charging stations
Tesla Sets New Standard in EV Charging
Ford, General Motors, Rivian, Volvo, Polestar and likely Stellantis and Hyundai are set to support Tesla’s charging plug, also known as the North American Charging Standard, in the coming years. Public charging station operators have responded in kind, as everyone from ChargePoint to EVgo to Blink and now, today,…
Polestar Embraces Tesla’s Charging Standard in Electric Vehicle Race
Polestar has hammered out an agreement with Tesla for owners of the Swedish electric vehicles to use Tesla’s Supercharger network in the United States and Canada. The all-electric automaker is joining the cavalcade of manufacturers getting access to the expansive constellation of vehicle charging stations. Over the…
Volvo Joins Tesla in Charging Innovation
Well, it happened again. Yet another automaker has worked out a deal to allow its electric vehicle owners to use Tesla’s Superchargers. This time around, it’s Volvo. So if you happen to own a Volvo XC40 Recharge, congratulations. It is about to get easier to take your car on a road trip. There will be no more worrying…
American EV Charging Infrastructure Still Sucks: New Report
EV ownership rates may be ticking up, which is a good thing. But what isn’t good is the charging infrastructure that is barely keeping up with adoption. So while you may drive your EV and charge it just fine at home, public charging is and has been a whole other issue, as detailed in a latest report by J.D. Power, via …
Stellantis Considers Joining Tesla’s Charging Trend | Morning Shift
Days after both Ford and General Motors spurned the CCS charging standard preferred by everyone except Tesla in favor of Tesla’s own, Stellantis is now threatening to join its crosstown rivals. It hasn’t confirmed it necessarily will yet, but it’s thinking about it long and hard.