EV news: Busting out all over

What’s up for EVs in June

Chevy dealership.

GM and Ford

Many auto dealerships are embracing this rapid EV transition. To do so they must overcome concerns about costs to be paid, staff training, and impact on lucrative service department business.

Subaru Solterra, Getty Images

Subaru 

With some good things, you have to wait.

The automaker announced new details about its first-ever electric vehicle (EV), the Solterra, to be out next year.

Tesla climate control

EV Range

A simple way to increase range in winter

A new study has found that the best way to reduce the adverse effect of heating and cooling systems on EV range is by preheating or cooling the car as it charges.

Guess what your powertrain can do

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany are developing inverters that extend EV range by converting energy more efficiently.

Charging stations

Half a million more is a lot

President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan would put charging stations in a massive number of  parking lots, apartments, and rest areas across the US.

Uber partnering with Arrival

Ride hailing

Uber drivers to drive Uber

Uber is partnering with Arrival to develop its own EV In an effort to meet its goal of becoming a fully electric ride-hailing service by 2030. 

Hyundai plant in Alabama

EV manufacturing

Hyundai brings green jobs to Alabama

EVs from Hyundai will begin production in Montgomery next year as part of the company's $7.4 billion U.S. investment over the next four years.

Lion Electric announces plans to build electric buses in Joliet, Illinois

Lion Electric brings green jobs to Illinois

Canadian EV bus maker Lion Electric Company has set Joliet as the site of its first-ever manufacturing plant in the U.S. 

ElectraMeccanica

ElectraMeccanica brings green jobs to Arizona

Mesa will be the site for ElectraMeccanica’s production of its 3-wheeled electric cars.

 
EV Tax incentives

Made in the USA only

United Auto Workers is lobbying for a requirement that EVs be assembled domestically in order to be eligible for tax incentives.