Andrew J. Hawkins

That’s the maximum EV charge allowed under Electrify America’s new pilot aimed at reducing long wait times at some charging stations. Once an EV reaches 85 percent, the charging session will automatically end and the EV owner will have to unplug. The pilot will kick off at 10 Electrify America stations in California where congestion — defined as the number of EVs waiting to charge — has been the most pronounced.

Misleading claims about Tesla’s alleged autonomous vehicle development are a dime-a-dozen, but this quote in the Wall Street Journal about China’s AV program was enough to exasperate ex-Waymo CEO John Krafcik.

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (AVTM) program, which famously helped put Tesla on the map and also is funding Ford’s massive EV investment, will hand out $1.2 billion for a new factory in Terre Haute, Indiana to manufacture lithium-ion battery separators to be used in EVs. Its another sign that the Biden administration is racing to strengthen the domestic EV supply chain before the November election.

The automaker clearly has no qualms about slapping beloved nameplates on new vehicles (see: Mach-E, Mustang), so it shouldn’t come as a complete shock that it would bring the Capri name out of retirement for its second EU-only EV. (The first was the electric Explorer.) Also, what is this guerrilla campaign? Clearly Ford’s European marketing team has a longer leash to experiment than their stateside brethren.