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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

Cars That Think

2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Outside of California, the device has been approved for use by commercial fleet vehicles in Michigan, Arizona, and Texas, and 10 additional U.S.

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ElectraMeccanica and Tevva to merge; targeting electric commercial trucks in UK, Europe and US

Green Car Congress

battery-electric truck to commercial fleet customers focused on urban delivery—a critical and high-growth segment of the overall commercial truck market for delivery-dependent urban areas. Our vehicles have undertaken more than 300,000 miles of testing and operating experience in real-world conditions by demanding fleet operators.

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Nikola executes reverse merger with VectoIQ; now to be listed on NASDAQ; BEV and FCEV trucks

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Nikola’s business model supplies both the truck and hydrogen fueling infrastructure, solving the fleets’ concerns of where to refuel with green hydrogen at competitive pricing to diesel. Cowen is serving as financial and capital markets advisor, and Greenberg Traurig, LLP is serving as legal advisor to VectoIQ.

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Uber and Waymo partner up for autonomous vehicle push in Phoenix

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Uber and Waymo have partnered up in a new push to expand autonomous ride-sharing and deliveries in Phoenix, Arizona, later this year. The two companies were formerly fierce rivals and were subject of a huge legal battle that lasted several years. For Uber, it already operates a massive number of vehicles in its fleet, and roughly 3.9

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The Air Touring is built in Lucid’s new assembly plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, where it will be joined in a year or so by the company’s first all-electric SUV, the Gravity. Acceleration is beyond what can be safely and legally used on the local roads and freeway we traversed, but the precision of the handling was also evident.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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EPA also found that the California program meets legal requirements regarding the protectiveness of public health and welfare as well as technological feasibility. The national program ramps up slightly more slowly than the California program envisioned, but does get to the same fleet average endpoint.

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More states follow California’s clean car standards

Green Cars News

The 13 states are: Arizona, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. EPA estimates that the national programme will cut greenhouse gas emissions from the light duty fleet by 19 per cent by 2030.

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