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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

Teslarati

by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities,” the e-commerce giant said. That affordability threshold is very important,” Musk said in June. “It I’d love to hear from you!

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3-Year Cruise Passengers Seek Fraud Charges Over Cancellation

Baua Electric

Instead, more than a month after the cruise was abruptly canceled, one couple is stranded in an Istanbul hotel and on the verge of becoming homeless; another woman has moved to Ecuador because she can’t afford to pay her mortgage; and a man, recently diagnosed with cancer, has delayed his treatment because he doesn’t have the money to pay for it.

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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

Green Car Congress

Researchers Dana Rubin and Evelyne St-Louis, two recent graduates of the University of California, Berkeley’s master’s program in city and regional planning, analyzed 98,901 rebates issued to Californians buying or leasing low-emission vehicles from the inception of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project in 2010 through March 2015.

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ARPA-E awards $37M for IONICS projects; improving solid-state batteries and fuel cells

Green Car Congress

Solid ion conductors made of affordable, easily produced materials could replace today’s mostly liquid electrolytes and expensive fuel cell parts, helping create a next generation of batteries and fuel cells that are low-cost, durable, and more efficient. Washington University in St. The Washington University in St.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

EV Connect

government mandates expanding EV charging availability at Federal buildings and workplaces, to say nothing of local governments and municipalities everywhere from St. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois. Already, the U.S. Charging Forward Taken in tandem, these four tailwinds will power a bright future for EV charging.