CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 19, 2024

billion that California received as a hydrogen hub which is going to go down the drain because it’s. continued] The post Hype Taxi Using Massive European Grants To Pay For Champagne-Scale Hydrogen Costs appeared first on CleanTechnica. Ballard’s $1.3

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2022

The California drought has a clean-air cost. Volvo’s sales of plug-in models are gaining momentum, and Polestar is adding a referral program, but it’s not so Tesla-like. And we drive Lincoln’s not-so-electric plug-in hybrid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 5, 2022

A California drought will increase the carbon footprint of electricity used to charge EVs, according to a new report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

In August 2020, Phillips 66 announced that it planned to reconfigure its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, to produce renewable fuels. The conversion is expected to reduce the facility’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50% and help California meet its lower-carbon objectives. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) is leading a landmark effort along with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to deploy 100 battery-electric regional haul and drayage trucks across California. The project was funded with $26.98

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Electrek

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Thanks to a $20M California grant though, electric motorcycle manufacturer RYVID will be able to build its RYVID Anthem bikes in the Golden State and create hundreds of jobs in the process. The post Low-cost electric motorcycle maker RYVID lands $20M to manufacture in California appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded $7.8 The major challenges for lithium production in this region relate to the harsh chemistry of the brine and the difficultly of developing a low-cost and highly selective process for lithium recovery. to two lithium recovery projects.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The California Center for Jobs & The Economy has released an updated report ( earlier post ) on vehicle sales and the progress of ZEV sales in the state for Q3 2020. The report is based on sales data from the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). between 2018 and 2019 in California, and 1.0% for the US as a whole.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

The California Energy Commission (CEC) announced that $17.5 Incentives available through the new Inland Communities Incentive Project will cover up to 75% of EV charging equipment costs. million is available to expand public electric vehicle (EV) charging in 13 rural counties. Since December 2017, CALeVIP has issued more than $138.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

Nikola and its Southern California dealer, Tom’s Truck Centers, will support AJR Trucking in securing its voucher application to CARB’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project “HVIP) program with the expectation of receiving $270,000 per FCEV in point-of-sale incentives.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

BayoTech’s patented technology requires less feedstock, which means fewer carbon emissions and less cost to produce hydrogen than traditional reformers, the company says. Bayotech said it created the above chart based on California Air Resources Board (ARB) methodology.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2021

The California Energy Commission (CEC) announced that $12 million in rebates will be available to install publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. Applications for rebates open 5 August. Since December 2017, CALeVIP has made more than $155.9

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

million to settle a California case alleging that it mislabeled hazardous waste and sent it to landfills that can’t process the materials. After 25 California counties filed lawsuits against Tesla for the alleged mishandling of the waste materials on Tuesday, the automaker on Thursday agreed to pay a $1.3

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The California state legislature passed and the Governor signed into law a bill ( AB-2663 ) that lowers the Use Fuel Tax rate of dimethyl ether (DME) from $0.18 California-based Oberon Fuels, a producer of low-carbon dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, celebrated the signing of California Assembly Bill 2663 into law.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is opening applications for $38 million in equity-focused incentives to fund publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in low-income and disadvantaged communities in 28 counties in northern and southern California. Earlier this year, the state surpassed its goal of selling 1.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

Electrify America plans to invest $200 million in California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure and education programs over the next 30 months. Additionally, Electrify America will strive to ensure that 35% of the investment is in low-income and disadvantaged communities, as guided by California Air Resources Board (CARB).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has published a downloadable tool (a macro-enabled Excel worksheet) for estimating electricity costs for battery electric bus (BEB) deployments in California. The tool estimates monthly electricity costs for BEBs that are charged at the depot or on-route.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The California Air Resources Board today approved a statewide plan for attaining the federal health-based standard for ozone, typically experienced as smog. While California has made great progress in cleaning the air, more than half of Californians (21 million people) still live in areas that exceed the heath-based 70 ppb ozone standard.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will begin considering the potential adoption of the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulation implemented by the California Air Resources Board. While late to the party, we are pleased to see that New Jersey has finally joined California in adopting this regulation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

The California Energy Commission has awarded GTI and Sierra Northern Railway nearly $4,000,000 to fund the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive to support the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM) initiative.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

California Governor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035 and additional measures to eliminate harmful emissions from the transportation sector.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

California is spending $38 million to help expand availability of EV fast-charging for low-income and disadvantaged communities.

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Teslarati

JUNE 6, 2023

The Tesla Model 3 just became less expensive than the price of the Toyota Camry in California thanks to the company’s confirmation that each of the all-electric sedan’s trim levels qualifies for the full $7,500 tax credit. ALSO READ: Tesla Model Y price cuts have brought costs below U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2023

Up to $20 million funding is now available in California through the VW Zero-Emission Freight and Marine (ZEFM) program. Includes a higher cost-effectiveness threshold (increased from $280,000 to $466,000 per ton of NO x reduced) that will be used as the primary factor in determining maximum funding.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 30, 2023

Dealer markups on hybrid cars—plug-in or not—are getting steeper, which could cancel out the decrease in ownership costs afforded by their increased fuel efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

On 4 September 2020, the California Energy Commission (CEC) posted a Notice of Proposed Award outlining subsidies to support hydrogen refueling infrastructure in California. Further, Toyota and Honda have agreed to expand Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) sales in California in support of these Shell Hydrogen stations.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

in Fremont, California for a low-cost/fast-charge (LCFC) technology development. Zenlabs has developed proprietary silicon-based formulations that offer higher specific capacity, longer cycle life, and lower cost. The contract award, which includes a 50% cost share, funds a 24-month project that began earlier this year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2021

California Assemblymembers Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) and Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) introduced legislation to phase out the sale of new gas-powered small off-road engines (SORE), which are primarily used in lawn and garden equipment, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers, and other outdoor power equipment.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

A new study by Scott Hardman and Gil Tal at the University of California, Davis has found that discontinuance occurs at a rate of 21% for California plug-in hybrid adopters and 19% for California battery electric vehicle adopters. Hardman and Tal surveyed 4167 plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) owners in California.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

The new rule, expected to be approved by the California Air Resources Board on June 25, would require 60% of new medium- and heavy-duty trucks sold in the state to be zero emission vehicles by 2035. The California EPS finds the proposed rule saves $7.3 Variations in how the models treat vehicle cost largely explain this difference.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2019

The California Energy Commission and California Air Resources Board (ARB) have released a joint report on the planning, design, development, and deployment of hydrogen refueling stations critical to supporting the adoption of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). California has 38 ARFVTP-funded open retail stations.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 28, 2021

YUNEV, CalStart, and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Hybrid and Zero-emission Truck and Bus Voucher Project (HVIP) teamed up to conduct a cost assessment on commercial vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

California has the green light to start using federal infrastructure funding to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along the state’s interstates and highways following the recent federal approval of a joint plan by Caltrans and California Energy Commission.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2020

Abandoning hydrogen electric vehicles at this critical juncture also guarantees higher electricity rates and higher housing costs as the need for charging infrastructure grows. —Lawmakers’ letter.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2023

T he ability to expedite this process further supports Nikola’s ongoing commitment to implement cost-saving measures by bringing the Nikola truck assembly, fuel cell power module assembly, and battery module and pack production under one roof. This includes battery line automation geared toward improving quality and increasing efficiencies.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved Electrify America’s plan to invest its second $200 million in California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure and education programs. In finding that Electrify America’s Cycle 2 California ZEV Investment Plan meets or exceeds all requirements of the 2.0L

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

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. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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