Key industry milestones

Electreon has announced a significant milestone for its operations in the global EV charging landscape by entering the Chinese market.

Automaker Stellantis has marked the start of electric vehicle production at its Ellesmere Port manufacturing facility in the UK, as the first all-electric vans roll off the production line.

ElectroTempo, a pioneer in planning and intelligence software for electric charging networks, has raised US$4m in seed funding.

Autel successfully held the 2023 Autel APAC Partner Summit for its partners in the Asia Pacific.

Spain-headquartered Wallbox has reached two important business milestones.

WattEV has secured US$40.5m in grants to further expand its growing network of electric truck stops into Northern California and Oregon.

Last week’s announcement that seven major automakers are partnering to build a new network of 30,000 EV chargers in North America by the end of the decade received plenty of attention. What are those in the industry saying now – after the dust has settled a bit?

Nissan has reached an agreement with Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) beginning in 2025, providing Nissan customers even more choices when it comes to charging their electric vehicle.

SAE International has announced it will standardise the Tesla-developed North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector.

Motorway services operator Moto Hospitality is one of the UK's biggest deployers of EV charging infrastructure. Chief executive Ken McMeikan says that rapidly escalating EV numbers means a lot more energy will be needed, but more joined up thinking from government and utilities will be required to achieve this.