Joint venture by seven major automakers receives approval from regulatory agencies IONNA plans to deploy a minimum of 30,000 chargers with the first charging stations expected to open in the U.S. in 2024, followed by Canada Seth Cutler, formerly of EV Connect, appointed as chief executive officer, effective February 1 February 9, 2024 , Torrance, Calif.
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“Topping Out” ceremony held to commemorate the last structural steel beam raised in construction of NextStar EV battery plant in Windsor, Ontario  Plant expected to start operations in first half of 2024, once complete, it will create over 2,500 new Canadian jobs with annual production capacity of 49.5 gigawatt hours (up from 45 gigawatt hours) 
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Stellantis has selected Charge Enterprises to help dealers in their electrification effort and all aspects required to build out electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) for charging Charge will offer white-glove, custom, end-to-end services to the 2,600-plus Stellantis dealers nationwide Move is additional step to help Stellantis fulfill its Dare Forward strategy and achieve 50% battery-electric
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With the electric-vehicle (EV) readiness assessments in process, U.S. dealers are seeing rapid growth in the number of EV charger installation projects being proposed and starting construction over the next several months Recognizing the nationwide resources necessary to engineer, install and maintain these systems across more than 2,600 locations, Stellantis has selected AGI to be
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New North America program will develop a highly skilled domestic electric-vehicle/battery workforce March 24, 2023 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Stellantis today announced the launch of the Battery Workforce Challenge, which includes a three-year collegiate engineering competition; vocational training; youth education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); and career and technical education.  DOE
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Announcement is the next step in Stellantis’ plans to prepare its U.S. dealer network for electrified future and support evolving needs of consumers Partnership with Vehya will offer individual, comprehensive evaluations and EV integration services to the 2,600-plus Stellantis dealers in the U.S. network To date, more than 73% of U.S. dealers are in the process
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Stellantis readies its U.S. dealer network for electrified future, support evolving needs of consumers Partners with Future Energy offering individual, comprehensive evaluations and EV integration services To date, nearly 70% of dealers are in the process of assessing their individual readiness As part of its Dare Forward strategy, Stellantis sets course for 50% of United States sales to
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