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FedEx and VW EV Plans, Second GM Battery Factory – EV Week in Review: Mar 2 – Mar 8

EV Adoption

To get there – and to reach a fully electric future – five experts and industry leaders say the country will need an aggressive infrastructure plan and an array of green policies to go along with it. Ample now operates five battery swap stations in the San Francisco Bay Area specifically for Uber drivers.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

That would require a dramatic increase in EV sales: In the United States in 2021, just over 1 million vehicles—less than 1 percent of those on the road—were fully electric. And only 3 percent of the new vehicles sold were fully electric. Shorter-range EVs, like the Nissan Leaf, have a manufacturer’s.