All US-made solar panels featured only imported solar cells until now, but two US manufacturers just struck a three-year, $400 million deal.
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A dealership marked up a Hyundai IONIQ 5 N’s price by $20k
Hyundai just released the IONIQ 5 N’s price just a couple weeks ago, and a California dealer has already marked the MSRP up on the automaker’s newest, most powerful EV by $20,000.
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New Jersey just signed a law approving a punitive new EV registration fee – and at $250, it’s the highest in the country.
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Charging at home is the most satisfying part of owning an EV, and Tesla’s wall-mounted charger is still the US favorite, according to a new study from J.D. Power.
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Vineyard Offshore, which developed Vineyard Wind 1, has submitted a proposal for a 1.2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm to three New England states.
Expand Expanding CloseJust in: The 2025 VW ID.7 electric sedan is coming to the US in two trims
The first all-electric VW ID.7, Volkswagen’s “flagship model,” will be offered in two trims in the US – here are the details.
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Walmart is investing in 19 solar projects under development across the US, including 15 community solar projects.
Expand Expanding CloseBMW’s EV battery partner launches a $1.5B factory expansion in South Carolina
Battery tech firm AESC, which is partnered with BMW, is investing $1.5 billion to expand its EV battery factory in South Carolina.
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Ohio has green-lit what will be the state’s largest solar farm – and the US’s largest agrivoltaics project.
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Alcoholic drinks giant Diageo will replace natural gas-fired heat with Rondo Energy’s Heat Batteries at its production sites in Kentucky and Illinois.
Expand Expanding CloseThis small curbside EV charger can deliver 200 miles of range in 13 minutes
Google Ventures-backed Gravity’s new curbside DC fast charger is no bigger than a Level 2 charger, but it’s 30 times faster.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas installs another big solar + battery storage project
Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s where Virginia is installing its first 18 NEVI EV chargers
Virginia is handing out $11.295 million in federal grants to install 18 NEVI-compliant EV chargers – here’s where they’re going.
Expand Expanding CloseNew York City’s largest public EV charging station is headed to JFK
New York City just announced it will build its largest publicly accessible EV charging station next to JFK Airport.
Expand Expanding ClosePennsylvania’s largest solar farm will replace its largest coal plant
Pennsylvania’s largest solar farm has been awarded $90 million and will sit on 2,700 acres of former coal mining land in the vicinity of the shuttered Homer City coal plant.
Expand Expanding CloseUS battery storage smashes deployment records in Q4 2023
The US battery storage market shattered deployment records across all segments in Q4 2023 – a 101% increase from the previous quarter.
Expand Expanding CloseOwners of aging Teslas, this new bespoke warranty plan is for you
Amber has launched AmberCare, an EV-specific warranty program in the US for aging Tesla models 3, Y, S, and X.
Expand Expanding CloseVW is ready to bring autonomous driving to large-scale production
VW is now the first vehicle manufacturer to develop a Level 4 autonomous driving (AD) service vehicle for large-scale production.
Expand Expanding CloseFlexible printed perovskite solar achieves a record 11% efficiency
Researchers led by Australia’s national science agency had an efficiency breakthrough with roll-to-roll flexible printed perovskite solar cells.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla NACS cables are showing up on ChargePoint EV chargers
Four of ChargePoint’s EV charger models can now support Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector cables.
Expand Expanding CloseTax filers: If you’re claiming IRA tax credits, then you need this free tool
If you bought an EV or made electric upgrades in 2023, then use this Rewiring America tool to confirm which Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits you qualify for.
Expand Expanding ClosePenske and Hitachi just launched a big electric truck charging pilot
Hitachi and Penske Truck Leasing have launched a high-capacity electric truck charging pilot at a major commercial truck depot in California.
Expand Expanding CloseSkanska is piloting this electric compaction roller on an LA megaproject
Skanska is piloting a Wirtgen Group electric compaction roller, one of just five pre-production models in North America.
Expand Expanding CloseWorld’s largest solar panel maker to slash thousands of jobs
China’s LONGi Group is laying off up to 30% of its workers to accelerate cost-cutting, according to Bloomberg.
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