Ideas. Projects.
Progress in EV charging.

The deployment of charging infrastructure and the increasing number of EV models available are evidencing the fast change that is experiencing the EV market.

Yet, the EV market is still small.

In order to understand why and to be able to foresee its potential evolution over time, three key variables need to be explored: the cost of ownership, the EV charging infrastructure and the consumer behavior.

We have focused on consumer behavior in the U.S. and compared the findings of the study published this month by the Fuels Institute (FI) with those offered by the report of  McKinsey&Co published in January 2020. Both available at the end of this post.

Anna Mª Francino, Business Development, CityVitae

In the first quarter of the year we saw increases in electric vehicle (EV) sales of around 30% compared to the same period in 2019. After the closure of factories and car dealers due to the health crisis, the return to the “new normality” looks very different for the variety of companies in the automotive sector. Some will come out stronger, as is the case of Tesla, and others will simply not be able to reopen their doors (as the startup Faraday Future, which has filed for bankruptcy). In this context, and focusing especially on the EV charging sector, Thomas Daiber, mobility consultant, presents 10 actions and/or attitudes that determine the fact that the EV charging business is profitable for some companies and for others it is not.

Anna Mª Francino, Business Development, CityVitae

The First Latin American Virtual Intelligent Energy & Mobility Summit has been an excellent event to update on the situation of the intelligent energy and mobility market in the American Southern cone.

On May 13 and 14, Latin America witnessed the First Latin American Virtual Summit on Sustainable Mobility and Intelligent Energy, a meeting that counted with the strategic collaboration of more than 100 international and regional entities and the participation of more than 25,000 professionals from 40 countries.

Anna Mª Francino, Business Development, CityVitae

We are in the midst of the greatest crises of recent times. All economic sectors are suffering and the automotive and electric-mobility ones are no exception.
Reality shows that in some places March has not been bad for the electric mobility. With record sales figures in France, Germany and Norway, for example.
In this context and with many countries starting to get out of confinement, it is interesting to think about strategies that can help us to recover successfully.
In this sense, the authors propose 5 stages for a total exit from the tunnel.
Nevertheless, we will be prudent and follow the figures closely in order to be prepared for the “new normal”.

Anna Mª Francino, Business Development, CityVitae

Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity, write engineers at the University of California, Riverside in a new study published in Energy Storage.

  Summary Global electric car sales for February 2020 were up 16% YoY. Chinese sales collapsed under coronavirus and Europe sales boomed. EV market

    With all the loss of lives and financial destruction that the coronavirus has brought us, it’s hard to look at silver linings