Volvo EVs will adopt Tesla charge port, get Supercharger access

China EV daily: Xpeng G6, Tesla Model 3 with CATL battery, Belarusian SOE can only purchase Geely cars

Xpeng G6 hit the market, Model 3 will have CATL battery, strange deal for Geely - Belarusian SOE's want's only their cars and GAC wants to hit 500k sales this year

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Federal study lays out US charging needs by 2030

Porsche Taycan chargingStricter emissions standards, automaker EV goals, and increasing consumer demand for EVs will create more need for public charging infrastructure, which a new study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) aims to quantify. The NREL estimates that current regulatory and industry trends will lead to 30 million to 42 million EVs on U.S...

GM details hardware for using EVs as home power backup

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV with GM Ultium Home energy systemGeneral Motors on Wednesday detailed its first bidirectional vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging hardware, allowing EVs to serve as a home backup power source. The Ultium Home V2H Bundle includes an AC home charger, dubbed the PowerShfit Charger, that allows vehicles to discharge power from their battery packs, along with an Enablement Kit that adds an...

2024 Nissan Leaf: Only new EV with CHAdeMO returns unchanged

2024 Nissan LeafThe 2024 Nissan Leaf enters the new model year unchanged, and as the last fully electric vehicle in production using the CHAdeMO connector for DC fast charging. Pricing starts at $29,235 with the mandatory $1,095 destination charge, up $340 from the 2023 model year. As with the previous model year, the Leaf lineup includes two grades, the base...

SAE plans to standardize the Tesla NACS connector

Tesla chargingTesla calls its charging connector the North American Charging Standard (NACS), but as more automakers move to adopt it, a major industry group aims to make NACS a standard in more than just name. SAE International on Tuesday announced plans to standardize the Tesla connector. This will help ensure that any manufacturer or supplier outside of...