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FedEx Express Canada launches first 50 BrightDrop all-electric vehicles

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FedEx Express Canada welcomed its first 50 BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric delivery vehicles at an event in Toronto. FedEx Express Canada plans to expand its EV fleet footprint as additional charging infrastructure is implemented at FedEx locations across the country.

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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

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Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. Canada is currently completing a mid-term review of its light duty vehicle regulations.

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RIZON electric trucks debut in Canada

Electric Cars Report

in 2023 at the ACT Expo in Anaheim, California, […] The post RIZON electric trucks debut in Canada appeared first on Electric Cars Report. The RIZON trucks will be available to Canadian customers for the first time with preorders set to begin in June of 2024. RIZON trucks first debuted in the U.S.

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Canada publishing final new Clean Fuel Regulations

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Canada will publish the final Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) in the Canada Gazette Part II on 6 July 2022. producers and importers) to reduce the carbon intensity of their liquid fossil fuels used in Canada from 2016 carbon intensity levels. In combination with the Government of Canada’s $1.5-billion gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Canada Joins California, Oregon, Washington, & Vermont In Clean Transportation Push

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Canada has adopted rules requiring the sale of zero emissions vehicles that closely follow those crafted by California.

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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

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GM is expanding its efforts to educate public safety, fire and emergency service providers throughout the United States and Canada as EV sales grow. First and second responders can go to gmEVFirstResponderTraining.com to learn more about this hands-on training opportunity. EV safety doesn’t begin at the point of a collision.

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Canada Minister’s meeting in California prompts Tesla Gigafactory speculations

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Rumors of a potential Tesla Gigafactory in Canada were recently fueled again after Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry François-Philippe Champagne mentioned that he and his team are heading over to California on Friday to meet with an automaker. The official made his comments at the Detroit Auto Show.

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