charging hub will feature more than 20 stalls with DC fast chargers providing… Continue reading XCharge plans EV charging Superhub at Watters Creek Village near Dallas
Transom Capital Group to take over Webasto’s EV charging business
German automotive supplier Webasto is divesting its EV charging business in order to strategically focus on its core business areas. Los Angeles-based Transom Capital Group will acquire a majority stake in Webasto’s charging solutions business. Webasto will remain a minority shareholder in the division. Webasto’s sites in Planegg, Germany, Monrovia, US and Guanajuato, Mexico, will… Continue reading Transom Capital Group to take over Webasto’s EV charging business
New EV charging network backed by 7 major automakers begins operations in North America
Back in July 2023, a group of seven major automakers announced plans to form a public charging joint venture along the lines of the European consortium Ionity. EV fans welcomed the plan to deploy some 30,000 fast charging stations throughout North America, but we’ve heard very little since. Now the venture has a name: IONNA.… Continue reading New EV charging network backed by 7 major automakers begins operations in North America