Government initiatives, innovations, and legislation

Biden-Harris Administration invests US$54m to expand clean transportation

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a US$54m Communities Taking Charge Accelerator funding opportunity through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Over 1,100 Ekoenergetyka’s chargers power up Paris

RATP, the historic public transport operator of Paris, celebrated for its Metro and extensive train services, is taking a giant leap in sustainable mobility.

Introducing the Public EV Charging Infrastructure Playbook

The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office), in partnership with the US Department of Energy’s Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) program, has launched the Public Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure Playbook.

EVBox ensures smooth transition with new EU regulations for CPOs

EVBox is helping Charge Point Operators (CPOs) comply with the new Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) coming into effect across the European Union.

Noodoe secures GSA contract

EV charging specialist Noodoe has secured a coveted General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract (#47QMCA24D0005).

Wallbox and Bidirectional Energy win California Grant for V2X Project

Wallbox and Bidirectional Energy have secured a US$2.2m grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for their residential V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) demonstration project.

Beam Global receives first European order for EV ARC solar-powered EV charging systems

Beam Global has received its first order from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for solar EV charging systems for bases on the island of Cyprus.

U.S. government offering billions in loans for EV-related businesses, seeking partners

The U.S. government has billions of dollars in loans available for EV-related businesses, and it’s looking for partners.

NEVI-funded projects face EV charger uptime issues

EV charging infrastructure deployments that are funded by the US government's National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding programme have sometimes faced issues with achieving the NEVI requirement to achieve 97% charger uptime.

Wallbox and partners to deploy EV chargers at 148 multifamily properties across State of Washington

Wallbox, and its subsidiary Coil, in conjunction with partners Clean and Prosperous Institute and Adopt a Charger, have secured awards of US$25.6m from the Washington Department of Commerce’s EV charging program.