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Automakers Won’t Change EV Development Plans

Source: Automakers Won’t Change EV Development Plans | Design News

Despite a move by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to freeze automotive fuel efficiency standards, automakers and their suppliers are likely to continue down the existing path toward electrification, experts said.

There are two big reasons for automakers to stay the course, they stated. First, the global market will push them toward electrification, no matter what the EPA does. Second, a lengthy court battle between the EPA and the state of California is imminent, and automakers are unlikely to change their plans until they know the legal outcome.

“There’s going to be a long, drawn-out battle, and it will probably go all the way to the Supreme Court,” Sam Abuelsamid, senior analyst for Navigant...

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[Live Feed] ChargePoint commits to deliver 2.5 million charging spots by 2025.

ChargePoint president and CEO, Pasquale Romano, commits to deliver 2.5 million charging spots by 2025.

"At ChargePoint, we’ve proven that the electrification of transportation can be democratized. 2.5 million charging spots by 2025 give us all a chance to participate."

You can read more on CNET

Or, watch the LIVE feed of the announcement at the Global Climate Action Summit, right here (starting 11:30 AM Pacific). The replay will be available at the same link after.

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August EV Sales

August Sales! See the chart in full on InsideEV

From InsideEV's:

We estimate a total of 36,380 plug-in electric vehicles were sold in the U.S. in August, compared to last year’s 16,514 and last month’s 29,514. Based on automakers’ sales reports and our estimates, 190,046 plug-in cars have been delivered through the end of August 2018. Needless to say, it was the best month of all time by a long shot! Not to mention the extreme level of other records broken.

Now, four out of five months in 2018 have claimed a spot on our list of top months of all time for U.S. EV sales.