Private sector initiatives & innovations (including PPPs)

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. 

Volvo Trucks says it will be delivering fully electric heavy-duty trucks to Amazon in Germany by year-end. The 20 Volvo FH Electric vehicles are expected to drive more than one million road kilometres annually, fuelled with electricity instead of diesel. 

Hydrogen fuel cell developer and manufacturer Loop Energy has announced two new customers, each developing medium-duty hydrogen-electric trucks.