EVgo announced that Rivian Automotive’s R1T and R1S models have joined the list of compatible EVs for Autocharge+, which the company said allows EV drivers to initiate a charging session by plugging in their vehicle to an EVgo fast charger. With the addition of Rivian, there are now 30 eligible vehicle models that can be…

The NIMBYs blocking the deployment of wind farms are overwhelmingly rich and white in the US and Canada, according to a new study. Rich white people are wind farm NIMBYs The study, “Prevalence and predictors of wind energy opposition in North America,” is newly published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of…

Fisker announced it will provide customers with access to Tesla’s Supercharger network. The company announced today that it has signed an agreement with Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) on its first vehicles in 2025. Fisker said the move will provide owners with additional charging options, taking advantage of Tesla’s 12,000 Supercharger…

The US battery energy storage market added 5,597 megawatt hours (MWh) in the second quarter of 2023, a new quarterly record. The grid-scale segment of the industry drove the market with a record-breaking 5,109 MWh in Q2, beating the previous record in Q4 2021 by 5%, according to Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean…

EVgo, a public fast-charging network for electric vehicles (EVs), debuted an Alexa-enabled EV charging experience with Amazon. Drivers with Alexa-enabled vehicles and automotive accessories like Echo Auto can now ask Alexa to help them find and navigate to nearby EV charging stations. This announcement follows the company’s previous news of supporting Amazon’s voice-initiated EV driver…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 2023 Net Zero Roadmap today – here’s what’s happened since 2021 and what must urgently happen before 2030. EV and solar lead the way The International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Roadmap sets out what would need to happen in the global energy sector in the years and decades…

The Electric Circuit is introducing new fast-charging stations with power sharing, making them available for the first time in Canada in the city of Rivière-du-Loup. The new satellite-based charging stations are manufactured by Kempower of Finland and distributed in Québec by Bornes Québec. Three dual-charging outlets share a total of 500 kW of power that…

The cost of solar power has fallen by 87%, and battery storage by 85% in the past decade, according to a new study – here’s why. Berlin-based scientific think tank Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) has released a new study in the journal Energy Research & Social Science in…

Juxta launched an autonomously operated Juxta Nomad shop that enables drivers and passengers to purchase food and drinks while waiting for their vehicles to charge. Juxta said drivers and passengers can gain instant access to the Juxta Nomad with the touch of a debit or credit card, whether carried physically or stored digitally on their…

Norway has installed the world’s northernmost solar farm and battery storage in the Svalbard archipelago, just south of the North Pole. State-owned energy company Store Norske Energi installed the solar and storage at Isfjord Radio on the island of Spitsbergen, the largest and the only permanently populated island in the archipelago, and the solar farm…