Government initiatives, innovations, and legislation

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

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

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

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 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.

The Transportation Energy Institute’s Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) has released a new study, Demand Charge Mitigation Strategies for EV Chargers.

Shailen Bhatt, the 21st Administrator of the US Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), will deliver a keynote address, join a panel discussion, and tour the exhibition floor at the upcoming EV Charging Summit & Expo (EVCS) in Las Vegas (20-22 March).

Rapid charging stations from Ads-Tec Energy will soon be more widely available in the Dutch provinces of Noord-Holland, Utrecht and Flevoland.

Eaton has announced its Green Motion EV chargers are certified to meet the California Type Evaluation Program (CTEP) requirements for transparent billing practices.