IONNA, the EV charging joint venture backed by eight automakers – BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Toyota – just announced its biggest charging deal yet. It’s teaming up with convenience store favorite Wawa to roll out ultra-fast EV chargers at locations across the US.
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Bojangles, the North Carolina-based chain known for its fried chicken and biscuits, is joining the growing list of fast food chains installing EV chargers in their parking lots.
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Rove, a company founded to improve the EV charging experience by building “full service” EV charging centers with access to amenities you can use while charging, has just broken ground on its 2nd charging center, to be open in October/November of this year.
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EV fast-charging startup Gravity is taking its talents to the West Coast. This morning, the company announced a massive US expansion that will bring 500 kW piles capable of 5-minute EV fast charging to eight locations around the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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Minnesota just locked in a dozen new DC fast charging station sites along Interstates 90 and 94, defying Donald Trump’s suspension of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program.
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San Francisco and it’s electric is officially marking the installation of the city’s first curbside EV chargers today in a new pilot program.
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US DC fast charging is becoming more reliable, and charging stations are getting bigger and busier, according to a new Q1 2025 report from the EV data analysts at Paren.
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Less than three years after signing a partnership agreement to implement a massive EV charging network of new stations across the US, GM Energy, Pilot Co., and EVgo has shared how far that expansion has gotten so far, reaching locations in 25 states around the US with plans for plenty more.
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British DC fast-charging company InstaVolt has officially opened “the largest and most advanced ultra-rapid charging Superhub in the UK.”
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California now has 178,549 public and shared private EV chargers – hitting a major milestone with 48% more chargers statewide than gas nozzles.
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South Korea just got its largest outdoor EV fast-charging hub, and it’s at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Goyang. The new hub, built by charging network Water, features 46 fast chargers capable of juicing up everything from electric cars to buses and trucks.
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Siemens announced today that it’s cutting around 6,000 jobs worldwide, and 450 of them will be in its EV charging business.
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The ChargeX Consortium has figured out how to automatically restart failed EV charging sessions at fast chargers so drivers don’t have to.
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OEM alliance and EV charging juggernaut IONNA has announced a key milestone today, transitioning from public beta testing in the US to a full-scale national release. The EV charging joint venture intends to deploy over 1,000 bays in the US this year en route to tens of thousands more this decade and has teased some exciting tech to make the overall experience more familiar for American drivers.
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Multi-continental EV charging network ChargePoint has introduced two new solutions to combat a looming threat for electric vehicle owners using public charging stations: vandalism and theft. Today, ChargePoint shared details of a new cut-resistant EV charging cable and a new alarm system to increase security and deter theft near the pile. You can see more in the video below.
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Colorado and ChargePoint have completed the EV Fast-Charging Corridors program, adding DC fast chargers across six highway corridors.
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Michigan’s first EV fast charger, funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program in partnership with the Rivian Adventure Network, is now live in Lansing.
Located in the Meijer parking lot at 6200 South Pennsylvania Avenue, the station features six DC fast chargers, including one that’s trailer-friendly.
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Costco Wholesale has collaborated with North American EV charging network Electrify America and rolled out a series of DC fast chargers available to all EV drivers at select store locations. The EV chargers are operational at those Costco stores now, beginning in three states.
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The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation today announced the opening of Texas’s first EV fast charging station funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.
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US charging network EVgo has announced an expanded partnership with supermarket chain Meijer to install up to 480 new fast chargers at store locations across the Midwestern United States. Meijer has already installed EV chargers at over a third of its store locations.
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EV charging network EVgo has published its Q3 2024 financial report, which shows record revenue and tremendous year-over-year growth. EVgo’s growth has continued over the last eight quarters, seven of which saw a triple-digit increase in energy throughput.
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The US just hit a major electric vehicle milestone: There are now more than 200,000 public EV charging ports nationwide.
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The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) announced a funding opportunity for DC fast chargers in 16 communities across the state.
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Rove, a new developer of full-service charging stations, has finished construction of its first charging station in Santa Ana, California, and invited us for a sneak peek ahead of its opening this month. The station includes 40 charging spots, a grocery store, indoor and outdoor seating, a car wash, and even a small dog park.
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