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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

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Volvo Cars, in cooperation with Starbucks Corporation, announced the first Starbucks stores where new electric vehicle (EV) chargers, powered by ChargePoint, will be available to customers and members of the public. Four chargers at the first Starbucks location in Provo, Utah (East Bay – University & 9 th , 979 S University Ave.)

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Hertz launches ‘electrified’ fleet push in Denver

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Following enormous investments into electric vehicles, Hertz has launched its first planned electrified fleet in Denver, Colorado. “Our goal is to reduce Denver’s carbon emissions 80% by 2050, and expanding the use and availability of electric vehicles will play a major role in helping us achieve that goal.

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Hertz launches Hertz Electrifies public-private partnership in US; bringing 25,000 EVs to Europe with Uber

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Hertz Electrifies is launching in Denver, Colorado in partnership with Mayor Michael B. Hertz is proud to launch Hertz Electrifies in partnership with the city of Denver, which is fast becoming a center for sustainability under the leadership of Mayor Michael Hancock.

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Lyft will rent 200 Kia Niro EVs to its drivers by the week, in Colorado

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The ride-hailing operator Lyft last Thursday launched a program that makes 200 fully electric vehicles available to its drivers in the Denver market. The entire lot of vehicles consists of the Kia Niro EV—a vehicle model that has an EPA-rated 239-mile range and isn’t yet available in Colorado.

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Junkyard Find: 1980 Fiat X1/9

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Still, there were four Fiat models available here during the first couple of years of the 1980s, including the mid-engined X1/9. Here's one of those cars, found in a car graveyard near Denver recently. The X1/9 got Bertone badges and was available here through 1989, while the 124 Sport Spider became a Pininfarina.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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The DSO code of 51 shows that it was sold out of the Denver sales office. Built in Missouri, probably shipped to Colorado by train, then sold new in Greeley, located about 60 miles north of Denver and the site of a famous Utopian community during the late 19th century. Images: The Author] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Junkyard Find: Gray-Market 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380 SEL

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Today's Junkyard Find is one of those cars, found in a self-service boneyard near Denver, Colorado. I'd found several discarded gray-market W126s in Colorado car graveyards before spotting this one, including a 1980 280 SEL , a 1980 500 SE and a 1983 500 SEC. 1981 Mercedes-Benz W126 in Colorado wrecking yard.

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