The Biden administration announced new standards for building out a national electric vehicle charging network on Wednesday as part of a push to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). President Joe Biden previously committed to building a U.S. network of 500,000 EV chargers by 2030, and has now set the standards to disburse $7.5 […]
ABS to class US hydrogen-hybrid research vessel – EQ Mag
Capable of zero-emissions operations, the vessel will have a new hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system composed of hydrogen fuel cells and a conventional diesel-electric power plant. Designed for the Univeristy of California (UC) San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography by Seattle-based naval architecture and design firm Glosten, the ship design is scaled so the ship will be […]
New board in place, US utility turns to clean energy study – EQ Mag
NASHVILLE, Tenn. : Under a new board majority picked by President Joe Biden, the nation’s largest public utility on Thursday reacted to a drumbeat of concerns about not meeting the Biden administration’s own power sector climate change goals by announcing a new study of clean energy adoption opportunities throughout the region’s economy. The Tennessee Valley […]
Two Texas hydrogen hub proposals unite in pursuit of federal funds – EQ Mag
Two proposals for regional clean hydrogen hubs in the US, the Port of Corpus Christi Horizons Clean Hydrogen Hub (HCH2) and Trans Permian H2Hub, have decided to join forces and proceed by submitting a single application in the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Programme. The US has committed USD 8 billion […]
EV Charging Stations In The US Are Plagued By Reliability Issues: Study – EQ Mag
At least 1 in 5 charging attempts have failed last year. Charging your EV at public stations throughout the United States can sometimes be challenging, to say the least, with stalls that are out of order, software hiccups, and occasional vandalism rendering chargers useless. To put things into perspective, we now have fresh data that […]
Rising EV charging failure rates now 1 in 5 as broken chargers and glitches abound – EQ Mag
At the worst state of charging reliability, nearly 40% of EV charging attempts across the US resulted in failure last year, up from 15% in 2021. On the whole, one in five electric vehicle charging sessions didn’t go through in 2022, as chargers were plagued by vandalism and software or hardware glitches. One in five […]
Itochu to supply renewable energy to Meta in US, Amazon in Japan – EQ Mag
Japanese trading house Itochu Corp has agreed to supply wind-generated power to Meta Platforms in the United States and solar energy to Amazon in Japan, it said on Wednesday. Itochu would supply wind-generated power to Meta from the Texas-based Prairie Switch Wind project, set to have capacity of 160 megawatts when launched towards the end […]
Wireless charging offers hope for mass electric vehicle use – EQ Mag
Trials in Germany and the US could reduce the size of batteries needed and end drivers’ ‘range anxiety’ An hour’s drive south of Stuttgart lies a modest stretch of road that may represent the future of electric vehicle charging. This kilometre-long strip in the German town of Balingen will, later this year, host the world’s […]
Here’s Why Free Electric Car Charging Should be Banned – EQ Mag
It’s ruining the public EV charging experience. Nearly every non-Tesla electric vehicle sold in the US today comes with some variation of a free charging offer than can be redeemed on a specific public EV charging network. The offers range from three years of free unlimited charging all the way down to two complimentary free […]
How China built the world’s biggest EV charging network – and left the US far behind – EQ Mag
China built 650,000 public EV chargers last year — 10 times the number in the US. The car is undoubtedly an American icon, and so too — in its own way — is the humble gas station. There’s the one in California’s Central Valley where James Dean made a last stop to refuel before his […]