Electric Vehicle news and trends

Apple Hardware VP DJ Novotney Departing for EV Maker Rivian
Apple // January 28, 2024

A veteran Apple executive who oversaw the company’s electric vehicle efforts is reportedly resigning. DJ Novotney, a vice president of hardware engineering, is leaving Apple after nearly 25 years to take a job with electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Jan. 28), citing...

Bank of America Expands Cashback Offerings on Customized Cash Rewards Card
Credit Cards // August 22, 2023

Bank of America (BoA) has announced an expansion to its Customized Cash Rewards credit card, providing cardholders with more benefits and opportunities to earn cash back across several categories. One of the enhancements is the addition of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to the gas...

FLEETCOR Acquires Cloud-Based EV Charging Software Platform Mina
Acquisitions // February 01, 2023

FLEETCOR has acquired cloud-based electric vehicle (EV) charging software platform Mina. The global business payments and spend management company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 1) press release that the purchase gives it a solution for commercial fleets in the United Kingdom that captures, calculates and...

EV Charging Station Rift Could Be Auto Industry’s Next Big Pothole
Merchant Innovation // July 08, 2021

Like any large pothole you don’t see until it’s too late, a similarly concealed rut may be hiding from the auto industry in the form of a dormant battle over electric vehicle charging station standardization that’s hiding beneath billions of dollars of SPAC money— those...

Interviews & Exclusives
Remember the Titan: Apple Sunsets Electric Vehicle Moonshot

February 28, 2024
It’s lights out for Apple’s dream of entering the electric vehicle (EV) marketplace. A Tuesday (Feb. 27) report reveals that the Cupertino, California, personal computer and smartphone pioneer is abandoning its EV plans, sunsetting what was referred to internally as Project Titan. The effort, first started in 2014, spent billions of dollars in pursuit of […]

EV Charging Station Rift Could Be Auto Industry’s Next Big Pothole

July 08, 2021
Like any large pothole you don’t see until it’s too late, a similarly concealed rut may be hiding from the auto industry in the form of a dormant battle over...

Quick Reads
Apple Hardware VP DJ Novotney Departing for EV Maker Rivian

January 28, 2024
A veteran Apple executive who oversaw the company’s electric vehicle efforts is reportedly resigning. DJ Novotney, a vice president of hardware engineering, is leaving Apple after nearly 25 years to take a job with electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Jan. 28), citing sources with knowledge of the matter.  According to the report, […]

Bank of America Expands Cashback Offerings on Customized Cash Rewards Card

August 22, 2023
Bank of America (BoA) has announced an expansion to its Customized Cash Rewards credit card, providing cardholders with more benefits and opportunities to earn cash back across several categories. One...

FLEETCOR Acquires Cloud-Based EV Charging Software Platform Mina

February 01, 2023
FLEETCOR has acquired cloud-based electric vehicle (EV) charging software platform Mina. The global business payments and spend management company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 1) press release that the purchase...

China’s Byton Gets License To Launch Electric SUV In US

November 19, 2019
Chinese startup Byton announced Monday (Nov. 18) that it has secured a distributor license from California, bringing it one step closer to bringing its first electric SUV, Byton M-Byte, to...