Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. Our new e-tug will be able to do three to four shipping moves on a full charge, or around three to four hours work (one shipping move takes an hour on average). This is just what we need.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

“Electric cars will not save the climate. However, achieving either goal would likely require governments offering hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, in EV subsidies to ICE owners over the next decade, not to mention significant investments in EV charging infrastructure and the electrical grid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

Lane Transit District (LTD) in Oregon has awarded New Flyer a contract for 11 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses, including seven ABB depot chargers to support electric bus infrastructure development. LTD has a longstanding commitment to sustainability.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

will provide electric vehicle (EV) charging stations ( earlier post ) at select US stores of electronics retailer Best Buy Co., Under the terms of the agreement, the Level 2, J1772-compliant charging stations will be installed at 12 Best Buy stores in Tucson, Ariz.; ECOtality, Inc. Phoenix, Ariz.; Los Angeles, Calif.;

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 19, 2019

A new UN climate report calls for optimism in tackling climate change. And our latest Twitter poll asks readers which electric SUV they would buy. We took a Chevrolet Bolt EV to the top of the Continental Divide to see how its range fares in mountain driving.

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My Energi

APRIL 25, 2024

Last week (19 April), the UK Government ruled-out recommendations from the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee to equalise VAT on public charging. [1] More importantly still, it means that those reliant on public charging, with no access to off-street parking and no opportunity to charge at home (an estimated 24.6%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The grant came from Proposition A local return funds and will cover the cost of both buses plus the charging system. The AVTA hopes to have BYD’s electric buses in service by April of 2014, in order to begin testing on local routes for a 12-month period to determine their performance in the high desert climate.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Ford announced today that it is launching a new program aimed toward promoting sustainable home electric vehicle charging. The program will allow EV owners in California to opt into carbon-neutral vehicle charging that will reduce their carbon footprint from energy used to give power to their electric car.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Photo: Blink Charging EV charger maker Blink Charging (Nasdaq: BLNK) is turbocharging its manufacturing capacity with a new 30,000-square-foot factory in Maryland. Blink Charging’s new LEED Gold-certified factory in Bowie, Maryland, is going to become the central hub for Blink’s in-house manufacturing and production in North America.

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Sac Metro Air District Partners with EVgo for Public EV Charging . The partnership offers eligible participants in the District’s Clean Cars 4 All program credits of up to $2,000 at electric vehicle charging stations in EVgo’s network.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 12, 2024

Audi is charging buyers subscription fees to access features like adaptive cruise control, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, automatic high beams, and, bafflingly, dual-zone climate controls. Owners can also buy the features outright. This is all running on carryover electronics from 2023, which include a 12.3-inch

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Now we were an all EV family charging our cars on the free solar energy falling like money from the sky. Let me tell you about it.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

The Alliance members, which include Amazon, Best Buy, DHL, and Schindler Elevator, collectively own, lease or operate nearly 1.3 Charging Location Flexibility. million on-road vehicles in the United States. Source: Ceres.

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EV Connect

JANUARY 20, 2022

How Weather Affects Electric Cars For an EV, everything from the charge time and operating range to vehicle handling is affected by the weather. In cold weather, like in warm weather, cabin climate control adds to battery draw, which can affect EV range. Parking in a warm garage while charging will certainly help.

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Plug N Drive

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As EV usage grows across Canada, workplaces will be under increasing pressure to offer EV charging access for employees. However, it is not as simple as just buying some stations and hiring an electrician. There are several considerations you need to account for: LEAD THE CHARGE WORKPLACE CHARGING WEBINAR FEB.

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EV Connect

APRIL 24, 2023

Add to that the fact that hotels with charging stations will inevitably become the norm, rather than the exception, and you’ve got a recipe for an easy decision. All travelers need a place to stay, and those with EVs also need a place to charge. Charging stations are all too rare. The result?

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It won’t be news to regular Charged readers that myths and misconceptions about EVs have taken deep root among the populace. Of the myths tested, the one with the most widespread buy-in was: “Mass adoption of EVs swaps one problem (pollution from oil and gas) with another (lithium and cobalt mining, dead batteries).”

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. It was time to buy our first car. I was nervous as this was the first time that I was buying a car, so the experience was new to me. How did it all start?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Medium-sized battery-electric cars are on average 14% cheaper to run than equivalent diesels today, if slow charging overnight near home and/or fast charging at preferential rates are available. Charging is a key barrier for the uptake of EVs by professional drivers.

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Setec Powerr

JULY 28, 2023

Optimizing your vehicle for summer driving depends on how you charge your EV under hot weather conditions, among other factors. Tips for efficient EV charging and driving in hot weather 1. This is a less costly setup and may be sufficient in milder climates.

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Blink Charging

JUNE 23, 2023

As electric vehicles (EVs) become more mainstream, more workplaces are starting to provide charging options for their employees. While 80% of charging takes place at home, EV drivers without access to a home charger must use workplace or public charging stations to keep their vehicles charged.

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Blink Charging

JUNE 23, 2023

As electric vehicles (EVs) become more mainstream, more workplaces are starting to provide charging options for their employees. While 80% of charging takes place at home, EV drivers without access to a home charger must use workplace or public charging stations to keep their vehicles charged.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2016

The Globe and Mail obtained a copy of the currently confidential 57-page Climate Change Action Plan, which lays out a strategy from 2017 to 2021. The province will also build more charging stations at government buildings and consider making electrical vehicle plug-ins mandatory on all new buildings.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Soderholm will be installing Lightning eMotors’ fully electric powertrain systems in repowered applications in Hawaii, as well as buying new Lightning eMotors’ vans and shuttle buses. Elemental Excelerator, a commercialization catalyst for growth-stage climate technology companies, facilitated and contributed funding to the venture.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 19, 2023

Table 1: Chapter 9 Energy and Industry Table 2: Chapter 11 Transport Table 3: Climate Change Commission Recommendations Table 4: Drive Electrics Summary Recommendations Part B: Detailed response Introduction New Zealand is on the cusp of the biggest transformation in transport in over a century. This will only intensify. 2 Transport).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Increasing the provincial incentive program, administered by the New Car Dealers Association of BC, by $20 million this year to encourage more British Columbians to buy clean energy cars now. Horgan added that this initiative is the first major policy commitment of the government’s upcoming strategy to meet BC’s legislated climate goals.

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EV Obssesion

MAY 8, 2021

Supports Governor Cuomo’s Nation-Leading Goals in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act Governor Andrew M. The post Point-Of-Sale Rebate Changes Will Help More Consumers Buy Electric Vehicles to Lower Their Carbon Footprint & Improve Air Quality in New York State appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

—Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete. We can now only call upon member states to urgently step up their efforts to roll-out the infrastructure required for charging and refuelling the alternatively-powered trucks which will need to be sold en masse if these targets are to be met.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

California’s Climate Protection Strategies do not help meet NAAQS Standards. If the near zero technologies outlined in this paper are developed in the time frame described herein, they will dramatically enhance the state’s ability to meet air quality standards and climate protection objectives. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

To reduce the impact of transport on the climate, we need to make a swift transition from fossil fuels to alternatives such as electricity. Our customers can choose to buy several Volvo trucks of the same model, with the only difference being that some are electric and others are powered by gas or diesel.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

“We will require new homes and buildings to have electric vehicle charging points,” Johnson told the annual conference of the Confederation of Commerce and Industry (CBI). . At present, 250,000 charging station s have been installed in homes and workplaces across the UK. million charging stations. billion pounds.

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EV Connect

JULY 8, 2021

As electric vehicle adoption soars and students across the country return to in-person learning, Union College, seeks to have their nine new (mid-2019) dual port EV charging stations around campus continue to be utilized by faculty, staff and student EV drivers. This was spearheaded by the previous Sustainability Coordinator, Alex Lykins.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 22, 2022

With strong policy support and aggressive climate initiatives , prioritizing plug-in hybrids and fully electric vehicles makes more sense for auto dealers than ever. But with that growing demand for more EVs on the lot comes the need for a charging infrastructure to support them. After logging a record-breaking 6.6

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But it is more useful than its predecessor with the 42-kWh battery pack yielding 149 miles between charges using the EPA’s testing protocols. Though the Fiat has additional tricks up its sleeve by way of faster charging options and liquid-cooled batteries that should (in theory) result in more consistent performance.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Canada recently released the first details of its flagship policy to achieve one of its most ambitious climate goals to date — by 2035, every new car sold in the country must be emissions-free. Invested in 50,000 more EV charging stations across the country, for almost 85,000 federally-funded chargers across Canada by 2027.

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EV Match

MAY 11, 2022

Vacation rental EV charging is an amenity that is becoming increasingly attractive for a growing number of travelers. Ten years ago, public charging was not so easy to find, especially in more remote areas. In fact, most of these platforms now allow travelers to filter their results to identify rentals that offer EV charging.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Hyundai is offering customers willing to buy an all-electric vehicle a Level 2 home charger for no extra cost. Additionally, the fear of running out of battery energy without access to a charger is perpetuated by the lack of a universal charging infrastructure. or from a free-trade agreement partner.

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