Private sector initiatives & innovations (including PPPs)

GreenPower has launched the second round of its pilot project with the state of West Virginia to demonstrate all-electric school buses in Clay, Grant, Monongalia and Ohio county school districts.

Jaguar Land Rover has announced a global upskilling drive, in a bid to train 29,000 people in the next three years for its connected and data capabilities, and to support the rapid transition to electrification.

EVoke Systems, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, has announced a research project to develop and pilot the Power Broker set of application programming interfaces (APIs) for managing EV charging.

Via Motors, a US-based all-electric commercial OEM vehicle manufacturer, has announced its new headquarters and technical centre in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Volta Trucks and Siemens Smart Infrastructure have signed a letter of intent, outlining a cooperation to deliver comprehensive eMobility charging infrastructure and software to Volta Trucks’ customers, to simplify, de-risk, and accelerate their transition to commercial fleet electrification.

Gemtek, a solution provider for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Australia, will be sponsoring the TOVECA EV Racing team in the upcoming Perth-to-Sydney Electric Vehicle Marathon.

Apcoa Parking, a European parking operator with 1.8 million parking spaces at over 12,000 locations in 13 countries, has announced plans to deploy up to 100,000 new EV charging stations in its parking facilities by 2035.

A south San Francisco branch of fast food outlet Taco Bell has installed ultra-fast EV chargers.

Spanish electric vehicle charging company Zunder has raised €100m (US$97m) from French sustainable investment manager Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, in a bid to accelerate its roll-out of ultra-fast EV charging stations across Southern Europe.

Renault’s Mobilize e-mobility services unit is to set up an ultrafast charging network across Europe which will be open to all electric vehicles.