Following entry into the North American market and plans for an HQ on American soil, Vietnamese EV automaker Vinfast, announced that North Carolina will be its new home for US manufacturing. The site in Chatham County, North Carolina, will soon house both an automotive assembly and battery manufacturing plant for Vinfast to build North American EVs like its VF 9 and VF 8.
Lease affordability has surpassed purchase affordability” in a J.D. Power index that includes total cost of ownership, said Elizabeth Krear, vice president of the EV practice at J.D. Power. Many consumers have become aware of the difference and are capitalizing on it, according to an Associated Press story. In April, Krear said, leases accounted for […]
There are four main questions you should consider before purchasing your home EV charging equipment, according to Tom Moloughney, who writes in Inside EVs: “There are charging stations available today that can deliver more power, and some that can deliver far less, so deciding how many amps you need for your EV charger might seem […]
Most of the nation’s public chargers remain clustered in areas where wealthy, predominantly white, early EV adopters live. That’s not altogether surprising, given charging station developers went where there was demand. But this has also created areas with little to no public charging access that often fall along racial and socioeconomic lines. To meet our […]