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VinFast and Electrify America announce charging agreement and mobile app integration for electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

At the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS 2022), VinFast and Electrify America announced an agreement to provide owners of VinFast electric vehicles with two complimentary charging sessions along with access to Electrify America’s coast-to-coast network in the VinFast mobile app.

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Gas Cars Parked In One Electric-Car Spot Earn Raleigh $27,000 A Year

Green Car Reports

The problem of gasoline cars parking in spaces reserved for plug-in electric cars to recharge at is nothing new. It''s known as "ICE-ing," referring to cars with internal combustion engines parking where they shouldn''t. But the problem has proved to be lucrative for Raleigh, North Carolina. DON''T MISS: Been ICEd?

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Report: US-made 3-row electric SUV is Toyota Highlander EV

Baua Electric

The Toyota Highlander midsize SUV could go all-electric, while the Grand Highlander would continue with internal-combustion engines, according to a new report from CarBuzz. This is part of a strategy to replace the alphanumeric naming scheme used by the Toyota bZ4X —currently the only EV in Toyota’s U.S.

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Looking good inDEED!

Electric Auto Association

Electrify America funds events Borseth said she is proud of all of our EVA chapters and happy to see four chapters—Shasta Electric Vehicle Association, EAA San Joaquin Valley , TEVA of North Carolina, and Drive Electric Dayton —receive $3000 each in monetary support for their DEED events from Electrify America. Our chapters are busy!

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Hardcore electric ute incoming: Dakar-ready Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear concept paves the way for wild Raptor EV

EV Central

Mustang Mach-E 1400, Mustang Cobrajet 1400 and the F-100 Eluminator left off, the latest battery-powered concept from Ford Performance has this time been prepared in cooperation with North Carolina-based motorsport engineering firm RTR Vehicles. Picking up where the SuperVan 4.2,

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

Green Car Congress

At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. Click to enlarge.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

North Carolina chapter spawns an LEV training business. Smith had introduced LEVs at DiscoverE programs in Central North Carolina middle and high schools. Additionally, the LEV Technician Training and Certification program has been merged into semester-long courses at Virginia and North Carolina colleges.

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