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Fisker temporarily lost track of millions of dollars worth of customer payments: report

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Electric vehicle startup Fisker has reportedly lost track of millions of dollars worth of customer payments as the company attempted to scale the deliveries of its only vehicle available today — the Fisker Ocean. Consumer Reports also observed that the Fisker Ocean they purchased had a notably high destination charge at $2,438.

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School Transport Goes Electric

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The Challenge When Sunnyvale’s school buses began to show the typical signs of aging the repair costs began to exceed the cost of purchasing new vehicles. Finances, timelines, budgets, and personnel were taken into account as administrators, and school leaders began to plan for electrifying the district’s transportation resources.

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Deloitte Survey finds only 4% of global consumers likely to be satisfied with current EVs despite increasing consideration and willingness to buy; higher ICE fuel economy reduces interest in EVs

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Consumers’ expectations around the performance and purchase price of electric vehicles are so divergent from the actual offerings available today, that no more than 2–4% of consumers worldwide would have their expectations met, according to a new survey from Deloitte. Click to enlarge. —Craig Giffi.

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What Is Bidirectional Charging? Understanding the Benefits for Both Drivers and Businesses

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Vehicle to load (V2L) : This is probably the most common type of bidirectional charging available today. Before you purchase a charger and a vehicle, be sure they’re compatible with each other. With V2L charging, you can use your EV battery to power appliances and tools on the go.

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Demonstration series hydraulic hybrid transit bus yields fuel economy of 6.9 mpg, 110% better than conventional diesel, 30% better than electric hybrids

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mpg (34 l/100km) on the industry-standard ADB duty cycle—110% better than conventional diesel buses on the road today and 30% better than the best-in-class electric hybrid buses available today, according to the final report on the project published by the US Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Since 2005, FTA issued $5.1

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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The team looked at once-daily charging, at home or at work, in order to study the adoption potential given today’s charging infrastructure. The team found that the vast majority of cars on the road consume no more energy in a day than the battery energy capacity in affordable EVs available today. —Jessika Trancik.

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California Energy Commission Adopts $176M Green Transportation Plan

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AB 118 authorizes the Energy Commission to provide approximately $120 million annually over seven years to develop these new fuels and technologies, ensure that they are accessible to the public, and encourage motorists and fleet operators to purchase new advanced vehicles.