Keeping Up - Electric Drive Report June 28, 2022 BMW Opens Electric-Car Plant in China Wall Street Journal Audi to invest $320.2 million to boost electric engine output in Hungary Reuters Ford Picks Spain for Production of New Electric Vehicle Wall Street Journal Electric vehicles could take 33% of global sales by 2028-AlixPartners Reuters XPeng Celebrates Delivery Of 200,000th Electric Car InsideEVs China’s Electric Car Exports More Than Double, Mostly to Europe Bloomberg Honda China venture begins construction of Guangdong EV factory Reuters Sweden’s Einride to Test Autonomous Trucks on U.S. Roads Wall Street Journal Volvo’s commercial truck group is testing out hydrogen fuel cell semis The Verge U.S. regulators to propose new tougher vehicle emissions rules by March Reuters DOE Announces Battery Recycling Prize Phase III Winners U.S. Department of Energy Toyota joins Redwood Materials' EV battery recycling initiative Reuters How the massive EV transition is starting in the car rental industry CNBC Tesla and Volkswagen Square Off in Duel For Electric-Car Dominance Bloomberg Vinfast could eventually offer an electric pickup -executive Reuters Kroger, the US’s largest supermarket chain, is adding more level 2 and 3 EV chargers Electrek Texas plans to place charging stations for electric cars every 50 miles on most interstates Texas Tribune Stellantis becomes shareholder in Vulcan Energy to increase lithium production for EVs Renewable Energy Magazine Manchin slams ‘stupid’ EV push, cites Chinese supply chain E&E News China's CATL to produce next-generation EV battery in 2023 Reuters FY23 House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government U.S. House of Representatives New road fee hits hybrid and electric car owners in Louisiana Louisiana Illuminator Sacramento offering up to $9,500 for hybrid, electric car purchases ABC 10 – Sacramento, California Germany rejects EU plan for ban on new fossil-fuel cars from 2035 Reuters Upcoming Events August 9th in Michigan City, IN Drive Clean Indiana Annual Conference & Expo September 27-28th in Columbus, OH Midwest Green Transportation Forum & Expo Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Joint Office of Energy & Transportation Announcements www.driveelectric.gov In case you missed it... Proposed Minimum Standards for National EV Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program
