Wednesday, 4 November 2026

Pennsylvania is channeling USD 37 million in federal NEVI funding toward 515 new public EV charging ports across the Philadelphia region, including curbside chargers, according to Electrek.

The awards cover Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, Electrek reported.

PennDOT said the projects will expand public charging availability by 27% across the region and by 53% in Philadelphia itself.

Among the recipients, It's Electric PA received USD 2.93 million for 157 on-street charging ports spread across 13 Philadelphia neighborhoods, according to Electrek.

South Korean authorities have sent 80 Tesla owners to prosecutors on suspicion of deploying unauthorised hardware to enable the carmaker's Full Self-Driving system in vehicles where the feature lacks approval, electrive reported.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's traffic crime investigation unit confiscated 21 such activation devices. Some suspects allegedly imported the equipment from abroad; others fabricated their own tools to circumvent Tesla's regional software locks.

Enabling Full Self-Driving without authorisation breaches South Korea's Motor Vehicle Management Act, which bars unapproved alterations to vehicle software. Penalties reach up to two years' imprisonment or a fine of up to 20 million won, approximately EUR 12,000.