Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

California led the nation in plug-in vehicle (PEV)— both all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles—registrations in 2022 with 27.55 Seven states and the District of Columbia had more than 10 PEV registrations per thousand people in that period. per thousand people, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

BYD announced that its participation in a California-wide purchasing contract will also allow US transit agencies to leverage California’s purchase power to buy US-built zero-emission BYD battery-electric motor coaches, made by union employees in Lancaster, California. BYD 45' electric motor coach.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

According to registration data used as a proxy for sales, there were four counties in the United States with electric vehicle (EV) market penetration above 30% as of December 2022, and all were in California. Santa Clara County topped the list at 35%, followed by Marin County at 34%, and then Alameda and San Mateo […]

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

announced that supply trucks are now able to load Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel at the NuStar-operated Selby Terminal near San Francisco, California. Neste has supplied approximately 220 million gallons of Neste MY Renewable Diesel into California through the NuStar Selby Terminal over the last decade. Neste and NuStar Energy L.P.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

The grant supports the demonstration of Hino’s Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell trucks in real world operations in California ports. Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, manufactures, sells, and services a lineup of Class 4-8 commercial trucks in the United States. Mitsui E&S Machinery Co. and PACECO CORP, along with Hino.

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Teslarati

MAY 31, 2022

Genesis has announced that it has officially delivered the first GV60 electric vehicle in the United States for the first time, as Patricia Wayne of Los Angeles officially took delivery of her vehicle on Thursday. ” In mid-May, Genesis announced it would launch and start sales of the GV60 in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Fusion Fuel and Electus Energy have entered into an exclusive joint venture agreement to develop a large-scale green hydrogen project in Bakersfield, California. The companies have already entered into a land-lease agreement to secure 320 acres in Kern County, California for the project’s development.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 18, 2022

Vinfast on Thursday opened its first United States retail stores in California, and announced $1.2 billion in incentives from North Carolina for a planned factory in the state.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

Hyundai Motor Company will deploy the company’s latest hydrogen fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks in California in two publicly funded projects to improve the air quality in the region. 30 XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks in northern California by early 2023. 12-month pilot program with fleet partner to operate two XCIENT Fuel Cell.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emission drivetrains, announced an order from the California Department of State Hospitals for 12 zero-emission, all-electric Ford Transit 350HD models. The Lightning Electric models are being provided to the hospital system by Wondries Fleet Group, a leading fleet dealer in California.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Tesla is doing quite well in California, the largest auto market in the United States. As reported earlier today, the Tesla Model Y was the best selling automobile in California in the first half of 2022 and the Tesla Model 3 was the second best selling model. In the largest state in the country, Tesla […].

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Teslarati

MAY 17, 2022

Genesis Motor America announced the launch and start of sales for the GV60 all-electric vehicle earlier today in the United States. ” Initially, the 2023 Genesis GV60 will only be sold at select Genesis retailers in California , Connecticut , New Jersey , and New York. It is the company’s first electric vehicle.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 17, 2023

As electric vehicles become more prevalent, with approximately 40% of all EVs in the United States driving on California roads, BMW of North America (BMW) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) are collaborating to test how vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can serve as a solution to offset growing demand on the power grid, improve reliability (..)

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Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2021

Hyundai will test its Xcient Fuel Cell Class 8 semi trucks in California for two publicly-funded projects, the automaker announced Monday in a press release.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 27, 2022

California announced that electric car sales represent nearly 18% of new car sales in the state compared to 6% for the whole of the United States. The post Electric cars reach 18% of new car sales in California compared to 6% in the US appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 2, 2020

As it prepares to launch mass-market electric cars, Ford is touting its stance in favor of California's stricter emissions standards. Ford was the only United States automaker to commit to a voluntary deal to meet tougher California standards—something the automaker reiterated in a short video last week.

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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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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle in California in 2022, while the Tesla Model 3 took second place in the state beating out all legacy automakers. It’s no secret that California is a Tesla stronghold. Tesla sold 87,257 Model Ys in California during 2022, making it the most popular vehicle in the state.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

U-Haul—the largest US retailer of propane—has purchased one million gallons of renewable propane to sell at its company-owned and -operated stores across California for the second year in row. to continue supplying the fuel at more than 60 propane-dispensing stores in the state. Earlier post.) gCO 2 /MJ to 43.50

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 9, 2020

Electrify America has reached a significant milestone for electric-car charging in California, the biggest market for EVs in the United States. About 15 months after opening its first California charging station, the network has opened its 100th charging station in the state.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2021

million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to extend its development into solid-state batteries. SPARKZ is also evaluating locations for its first manufacturing facility in the United States to scale their licensed battery technologies to meet the demands of its existing customers in the mobility and grid sectors.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 29, 2022

California is well known as the leader of electric vehicle (EV) sales in the United States, and an early EV policy and sales leader globally. Nowadays, California sales data show that electric vehicles even top the overall automobile sales charts.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2023

Mercedes‑Benz announced that its DRIVE PILOT system for SAE Level 3 conditionally automated driving received certification from California state authorities.

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Teslarati

APRIL 24, 2023

The upcoming Mercedes AMG EQE SUV was spotted completing testing in California ahead of a planned launch in the coming year. Now, as the premium German brand looks to electrify its performance offerings as well, its newest electric AMG model has been spotted testing in California, the Mercedes AMG EQE SUV.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Blue Ribbon Commission on Lithium Extraction in California (Lithium Valley Commission) submitted its report of findings and recommendations to the state Legislature. Known Geothermal Resource Areas (KGRA)in Imperial County, California. Source: California Energy Commission staff.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2019

In March, Cummins began delivering eight Cummins-powered all-electric vehicles to the United States Postal Service (USPS) in California. The fully-electric Cummins PowerDrive equipped vans are expected to reduce fuel and maintenance costs as well as eliminate emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Audi recently held demonstrations of Connected Vehicle to Everything (C-V2X) technology in Oceanside, California. The CDC estimates that there are nearly 1,000 cyclist fatalities, and another 130,000 cyclist injuries that occur on roads in the United States every year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Ecology, a transportation and logistics company in California, has switched its fleet of more than 600 trucks to run on Neste MY Renewable Diesel and is reporting cleaner fuel filters, fewer maintenance problems and reductions in tailpipe emissions. Switching 600 trucks, which drive on average 25,000 miles per year at approximately 2.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2019

Iwatani Corporation of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Iwatani Corporation recently acquired four hydrogen-refueling stations in California from Messer (formerly Linde, LLC). The four California stations are the first of a series of stations intended by Iwatani for deployment in the western part of the United States.

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Teslarati

APRIL 10, 2023

California is instituting a new pay structure for residential solar systems, which could dramatically damage demand for Tesla Solar products, but it isn’t all bad news. Now, in a further blow to the business, Reuters reports California is cutting the pay residential solar owners will receive from the power they contribute to the grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Electrify America is investing $3 million to provide education and awareness programs for low-income and disadvantaged communities throughout California on the benefits of driving zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) and available cash incentives. The six recipients of Electrify America’s investment are: Breathe Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, signed a definitive agreement to acquire full ownership of Beyond6, LLC (B6) and its network of 55 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations across the United States from Chevron’s current B6 co-owners, a subsidiary of Mercuria Energy Trading (Mercuria) and B6 CEO Andrew West.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

General Motors has agreed to form a strategic investment and commercial collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to secure sustainably produced lithium from the CTR’s Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power development, located in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in California.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

By the end of November, California will have more than 500,000 electric cars registered in the state, according to the latest report from Veloz, a consortium of state regulators, utilities, and other advocates for electric cars. California already has 491,000 electric cars on its roads, out of the 1.02

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

Parts of the United States are at elevated or high risk for potential electricity emergencies this summer, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) 2021 Summer Reliability Assessment. Summer peak electricity demand in the United States is strongly influenced by temperature.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2018

The California Assembly has passed Senate Bill 100 —a bill to move California to 100% renewable and zero-carbon energy by 2045. The bill also establishes state policy that RPS-eligible and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers no later than 31 December 2045.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

The California Energy Commission is awarding $2 million (GFO-20-604, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM)) and Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) will provide $200,000 in funding to support a project developing a hydrogen fuel cell solution to power harbor craft vessels.

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