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UC Davis buys 6 NFI electric Xcelsior CHARGE buses using California state contract

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Unitrans, the University of California, Davis transit system, has purchased six Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses from NFI subsidiary New Flyer of America Inc. NFI’s New Flyer was selected by DGS as an approved supplier of electric vehicles in 2019.

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Hamburger Hochbahn to buy up to 530 electric buses from Daimler, MAN and Solaris

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Early in 2019, the Hamburg Senate decided that from 2020, only emission-free buses will be procured for Hamburg. On 29 August 2019, Hochbahn issued a Europe-wide framework tender for battery-electric buses, with plans to purchase up to 530 buses between 2021 and 2025.

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

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The zero-emission bus purchase was supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No- Emission funding. The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions. LTD has a longstanding commitment to sustainability.

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Amazon begins buying electric semis from Volvo Trucks

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Amazon has announced that it will purchase 20 electric semi-trucks from Volvo Trucks to be used in its German delivery network. Volvo Trucks has been producing electric semis since 2019, and they are continuing to expand their sales by now selling 20 electric semi-trucks to Amazon for use in Germany.

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Daimler buying more than €20B of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030

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Daimler will buy more than €20 billion (US$23 billion) of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030, the company announced. The company purchases the cells on the world market, ensuring the best possible technology; the company focuses on the core competence of battery assembly.

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Port Authority of Allegheny County adds 6 more battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE buses from New Flyer

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The purchase, supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No Emission (Low-No) Grant Program funds, will replace end-of-life diesel vehicles with efficient, sustainable battery-electric buses. The additional six will bring PAAC’s zero-emission fleet to eight Xcelsior CHARGE buses.

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CARB approves $28M investment in clean trucks, cars

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California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) provides incentives to purchase the cleanest medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and Clean Cars 4 All incentivizes lower-income California drivers to scrap their older, high-polluting cars and replace them with zero-emission, plug-in hybrid or hybrid vehicles.

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