Government initiatives, innovations, and legislation

Austria-based startup Easelink has secured €11.5m in funding to advance automated EV charging standardization.

US networked EV charging solutions provider ChargePoint is opening five ultra-fast charging sites in upstate New York.

School teachers and EV drivers can charge their electric cars with 1,407 sockets now outside schools and colleges in the UK.

The first India-EU workshop on EV charging technology has been held in Pune, India under the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC) working group on green and clean energy technologies.

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and JOLT have announced a C$194m loan agreement to enable the expansion of JOLT’s EV charging network across Canada.

Renewable energy provider Infinity and investment & development company Hassan Allam Utilities have partnered with Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources through Misr Petroleum and Gastec to expand the country's EV charging network.

Blink Charging, a global owner, operator, provider and manufacturer of EV charging equipment and services, has reached an agreement to provide up to 50 EV charging ports throughout the city of Alameda in California.

Democrats express "strong opposition" to new Trump-Vance plan

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.

There were 73,334 public EV charging devices installed in the UK as of 1 January 2025, an increase of 37% (19,657 devices) since 1 January 2024.