Chicago plans more, and more equitable public charging as EV sales climb

  • May 4, 2025
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DC fast charging stations in Chicago; via EVgo. Electric vehicles’ share of the market continues to climb in America’s second city, with BEV registrations up more than 50% in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same period last year. Great news, but charging hasn’t up – but a new plan from Chicago Department of Transportation […]

Meet Bodo – the 35 mph electric golf cart that thinks it’s a G-Wagen

  • May 4, 2025
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Bodo G-Wagon electric golf cart; via Mecum Auctions. With a fully-enclosed, G-Wagen-inspired body and an 80 mile electric range, the Bodo G-Wagon golf cart is the NEV you need when you decide it’s time to get serous one-upping the rest of the Palm Beach country clubbers. If you love the look of the $230,000 Mercedes-Benz […]

It’s back: Hyundai IONIQ 5 qualifies for $7,500 tax credit – again!

  • May 4, 2025
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The Hyundai IONIQ 5 got a raft of upgrades and sporty, rally-focused XRT trim level for 2025 – but the biggest upgrade for the Made in America Hyundai might be this: the 5 has regained eligibility for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit! Despite being assembled at Hyundai’s Georgia meta plant for the last four […]

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Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health

  • May 4, 2025
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The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups and setting back efforts to defeat a resurgence of sexually transmitted infections, according to an analysis of federal data by The New […]

Video: How Trump’s Cuts Are Stifling L.G.B.T.Q. Health Research

  • May 4, 2025
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By Benjamin Mueller, Claire Hogan and Laura Salaberry •May 4, 2025 The Trump administration has systematically stripped funding from research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people. Benjamin Mueller, a reporter covering health and medicine for The New York Times, describes how hundreds of such projects were abruptly halted, stranding participants in experiments, and leading to […]

E-quipment highlight: Kenworth T880E vocational electric semi truck

  • May 4, 2025
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With the launch of the first-ever Class 8 vocational EV in the North American market, PACCAR Kenworth is raising the battery-electric bar and underscoring just how far the market has come since the Tesla Semi made its debut nearly a decade ago. When Tesla pulled the wraps off its all electric Semi truck all the […]