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Illegal parking in charging spots: The culprit? Electric cars

Green Car Reports

A whole Hatfields and McCoys culture has grown up around parking in electric-car charging spaces, with electric-car drivers who need juice facing off against conventional cars—and sometimes other electrics who park there and don't plug in or stay longer than they need to.

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Octopus Energy’s EV roaming service surpasses 300,000 charger milestone

Electric Cars Report

Electric Universe (formerly Electric Juice) is making charging electric cars simple, allowing drivers to use just one card […] The post Octopus Energy’s EV roaming service surpasses 300,000 charger milestone appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxi, why leaded gas, Mercedes AMG plug-in hybrid: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Mercedes’ AMG shows a plug-in hybrid that uses its juice for performance more than range. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai on Tuesday revealed an autonomous “robotaxi” version of its Ioniq 5 electric car. Leaded gas is gone. And are you eager to see the Subaru EV? Made in.

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Long range electric motorcycles are now charging up at Tesla Superchargers

Electrek

When Tesla announced that it would begin opening up its Supercharger stations in the US for non-Tesla EVs, we expected to see a wide range of electric cars flood the fast charging stations. But it’s not just electric cars that are taking advantage of the new fast charger access.

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Porsche will build network of 500 fast chargers for its Mission E electric cars

Green Car Reports

Porsche is getting its dealerships on board with selling electric cars, in preparation for its upcoming Mission E electric sedan, by insisting that each of the company's 189 U.S dealerships install fast charger with enough juice to charge the car's big, 300-mile battery to substantially full in just over 20 minutes.

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Not just Porsche: Honda wants 15-minute fast charges for electric cars too

Green Car Reports

With Porsche promising ultra-fast charging for its Mission E electric car, Honda isn’t going to let the German automaker keeps its 15 minutes of charging fame. Honda aims to develop cars that can grab enough juice from the grid for 240 kilometers (150 miles) of range in 15 minutes flat.

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Shell acquisition of charging network Greenlots points to juice as the new gas

Green Car Reports

Electric cars are getting the attention of oil companies. On Wednesday, one of the largest fast-charging networks in the U.S., Greenlots, announced that it had been bought by oil giant Royal Dutch Shell—via the subsidiary Shell New Energies US LLC. Greenlots includes more than 350 mainly DC fast charge stations across the U.S.,

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