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There are plenty of attention grabbers in the US government’s massive EV charging and infrastructure programme, announced on February 15.

There are the dollars – US$7.5bn in EV charging, US$10bn in clean transportation, and over US$7bn in EV battery components, critical minerals, and materials.

There is the network – a goal of 500,000 EV chargers by 2030.

And there is access; the announcement included news that 7,500 Tesla stations will be open to all vehicles in 2024.

National Highways in England is supporting EV drivers across the country thanks to a multi-million-pound investment in new high-powered charging infrastructure. 

Ideanomics has formed a strategic partnership with German company Mahle and will become the development partner and exclusive North American distributor for the ChargeBig 18-36 AC fleet charging solution. 

Having recently installed its first UK charging points and secured a €50m investment, Norwegian EV charging infrastructure start-up Wattif EV has set out its plans to play a leading role in the UK network for destination chargers by 2030.

Sungrow, has launched its latest residential solar-storage-EV charging integrated solution for the Benelux market.

Ionblox, a next-generation lithium-ion battery company has received funding of US$32m to scale its technology, develop advanced high-power cells for electric aviation, and prototype fast-charge cells for EVs.

The number of EV chargers will soar to 30,000 across the Australian state by 2026 under a re-elected NSW Liberal and Nationals Government.

California-based Enteligent has launched what it claims is the world’s first DC-to-DC solar hybrid bi-directional EV charger. Powered directly from the sun, Enteligent’s solar EV charger can supply 25kW of fast DC charging – three times faster than AC Level 2 EV chargers – while also supporting V2H and vehicle V2G home energy.
 

Wireless charging technology provider WiTricity has started a collaboration to provide wireless charging for the autonomous electric e-buses of major Chinese bus operator Yu Tong Bus.

US-based WiTricity is providing its technology in China for the world's first-ever commercial use of wireless charging for autonomous electric e-buses. Read the full story and details here