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Daimler Truck unveils electric Class 6/7 Freightliner eM2; extending portfolio of EVs for N America

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With this new truck, DTNA is extending its lineup for series-built electric vehicles for the North American market, accompanying the Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractor, the electric schoolbus Jouley from Thomas Built Buses and the electric walk-in van platform FCCC MT50e. Together with the eCascadia, the eM2 has clocked up more than 1.5

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Ford and Portland General Electric Partner to Prepare Region for EVs

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Ford Motor Company and Portland General Electric will collaborate to help prepare the city of Portland and the Pacific Northwest for the operation of electric vehicles. Ford will draw upon PGE’s partnership with Portland State University to further study urban mobility and the integration of energy and sustainable design.

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ICCT quantifies the EV charging infrastructure gap across US markets

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Across major US markets through 2017, about one-fourth of the workplace and public chargers needed by 2025 are in place. The largest charging gaps are in markets where electric vehicle uptake will grow most rapidly, including in many California cities, Boston, New York, Portland, Denver, and Washington, D.C.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Top 15 LEAF market year-to-date in 2013. Nissan provided a list of the top 15 markets in the US for the Nissan LEAF battery-electric vehicle. Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). —Erik Gottfried, Nissan director of EV Sales and Marketing.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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A new white paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses which policy actions are behind the regional leading markets in the US for electric vehicles. The ICCT authors found that many of the leading market share MSAs have more than 10 electric vehicle promotion actions in place.

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Daimler Truck North America and partners to form JV for nationwide charging network for MD and HD commercial vehicles

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Partnerships with Siemens Smart Infrastructure, ENGIE and EVBox Group as well as PowerElectronics in battery-electric charging contribute to enabling the economic use of CO 2 -neutral trucks in driving operations. Start of operations is planned for this year, first sites are set to begin construction in 2023.

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Daimler developing battery-electric version of Econic HD truck; customer testing in 2021, series production in 2022

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Daimler Trucks is taking the next step in its electrification of trucks with the battery-electric low-floor heavy-duty truck Mercedes-Benz eEconic. With an anticipatory driving style, electrical energy can be recovered during braking to charge the battery, which further improves range and efficiency.