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Israel-headquartered StoreDot, a specialist in extreme fast charging battery technology for electric vehicles, has officially opened its first US research facility in Irvine, California, USA.  

EV charging company Gridserve has opened its latest charging super hub at Solstice Park in Wiltshire, UK. 

Supporters of vehicle electrification point to the more than 140,000 EV charging stations currently deployed across the United States as a sign that a budding system to support the transportation transformation is in place.

TurnOnGreen has announced it will install four public access charging stations located at 975 Morning Star Drive in Sonora, CA.

According to a new report from Research and Markets, the EV charging market size was valued at US$14.49bn in 2021 and is predicted to reach US$128.13bn by 2030 with a CAGR of 28.2% during the forecast period, 2022 to 2030.

SparkCharge has launched its fleet services solution, the newest available from its mobile Charging as a Service (CaaS) line-up, to help make the transition to electric fleets simpler, more affordable and more immediate.

The inadequacies of the UK electric car charging network were underlined by the festive holiday getaway, with queues of vehicles waiting for up to three hours for Tesla superchargers. 

HERE Technologies, a location data and technology platform, is rolling out a new service that predicts the likelihood of an EV public chargepoint being available in the future.

ChargePoint Holdings, Mercedes-Benz and MN8 Energy, a major US solar, stationary power and renewable energy providers, have announced plans to rapidly expand the availability of DC fast charging with the development of over 400 charging hubs across the US and Canada. 

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) in the UK has revealed that December saw battery electric vehicles (BEVs) claim their largest ever monthly market share, of 32.9%, while for 2022 as a whole they comprised 16.6% of registrations, surpassing diesel for the first time to become the second most popular powertrain after petrol.