Ford Motor Company, in partnership with EVgo, will offer three years of complimentary charging to California and Maryland customers who purchase or lease a 2016 Ford C-MAX Energi with its pilot EV 1-2-3 Charge program.EV 1-2-3 Charge will provide unlimited, complimentary charging sessions of four hours each at more than 500 EVgo and partner public stations across the nation.
BMW of North America announces the ChargeNow DC Fast Expansion program in cooperation with EVgo.As part of its ongoing commitment to the growth of a robust public DC Fast charging infrastructure, BMW is supporting EVgo’s installation of an incremental 500 DC Fast Combo chargers, to benefit 
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Kia Motors has revealed a few more details on the new plug-in hybrid powertrain planned for the all-new Optima.The Optima Plug-in Hybrid will be Kia’s first plug-in hybrid for global markets when it goes on sale in the second half of 2016, offering increased battery capacity and pure electric range.The next-generation 
The all-new BMW 330e will make its North American debuts at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.In addition, BMW will feature the eDrive BMW X5 xDrive40e as well as the high-performance BMW i8, the all-electric BMW i3 and other BMW models at the BMW display.Making its North American debut, the all-new 
Volkswagen will show the Golf GTE Sport concept for the first time in North America at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show.The 
By 2020, Kia plans to introduce a range of partially-autonomous driving technologies to its model line-up, and is aiming to bring its first fully-autonomous car to market by 2030.The initial stage of investment by Kia – totalling US$2 billion by 2018 – will enable the company to develop the first of its new Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) technologies and employ a greater number of engineers.
Plug Power and 3M have unveiled a supply agreement for membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) to be used in the former’s proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell stacks.3M has applied its knowledge in electrochemistry, fluoropolymer membrane and high throughput manufacturing for advanced fuel cell MEAs, with 
Kia Motors today announced its mid- to long-term plans for the development of a greatly increased range of environmentally friendly vehicles.
NRG EVgo has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of California, San Diego to help support developments in sustainable energy technology.The agreement formalizes an already strong collaboration focusing on the intersection of electric vehicles and energy storage.