Charles Morris

Fast Lane Transportation, a Southern California-based provider of intermodal and logistics services, is expanding its fleet of Orange EV electric terminal tractors (aka yard trucks). The company currently operates 9 Orange EV trucks and plans to grow its fleet over the next 18 months to meet rising demand. What began as a cautious first step... Read more »

Partners celebrate opening of first EV fast charging station funded by Washington Electric Vehicle Charging Program

LEM launches new series of DC energy meters for DC fast and megawatt EV chargers

EV charging provider XCharge North America has partnered with Gateway Fleets, provider of an electrification platform built for last-mile delivery, to deploy a new EV charging depot in Riverside, California. Gateway, whose customers include medium-duty fleets and independent FedEx operators, developed and will operate the new charging depot. The new site features two dual-dispenser GridLink... Read more »

EV apps—love ‘em or hate ‘em, they’re here to stay. A new study from auto market analyst J.D. Power indicates that an increasing number of EV drivers love ‘em—or at least, use ‘em regularly. (We’re talking about the apps provided by vehicle OEMs, not the far less popular apps required by public charge point operators.)... Read more »

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the US administration from withholding funds awarded to 14 states including California, New York, Illinois and Washington under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, part of President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. US District Judge Tana Lin in Seattle ruled that the states were likely to... Read more »

Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is an international non-profit organization focused on reducing the emissions of freight transportation. Last year, the organization orchestrated the launch of the I-10 Zero Emission Freight Corridor, which includes a network of heavy-duty EV charging stations between Los Angeles and El Paso. SFC is now launching a similar initiative in Europe... Read more »

SAE International has published a new standard, SAE J3400/2—Connectors and Inlets for the North American Charging System (NACS) for Electric Vehicles. Developed by SAE’s Hybrid-EV Committee, the new standard defines the physical architectural and mechanical specifications of the EV connector and inlet. SAE J3400/2 standardizes the physical architecture of EV connectors and inlets using 2D... Read more »

The US auto industry is in serious trouble, and while the current federal administration is setting the tone, most of the damage is self-inflicted. GM, which has been saying for the last few years that it was sort of interested in possibly trying to explore the possibility of aspiring to phase out legacy gas vehicles... Read more »

Leap, a platform for building and scaling virtual power plants (VPPs), and ChargeScape, a joint venture of Ford, Honda, BMW and Nissan that provides managed charging to EV owners, have announced a new partnership to accelerate EV participation in grid services programs. Together, the companies aim to build “the nation’s largest EV virtual power plant.”... Read more »