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Evatran completes 1500+ hours of wireless charging trials with fleets

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The system is currently available for LEAF and Volt models, though Evatran is working to bring the technology to other EV models in the future. The last of the Apollo Program Plugless units will be installed next month at UC Davis and the City of Sacramento.

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Enterprise Holdings North American Rental Car Shuttle Bus Fleet to Use B5 or B20

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Enterprise Holdings plans for its entire fleet of more than 600 Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental airport shuttle buses across more than 50 North American markets to begin using at least 5% biodiesel (B5).

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Coulomb Technologies releases OpenCharge Protocol for EV charging equipment

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The protocol definition supports applications that include billing, asset management, real-time mapping, EVSE reservations, fleet management, and energy management. Coulomb today also announced it is offering the ChargePoint On-Ramp Program, which is available for all EVSE manufacturers.

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Nissan Enters into EV Partnership with City of Houston

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Nissan also has agreed to make available a supply of electric vehicles to the City of Houston and in and around the metropolitan area. To that end, the city intends to add 25 electric vehicles this year, bringing to 40 the total number of plug-in cars in the city’s fleet. Washington D.C., and with Houston-based Reliant Energy.

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DOE Closes $1.4B Loan Agreement with Nissan to Support Production of LEAF and Batteries

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Washington DC, Seattle, Raleigh, N.C., Nissan LEAF, a five-passenger sedan, will be available for private and fleet customers. Nissan has formed more than a dozen partnerships in the United States, in markets including State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County and San Diego in California, Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.,

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

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Currently only available in California, the VF 8 also will be introduced in British Columbia, Toronto and Montreal. A new midsize EV SUV Contender Clean Fleet Report was both intrigued and curious about an all-new car from an all new company from a country that is not known for building cars. SiriusXM is not available.

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RMI Launches Project Get Ready to Help Communities Prepare for Plug-ins

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Community members in Portland, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raleigh, North Carolina soon expanding to the Triangle region have already agreed to work with RMI’s Project Get Ready. Corporate/city/state fleets commit to buy a certain number of plug-ins (RFPs for major purchases or conversions). Laura Schewel, project manager.

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