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Virginia adopts EV-boosting California clean car standards, with support of dealers

Green Car Reports

Virginia is the latest state to adopt California's emissions standards, creating more aggressive fuel-efficiency targets for vehicles sold in the state. However, Virginia hasn't adopted a California-style zero-emission vehicle.

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Sparkz to begin construction of gigafactory in West Virginia this year; cobalt-free battery

Green Car Congress

Sparkz, a battery startup with exclusive licenses from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to produce domestic cobalt-free lithium batteries ( earlier post ), will begin construction in 2022 of a Gigafactory in West Virginia to commercialize its zero-cobalt battery. Sparkz was founded in late 2019. Earlier post.).

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California EV mandate: New Jersey adopts it, Virginia keeps it

Green Car Reports

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced plans to adopt California's 2035 end date for new internal-combustion cars aside from plug-in hybrids. Recent actions in two states have solidified a bloc of EV support throughout most of the East Coast.

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Tesla Insurance looks to expand to Oregon and Virginia as its next markets

Teslarati

Fortunately, it appears that Tesla has been busy in its efforts to grow its insurance service to more states, with recent insurance filings revealing that the company is looking to start selling vehicle insurance in Oregon and Virginia. So far, Tesla Insurance has been expanded to California, Arizona, Ohio, Illinois, and Texas.

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Rocket Lab to build reusable Neutron rocket factory and launch pad in Virginia

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The site will be Rocket Lab’s third main rocket development and production facility, joining a small factory and headquarters in Huntington Beach, California, and a more substantial Auckland, New Zealand factory. That support is one of the primary reasons Rocket Lab selected Virginia of all places to build its first Neutron hub.

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Two Volvo Trucks carriers, Producers Dairy order VNR electric trucks

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By the end of 2021, the Virginia-based fleets will utilize the zero tailpipe emission trucks to transport inbound parts and components daily to the Volvo Trucks New River Valley Assembly Operations (NRV) in Dublin, Virginia, where every Volvo truck in North America is assembled. Producers Dairy.

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

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University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA). University of California, Davis (Davis, CA). Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) . Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) / Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH). University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).

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