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Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (05/27/26 Edition)
Read this week's developments in distributed energy worth the attention or planners and commercial real estate. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
May 27, 2026•9 min read
The Used EV Pivot: How the Q1 2026 Reset Should Change Commercial Charging Underwriting
Q1 2026 EV market trends: new EV sales down 28% while used EV sales rose 12%. What this pivot means for utilization, connector mix (NACS/CCS), Section 30C timing, and underwriting for multifamily, wor... ...more
EV Market Signals
May 27, 2026•9 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging and Intelligent Electrification Roundup (05/20/26 Edition)
This week: Section 30C EV-charger deadline, EIA shift to commercial demand, transformer prices +77%, BESS at $117/kWh, data-center BYOP, CRE energy bills +15–40%. ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules &Electrification Economics at the Property Level
May 19, 2026•7 min read
EV, Charging and Intelligent Electrification Roundup (05/13/26): The Grid Is the New Zoning
Power access impacts, FERC June action, NEC 2026, 30C/179D sunsets, & truck corridors. ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules &Electrification Economics at the Property Level
May 12, 2026•9 min read
Power Access Becomes the New Location Premium: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (05/06/26 Edition)
Latest on Microsoft's AI capacity gap, Duke Energy’s $103B plan, and Fermi America’s stock fall. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
May 05, 2026•12 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (04/29/26 Edition)
The pattern across this week's news is the same: power access, grid reliability, and project approval are increasingly determinative of where capital flows and what entitlements communities can defend... ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules &Electrification Economics at the Property Level
April 29, 2026•24 min read
The Lease Return Wave: 300,000 Off-Lease EVs Hit the Used Market and Reset Multifamily Charging Underwriting
Used EV pricing has reached near-parity with used internal combustion vehicles. The 2026 lease return cohort is the largest in U.S. history. The financial logic for charging infrastructure at multifam... ...more
EV Market Signals
April 28, 2026•6 min read
New EV Sales Drop 27 Percent While Used EVs Reach Near Parity, and Charging Infrastructure Expands 34 Percent in Q1 2026
New EV sales fell 27 percent in Q1 2026 while used EV sales rose 12 percent to near price parity. 605 new high-speed stations opened, up 34 percent year over year. ...more
EV Market Signals
April 21, 2026•6 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (04/22/26 Edition)
Data center demand and shifting energy policies are driving grid costs to new highs. With the FERC large-load rule pending and state moratoriums rising, distributed energy is now the essential hedge f... ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules &Electrification Economics at the Property Level
April 21, 2026•14 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (04/15/26 Edition)
High oil prices and data center power demands are transforming the 2026 energy market. Discover how commercial property owners use onsite solar, storage, and VPPs to hedge against grid stress and maxi... ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules &Electrification Economics at the Property Level
April 13, 2026•14 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (04/08/26 Edition)
As the energy supply crisis intensifies, grid stability and AI data center demand are reshaping real estate. Explore NERC’s emerging risks, VPP revenue models, and time-sensitive EV tax credit deadlin... ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules &Electrification Economics at the Property Level
April 07, 2026•19 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (04/01/26 Edition)
Five weeks into the biggest oil supply shock in recorded history, the story is no longer whether energy volatility reaches the property line. It already has. Catch up on the electrification news of th... ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules &Electrification Economics at the Property Level
April 01, 2026•19 min read
The U.S. EV Market Has Split Into Two Segments. Only One Matters for Current Infrastructure Planning.
U.S. consumer EV market share fell to 5.7% in Q4 2025 after tax credits expired. But fleet electrification is on a separate trajectory — and that split changes how to underwrite charging infrastructur... ...more
EV Market Signals
March 25, 2026•5 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (03/25/26 Edition)
Rising grid stress, PJM capacity cost shocks, data center load risks, and the shift to battery storage and VPPs are reshaping CRE strategy in 2026. Here's what owners need to know. ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules &Electrification Economics at the Property Level
March 24, 2026•14 min read
Honda’s Writedown Isn’t Just About EVs. It’s Also About Capital Allocation.
Honda’s major EV writedown signals not just a misstep in electric vehicle strategy, but a broader shift: investors are now prioritizing practical, near-term electrification solutions over distant ambi... ...more
EV Market Signals
March 18, 2026•5 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (03/18/26 Edition)
This week’s news stories highlight growing power risks: storm outages, AI-driven demand, storage pivots, and shifting market rules. Owners and developers face a key question: how to secure reliable po... ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation Local Governance and Federal Policy &Market Signals
March 17, 2026•8 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: Distributed Energy, Microgrids & Property Electrification Roundup (03/11/26 Edition)
This week's headlines. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
March 11, 2026•9 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (03/04/26 Edition)
This week’s central theme in electrification news is the explosive growth of the cellular power framework. ChargedUp! focuses on decentralization, property-level value, and site-level resilience. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
March 03, 2026•5 min read
The Home Operating System: Toyota Introduces "Treehouse" for the Driveway
Discover how Toyota's new Treehouse OS transforms home EV chargers into smart, managed assets, removing barriers to EV adoption and making suburban charging seamless and efficient. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Charging Tech & Innovation
February 24, 2026•4 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (02/25/26 Edition)
Discover how 720 kW charging ports signal a shift in Commercial Real Estate: buildings are evolving from passive grid users to autonomous Cellular Power nodes, driven by grid delays and the need for r... ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
February 24, 2026•5 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (2/18/26 Edition)
This week’s stories are less about flashy launches and more about time-to-power: grid operators tightening rules for large loads, utilities and regulators fighting over who pays, and data center-drive... ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
February 18, 2026•6 min read
