Ireland's Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien has announced a suite of EV initiatives including a pilot to explore shared options for home charging; a new scheme for electric motorcycles; and a renewal of the taxi, hackney and limousine scheme.
All-in-one US EV charging platform Presto has raised US$15m in seed funding from Union Square Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Powerhouse Ventures and Jetstream.
EV charging solutions provider AmpUp has started a strategic partnership with Curo, a 'Virtual Depot' platform that enables leasable, existing EV charging for fleets.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed A$2.4m in funding to EVX Australia for 250 public kerbside EV chargers in over 60 local government areas across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.
Audi's technical development team at the automaker's new electric-charging test center at Ingolstadt in Germany is testing electric Audi models under the conditions that prevail in different countries.
The managing director of auto manufacturer Vauxhall has welcomed the announcement from Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves that the UK Government will provide £65m in extra funding to grow the kerbside chargepoint network across the country.
EV smart charging infrastructure provider Connected Kerb has secured £65m backing from investement bank The National Wealth Fund and from Aviva Investors to accelerate the UK's EV public charging network expansion.
bp has opened its new EV charging hub at a TravelCenters of America (TA) site in Jacksonville, Florida, expanding its network of EV chargers in the US.
