The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $45 million in funding to support the domestic development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles. Through DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the Department is launching the Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program to develop more affordable, convenient, efficient and resilient batteries.

The latest buzz about Volkswagen is that it might start building a couple of trucks in Tennessee. Sources familiar with the plan being considered have told Reuters that the automaker may expand its manufacturing facility in Chattanooga to add production of the recently introduced van and an electric pickup.

In 2019 Sheryl Ponds, a 1987 graduate of UT's Tickle College of Engineering, founded Dai Technologies Corporation, which provides tailor-made turnkey installations of electric-vehicle charging stations for homes, multifamily developments, and commercial settings, including curbside parking in the Washington, DC, metro area.

The Memphis Drive Electric Earth Day event was held on April 23, 2022, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Shelby Farms Park. Sierra Club member Joe Ozegovich captured the day and created this video as the result.

Electrifying all 10 million vehicles in the Tennessee Valley Authority service territory would add 25-30% to existing load, a level the transmission system could handle, according to utility studies.

PLANO, Texas - Frito-Lay on Monday announced a new electric fleet that will serve the-Dallas Fort Worth area, specifically Carrollton, Texas. The first pilot Ford eTransit truck has arrived just in time for Earth Day with 40 arriving later this summer.

Tesla's own CCS adapter was spotted charging a Model Y at over 200 kW - a first for Tesla's elusive adapter. Is it finally going to be available? With the launch of the Model 3 and its Supercharger V3 in Europe, Tesla switched its main charging standard to CCS.