Electric Vehicles

Under the 2023 Electric Vehicle Charging Act, newly built houses are required to include EV-capable infrastructure. State Sen. Sally Turner, a Republican from Logan County, sponsored a bill that lifts that requirement for nonprofits who are building homes for at-risk veterans. She said the requirement drives up construction costs.

Ameren Illinois will give the Town of Normal money to help it implement a transportation electrification plan developed with the utility company.

A Canadian manufacturer of electric vehicles plans to build its first U.S. assembly plant in the Peoria region, with a capital investment of more than $31.5 million over four years.

The electric automaker Rivian said Wednesday that it’s spinning off a micromobility business into its own separate startup, called Also.

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Charles McCubbin and several other former Rivian employees told WGLT they believe production demands and employee turnover combined with a lack of training have compromised safety conditions at the plant.

Plans for the new Rivian plant outside Atlanta had stalled before the federal government provided the help following an agreement that company officials say was over two years in the making.

Gov. JB Pritzker says his administration is fighting to make sure federal help promised to Rivian and other electric vehicle makers doesn't go away when Donald Trump returns to the White House.

The electric automaker Rivian may have found a lifeline for its stalled plans for a new manufacturing plant in Georgia, winning a $6.6 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy in the final weeks of the Biden administration.

The auto industry is embracing Tesla's charging technology in order to share its vast Supercharger network. This is going to be a slow transition — expect to see a lot of adapters.