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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

Green Car Congress

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

Green Car Congress

Electrify America has released its National Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan for Cycle 2; Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period that begins in July 2019. These metro areas are expected to account for more than 50% of expected battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in operation outside California through 2022 (Navigant, 2017).

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Eaton to supply EV charging stations to federal EV Pilot Program

Green Car Congress

Eaton Corporation announced a collaborative agreement to supply federal departments and agencies with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and related installation and services equipment, through a US General Services Administration (GSA) contract awarded to Autoflex, Inc.

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What’s with Tesla’s weird Model S and X production and delivery figures?

Teslarati

Tesla started deliveries of the Model S and Model X in Mainland China on March 27, and while some customers took delivery of their all-electric vehicles, some are still on their way to various showrooms. Tesla ships more Model S and Model X to Europe, could it be HW4? Tesla ships more Model S and Model X to Europe, could it be HW4?

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First Drive Of The 2024 Kona EV Prototype

CleanTechnica EVs

Hyundai gave its popular Kona a facelift for 2024, and we were some of the first people outside the company to take one of the fully electric prototypes for a spin. We typically drive early production builds, so they still might tweak a few things before its locked in for production later this year, but […]

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

Teslarati

Rivian’s electric Amazon Delivery Van starts deliveries in San Francisco as testing continues. by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Rivian builds its vehicles in Normal, Illinois.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

Gerhardt had joined with Ed Benjamin of the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA) to offer training programs—and certification— to aspiring ebike mechanics. As a senior in high school, Smith entered an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Enginners (IEEE) competition in Baltimore describing a project on computers and small EVs.

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