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Nikola Tre FCEV receives CARB ZEP Executive Order for HVIP eligibility; $240,000 base incentive per truck

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Nikola Corporation has received a California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order that is a requirement for Nikola’s Tre hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to be eligible for CARB’s Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) program.

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California Legislature Considering Bill Requiring Smog Testing for Motorcycles

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A bill under consideration in the California state legislature would require California’s Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) to include Class III (280 cc or greater) model-year 2000 and newer motorcycles in the state’s smog check program beginning 1 January 2012. The standards include corporate averaging provisions.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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Honda last week announced key targets for sales of electrified vehicles in North America, with a plan to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles (BEVs and FCEVs) to represent 100% of its vehicle sales by 2040, progressing from sales of 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2035. Advanced Battery Technology.

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Faraday Future forced to delay deliveries, scrambles for cash

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Highlighted in Faraday Future’s most recent announcement, the delivery of its first vehicle is contingent on a couple of factors outside of corporate financing. Foremost, the vehicle has yet to complete crash testing in the United States, making it ineligible for sale.

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

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Then I learned that three Renault Dauphines had hit the regular inventory at the Pick-n-Pull in San Jose, California. Of all those companies, Renault was the only one to score big-time North American sales success. 1959 Renault Dauphine in California wrecking yard. 1959 Renault Dauphine in California wrecking yard.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

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.& Location information was more accurate than a few years prior, given increasing civilian and corporate access to military-grade GPS information. & The first Guidestar test models in late 1994 were implemented in the San Jose, California area, distributed once again through Avis rental outlets. Let me know.

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Koreas CTT To Manufacture Electric Vehicles in US

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Company officials are considering potential sites in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and California. CT&T works in four battery platforms by co-operatively manufacturing with Korean partners SK Energy, Sebang, EIG Corporation, LG Chemical Corporation, FCP, and Samsung. Earlier post.).