Charging

J.D. Power’s Electric Vehicle Experience Ownership Study tracks how happy buyers are with their EVs.

We weren’t able to travel as far as the 2023 Grand Cherokee 4xe’s 26-mile EPA-estimated electric range, but we weren’t far off.

Stellantis, parent company to Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati and Ram, will begin building EVs with the Tesla charging port in 2025.

Owners will be able to enjoy the convenience beginning early in 2024.

The announcement confirms that Mazda is, in fact, developing EVs after it discontinued the electric MX-30 following the 2023 model year.

The VW Group arrangement will have the company fitting its EVs with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard ports starting in 2025.

Volvo has launched a charging network stitching together 15 Starbucks coffee shops across 1,350 miles between Seattle and Denver.

San Francisco-based Ample believes it can replenish range in any EV in about the same amount of time it takes to refuel a gas vehicle, helping to reduce range anxiety and battery wear.

Announced in the summer of 2022, the network will eventually include some 2,000 charging stalls at as many as 500 Pilot and Flying J locations across the U.S.

Done when it’s quite cold or hot outside, preconditioning heats or cools the battery to a more moderate temperature that allows it to charge and deliver electricity more quickly.