Volkswagen agreed to spend $2 billion to build out a network of EV chargers as part of a settlement in the wake of an emissions scandal. A decade later, drivers frequently cite charger unavailability as a roadblock to EV adoption.
Last month “will likely be the last period this year to post positive growth in year-ago and month-prior comparisons,” according to an S&P Global Mobility analyst.
Wassym Bensaid, Rivian’s chief software officer, said at Tech Brew’s Power Shift event that the two new initiatives will help improve both the at-home and public charging experiences.
“Boats make even more sense to go electric than cars do,” Mitch Lee, Arc’s co-founder and CEO, tells Tech Brew.
“There was a mandate to give the customer something they couldn’t get someplace else,” technical specialist Brennon White tells Tech Brew.
Findings from a new survey of charge point operators, EV charging improvements from Hyundai, and other charging-related news from May.
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