{"id":1983415,"date":"2023-07-26T17:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-automakers-partner-in-building-electric-vehicle-charging-network-to-rival-tesla\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T17:12:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:12:03","slug":"major-automakers-partner-in-building-electric-vehicle-charging-network-to-rival-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-automakers-partner-in-building-electric-vehicle-charging-network-to-rival-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"Automakers unite to create EV charging network to challenge Tesla."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajor-automakers-partner-in-building-electric-vehicle-charging-network-to-rival-tesla%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1983415&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Major Automakers Collaborate to Build Electric \u200bVehicle Charging Network<\/h2>\n<p>Seven major automakers, including General \u200bMotors, \u200cBMW, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis, have \u200djoined forces \u2063to \u200ccreate a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chip-roy-proposes-investing-5-7-billion-into-border-wall-fund\/\" title=\"Rep. Chip Roy Proposes Investing .7 Billion Into \u2018Border Wall Fund\u2019\">electric vehicle charging network<\/a> in the United\u200c States\u200d and \u2062Canada. Their aim is to compete with Tesla\u200c and make zero-emission vehicles more appealing\u2064 to customers.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership plans to install \u200dover 30,000 high-powered charging plugs in urban areas and \u2063along\u200b highways, addressing concerns\u200c about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-paris-police-patrol-restaurants-checking-for-mandatory-vaccine-passports\/\" title=\"WATCH: Paris Police Patrol Restaurants Checking For Mandatory Vaccine Passports\">long-distance travel<\/a>. Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola K\u00e4llenius expressed support \u2064for \u2062the initiative, stating, &#8220;Charging is\u2062 an \u2064inseparable part of the EV-experience, and this network will be another step to\u2063 make it as convenient as \u200dpossible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Expanding the Charging Infrastructure<\/h3>\n<p>The automakers will begin by establishing a network of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-automakers-partner-in-building-electric-vehicle-charging-network-to-rival-tesla\/\" title=\"Automakers unite to create EV charging network to challenge Tesla.\">reliable high-powered charging stations<\/a>\u200d across \u2064North \u200bAmerica, \u2064with the first stations set \u200dto open in the summer of 2024. This move aims to nearly double \u2063the current number of EV \u2062charging plugs, which stands at around 36,000 \u200baccording to the\u2062 U.S. Department of Energy.<\/p>\n<p>While this\u2062 joint \u2062venture \u2062competes with\u200d Tesla&#8217;s \u200dcharging efforts, drivers will have access to both Tesla&#8217;s North American Charging Standard plugs and the Combined Charging System \u2064plugs used by other automakers.<\/p>\n<h3>Support from the Biden Administration<\/h3>\n<p>The announcement\u200c aligns with the\u2063 Biden administration&#8217;s goal of \u2062transitioning half of \u200cAmerican consumers to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-transcript-edit-turns-kamala-harris-depopulation-statement-into-something-else-entirely\/\" title=\"White House transcript edit alters Kamala Harris' depopulation statement significantly.\">electric\u2062 vehicles<\/a> by \u200d2030. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg praised\u200c the collaboration, stating, &#8220;This is a win \u200bfor American consumers and another big step\u200d toward our electric future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the new charging \u2062stations will meet the standards required by the National \u200bElectric Vehicle Infrastructure \u2064program and the Made In America requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm highlighted the collective effort\u200b behind the initiative, stating, &#8220;We are seeing tremendous \u2064momentum as private companies, cities, states, and utilities join forces behind our shared goal of \u2064convenient, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-to-ban-sales-of-gas-powered-cars-by-2035\/\" title=\"New York to Ban Sales of Gas-Powered Cars by 2035\">reliable charging<\/a> that reaches every pocket of America. This is what an all-of-America \u2063effort looks like.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US and Canada. The collaboration aims to rival Tesla&#8217;s charging infrastructure. General Motors, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis plan to establish 30,000 high-powered charging stations across cities and highways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1983416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}