There is no shortage of EV charging woes at the moment on either side of the Atlantic, with infrastructure quite far from keeping up with the rate of electric vehicle adoption. But what if in addition to public charging stations, which are still in short supply, you could also use residential chargers? That’s the concept behind UK’s JustCharge and its partnership with charge point mapping service Zap Map, allowing app users to find and book times at residential chargers. This means that 1,600 individual JustCharge locations in the UK can now be found and used via the app. “With the typical home charging point not being used for 90 per cent of the time, JustCharge hosts can bring in additional household income, helping to offset the costs of buying an electric vehicle,” JustCharge explains. Read original article here.
BMW, Toyota remain Most Shopped Brands in the U.S.: Q2 report
Electric vehicles, and cars in particular, were at the forefront of auto shoppers lists, according to a new survey by Kelley Blue Book Brand Watch. High gas prices, transaction prices and supply issues strongly affected the choices of considerers “intending …
Growing Pile of Unfinished Ford Trucks Is Visible From Space Again
We saw the stockpile of chipless Ford Super Duty pickups grow immensely in 2021. At one point, there were so many of them at Kentucky Speedway that they could even be seen from space. As it turns out, that’s once …
Cars that capture carbon?
A group of students in the Netherlands has designed a concept car named “Zem” that cleans the air while driving instead of emitting CO2 using a technology called “direct air capturing.” Direct air capture is a fairly new method of …
Tesla opens up supercharger network to other EVs
EV drivers, you will have more fast-charging options soon. In order to tap into the $7.5 billion federal incentives for expanding charging infrastructure, Tesla promised to offer 3,500 Supercharger stations to non-Tesla electric vehicles by the end of 2024. As …
Tesla And Ford have high brand loyalty: what about new customers?
According to a recent report published by S&P Global Mobility, Tesla and Ford are the most successful brands for customer loyalty. The company measures loyalty based on the number of households that buy another vehicle from the same brand. The …
BMW starts making fuel-cell stacks for IX5 Hydrogen
BMW has started manufacturing fuel-cell stacks for its iX5 Hydrogen SUV, which is expected to start low-volume production before the end of the year. The iX5 Hydrogen is essentially a BMW X5 crossover SUV that swaps out the internal-combustion engine …