Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com Thanks to Trump’s repeated executive order attacks on US clean energy policy, nearly $8 billion in investments and 16 new large-scale factories and other projects were cancelled, closed, or downsized in Q1 2025. The $7.9 billion in investments withdrawn since January are more than three times the total investments…

Photo: Blink Charging Blink Charging’s (Nasdaq: BLNK) new partnership with Eco-Movement will make Blink’s EV chargers a lot easier to find across multiple platforms. Eco-Movement is a global platform that collects, refines, and maintains a massive real-time database of public and semi-public EV charging locations and pricing data. That info is used by some of…

U Power Limited, a company specializing in EV battery swapping technology, has entered a joint venture with its Thai subsidiary, U SWAP, and SUSCO. This partnership will bring U Power’s UOTTA EV battery swapping system to SUSCO fueling stations throughout Thailand. Scaling EV Battery Swapping Infrastructure in…

Photo: Waaree Energies Facing potential 40% tariffs on India-made solar modules, India’s Waaree Energies is doubling its manufacturing capacity at its Texas factory. It’s adding another 1.6 gigawatts (GW) of solar module manufacturing capacity at its Brookshire factory, bringing the site’s total to 3.2 GW. The company didn’t indicate a timescale for when the capacity increase…

Autel Europe and CharIN co-hosted the MCS Controller Testival Europe 2025 at Autel’s Barcelona office from April 1–2. This event brought together global leaders to test and validate megawatt charging solutions for heavy-duty electric vehicles. Industry Leaders Collaborate on Megawatt Charging Solutions Autel said this first MCS…

Photo: Equinor In its most aggressive attack against offshore wind yet, the Trump administration halted the $5 billion Empire Wind 1, already under construction off New York’s coast. Norwegian developer Equinor announced yesterday that it received notice from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) ordering Empire Wind 1 to halt all activities on the…

Published: April 2, 2025 NIO and CATL signed a strategic partnership in Ningde, China. The companies aim to accelerate new vehicle development by building a battery swapping network for passenger vehicles. They plan to unify industry technical standards, strengthen capital and business collaboration, and provide efficient charging solutions, the companies said. CATL Invests in…

Texas is No. 1 in the US for wind and solar capacity, but the Texas Senate just passed a bill that aims to kneecap clean energy with an industry-killing review process. Will the Texas House pass it, too? The Texas Senate today passed SB 819, which creates new restrictions on the development of wind…

Genesis will provide a complimentary North American Charging Standard (NACS) adapter to current U.S. electric vehicle (EV) owners who purchased their vehicles on or before Jan. 31. Starting the week of April 7, Genesis will send redemption emails for the Genesis EV charging adapter. The adapter gives access to 20,000 additional NACS DC fast chargers…

Photo: Vesper Energy Renewable developer Vesper Energy has cut the ribbon on Hornet Solar in Swisher County, Texas, one of the largest single-phase solar farms in the US. As Electrek reported in January, the 600-megawatt (MW) Hornet Solar includes over 1.36 million modules covering more than 6 square miles. The project will contribute more than…