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Napa lags behind state goals for electric vehicle chargers

Napa County and its cities have 633 electric vehicle chargers that are available to the public. The state says more are needed. Read More

California scraps popular e-bike incentive program, redirects $18M to electric car incentives

A California program created to help residents buy electric bikes has been canceled, leaving advocates questioning why it ended so suddenly. Read More

Opinion - US guardrails aren’t built for electric vehicles. It’s time to change that.

In fact, the first-of-their-kind crash tests at Texas A&M and the University of Nebraska over the last two years revealed that standard guardrail designs fail under electric vehicle impacts. A Tesla ... Read More

Ava Community Energy Launches Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station Network Aimed at Bringing Accessibility to Current and Future EV Users

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ava Community Energy has launched its first electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station in downtown Oakland. The first in a network of up to fifteen fast ... Read More

IONNA Surges ahead in California with a planned investment of $250M, New Rechargery Stations, and Expanded Integration

IONNA, the joint venture and nationwide electric vehicle (EV) charging network, is celebrating a swell in the California wave, first announced last May. Concluding a week-long kickoff tour of ... Read More

Electric cars

Honda has just launched its first mass-market, battery-electric vehicle, and the good news is that the Prologue arrives as a solid contender. For 2025, Genesis is filling the gap between that trim and ... Read More

California Is Rethinking That 2035 Ban On Gas Cars

California has been talking about its inevitable ban on new gas cars for years. The target date, 2035, might have seemed far away when Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced the idea officially in 2020, but a ... Read More

Uber drivers offered $4K rebates for going green and switching to electric vehicles

Uber said Wednesday it is launching a $4,000 incentive for drivers to switch to electric vehicles as the ride-hailing giant strives for a fully-electric fleet. Eligible drivers can use the rebate ... Read More

California CARSTAR Stores Become First in Network to Earn VinFast Certification

CARSTAR announced that CARSTAR Ma's Auto Body Burlingame and CARSTAR Ma's Auto Body San Mateo, both owned by Kevin Ma in California's Bay Area, have become the first two CARSTAR locations in the U.S. Read More

California approves first-in-the-nation EV charger reliability rules

The regulations come as state officials attempt to increase electric vehicle adoption. California regulators on Wednesday approved the nation’s first statewide reliability and data-sharing ... Read More

California sets record as zero-emission vehicles make up nearly a third of new car sales

Californians purchased more than 124,750 zero-emission vehicles from July through September, accounting for 29.1% of all new car sales in the third quarter of 2025, representing the highest quarterly ... Read More

Archer Aviation to Supply Electric Powertrain to Anduril, EDGE for Omen Drone

The agreement marks Archer's first third-party application of its powertrain, currently used in its Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and introduces a new revenue ... Read More