Transportation News & Media

New Mexico town to get solar-powered EV charging stations

January 30, 2023

The city of Carlsbad, New Mexico will have five solar-powered, covered EV charging stations under a proposed agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy…

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Portland, Oregon considers mandatory EV charging for multi-family buildings

January 27, 2023

Portland, Oregon lawmakers are considering requiring new multi-family housing with five or more condos or apartments to include electrical capacity and…

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New Zealand airport to expand self-serve check-in kiosks

January 25, 2023

Queenstown Airport in Queenstown, New Zealand plans to install additional bag drop and kiosk technology to allow passengers to check in faster, according to a…

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Illinois lifts Carvana’s business suspension

January 25, 2023

Carvana, an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars online that offers a car vending machine, will continue selling and buying vehicles at its…

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Blink Charging taps power conversion provider to facilitate EV charging infrastructure

January 25, 2023

Blink Charging Co., a provider of electric vehicle charging equipment and services, has teamed with EdgeEnergy, a provider of power conversion equipment, to…

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Bp launches EV truck charging stations in Germany

January 24, 2023

Bp has installed six public charging stations for trucks along a 600-kilometer stretch of Germany's Rhine-Alpine corridor, according to a press release.

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Shell to acquire Volta for $169M

January 20, 2023

Shell USA Inc. has agreed to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock of Volta Inc., an electric vehicle charging and advertising…

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Vancouver airport intros robotic smoothie machines

January 19, 2023

Travelers visiting Vancouver International Airport can buy smoothies 24/7 at five robotic smoothie machines provided by Burnaby, Canada-based TrendiTech Inc.…

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Carvana to continue layoffs as sales decline

January 13, 2023

Carvana, an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars online that offers a car vending machine, plans to lay off more workers and reduce work hours…

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Canada transit agency upgrades to accept contactless debit cards

January 12, 2023

TransLink customers can now pay for transit using Interac Debit on every bus and at every fare gate throughout Metro Vancouver, making TransLink the first…

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EV charging network insufficient to meet future demand

January 10, 2023

Supporters of vehicle electrification point to the more than 140,000 EV charging stations currently deployed across the U.S. — including Level 2 AC and Level …

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Moscow Metro to extend biometric payment to surface, river, air rail transport

January 9, 2023

The Moscow Metro, the city's mostly underground railway, has deployed its biometric payment service to 330 more turnstiles this month, with plans to launch the…

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Mercedes Benz to introduce global EV charging network

January 9, 2023

Mercedes Benz will launch a global branded charging network. Rollout starts this year in North America in partnership with MN8 Energy and ChargePoint…

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Australian airports install biometric ID kiosks

January 5, 2023

Idemia, a France-based provider of security services using biometric technology, has installed its self-serve passenger identification kiosk at eight Australia…

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Massachusetts allocates $225M for EV charging stations

January 3, 2023

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is organizing a division to kickstart the design and installation of EV charging stations, according to a…

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Renewable energy contractor to install EV charging stations

January 2, 2023

EnergyLink, a Denver, Colorado-based contractor that designs and builds renewable energy products, will begin installing EV charging stations in 2023 through…

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Carvana set to open customer center on Long Island

December 29, 2022

Carvana, which has experienced falling sales and layoffs this year, has nearly completed its first customer center on Long Island, New York, according to a…

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Arizona to tap $76.5M for EV charging stations

December 28, 2022

The Arizona Department of Transportation will upgrade existing EV chargers and install new ones along five interstate highways using $76.5 million in funding…

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Australia EV charging network installs 100th site in 3 years

December 26, 2022

Evie Networks, an Australia EV charging network, recently deployed its 100th charging site in three years, according to a whichcar.com report.

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California town gets EV charging stations

December 22, 2022

Imperalis Holding Corp., which will be renamed TurnOnGreen Inc., has installed four public access EV charging stations in Sonora, California through a site…

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