Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The Lion Electric Company (Lion), a manufacturer of purpose-built all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, has delivered 10 battery-electric LionC school buses to the Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento, California. million has been funded to support the charging infrastructure.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 23, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is set to approve Electrify America's proposed plan for its next cycle of charging-network investments. But some in California don't believe the plan does enough to address charger reliability, the Sacramento Bee reports.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2022

SMUD, the US’ sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider, announced the Managed Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Pilot, a new electric vehicle program with BMW of North America, Ford and General Motors. Managed EV Charging will make it easier for customers to switch to an EV.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

The West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative , a study commissioned by a collaboration among nine electric utilities and two agencies representing more than two dozen municipal utilities, recommends adding electric vehicle charging for freight haulers and delivery trucks at 50-mile intervals along Interstate 5 and adjoining highways.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sacramento, capital city of the EV-loving Golden State, is the latest city proposing to ban new gas stations or upgrading existing stations, unless of course you’re adding electric vehicle charging.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2020

The electric trucks will be deployed in greater Sacramento to provide home energy audits, weatherization and HVAC services to low-income residents in an area where air quality is some of the worst in the country. CRP chose Motiv based on the company’s Sacramento presence and its track record of pre- and post-sales customer support.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 16, 2015

While fast charging for electric cars is still nonexistent--or just starting to roll out--across much of the country, California leads the way. And the state capital of Sacramento now has such stations installed both by private vendors and the local public utility, Sacramento Metropolitan Utility District (SMUD).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2020

million in the Energy StorageShares program developed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). The investment will help Electrify America reduce its overall energy-related costs and lower the company’s impact on Sacramento’s electrical grid. Electrify America is investing $1.3

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The Country Hills Shopping Plaza in Torrance, California will be the site of the first DC fast charging station to open in the state as part of Electrify America’s plan to install approximately 160 charging stations in California by June 2019. Laguna, Village, 8785 Center Parkway, Sacramento, CA. Montebello Plaza, 2401 W.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Plight of the Drivewayless—those poor souls who live in urban locales where they can’t charge their EVs at home—has emerged as a major drag on the speed of EV adoption. The DOE has funded curbside electric vehicle charging projects in Detroit and other US cities. In cities, the current approach of destination charging (e.g.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

Adding another school district fleet electrification program to its growing list of customers, AMPLY Power has been selected to manage the charging of electric school buses for the Palermo Union Elementary School District in Northern California. kWh through AMPLY’s fully-managed, turnkey charging services.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The $300-million investment will build on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expand into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly. Highlights of the National Cycle 2 ZEV Investment Plan include: Charging Infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

has opened the first electric vehicle charging station in West Sacramento, CA. The DMC-owned charging station, featuring a Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint Networked Charging Station, is the first of 40 DMC charging stations now in contract scheduled for installation throughout California. DMC Green , Inc.

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Sac Metro Air District Partners with EVgo for Public EV Charging . The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (Sac Metro Air District) and EVgo has joined hands. EVgo is a nationwide provider of electric vehicle charging services, including more than 300 fast-charging locations across the state of California.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

FreeWire Technologies, a pioneer in flexible mobile power and EV charging technology ( earlier post ), will demonstrate its Mobi Gen and Mobi EV Charger units at DistribuTECH in partnership with Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the nation’s sixth-largest utility. SMUD is testing the units for deployment within Sacramento.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Hyundai’s NEXO fuel cell SUV is now available at Roseville Hyundai near Sacramento. In addition, the first year of maintenance is free of charge. Roseville Hyundai is the fourth dealership in California to currently offer NEXO, with two dedicated dealerships in Northern California and two in Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Corridor Charging: Corridor charging gives existing and prospective electric vehicle owners the assurance that they can charge when driving long distances along a freeway or highway. Additionally, workplace charging may allow for more vehicle miles to be traveled using electricity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The MOU will also advance cybersecurity as a core component of V2X charging infrastructure. In addition to addressing the near-term challenges to VGI to benefit all EV stakeholders, the Lab Consortium will conduct high risk, high reward research on the EV charging and grid integration technologies the US will need in the future.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 4, 2023

In Sacramento, California, Pepsi is using 21 of them to help reach its sustainability goals. DeVoe said the use of EVs is most advantageous for this type of short-range travel from Pepsi’s distribution warehouse in Sacramento to where it will deliver vehicles.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The locations of the closures are at Shell stations scattered throughout Northern California, located in San Francisco, Berkeley, San Jose and Sacramento. Shell last year acquired EV charging company Volta charge , and the acquisition is expected to help the company massively expand its Shell Recharge network.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has selected 8 awardees for a total of $8,875,457 in funding to install Direct Current (DC) fast charging stations on Interstate 5 (I-5), State Route 99 (SR 99), and along United States Highway 101 (US-101) from San Jose traveling South in California. I-5: South of Red Bluff to north of Sacramento.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 17, 2022

Ford, General Motors (GM), and BMW announced earlier this week that they would partner with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to roll out an EV charging scheduling program. To address this, Ford, GM, BMW, and SMUD are working together to schedule EV charging. Scheduling EV charging allows for a couple of things.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), Japan’s largest electric utility, will collaborate on vehicle-grid integration technologies with the purpose of accelerating transportation electrification and decarbonization.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In a new research brief , Pike Research forecasts that wireless charging equipment for light duty plug-in vehicle sales will grow by a CAGR of 91% from 2013 to 2020, as wireless systems move from a retrofit technology to an integrated part of new EVs, reaching annual sales of 283,000 units in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Electrify America LLC announced it will install more than 2,800 workplace and residential charging stations by June 2019 in 17 of the biggest metropolitan areas in the United States. The 2,800 Level 2 charging stations will be located at approximately 500 sites, all with more than one charging station. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2023

Washington state is considering mandating Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), following in Texas’ footsteps. Tesla NACS has also gained support from other EV charging providers , such as XCHARGE and Blink Charging. I’m actually really happy about NACS and how finally automakers are gearing towards one standard.

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Plug in America

JULY 5, 2022

The EV Charging for All coalition continues to make progress; if you live in California, we need your support this week! . Thanks to a massive coalition effort, our EV Charging Equity bill, SB1482, passed out of the Assembly Housing Committee on June 29. Many more residents called their Assembly members and gave support at the hearing.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2021

Building on Electrify America’s first successful Green City program in Sacramento, the company will work with Long Beach and Los Angeles city officials as well as private fleet operators, owners and collaborators to implement projects focused on charging electrification for public transit and heavy-duty electric vehicles, showcasing ultra-fast charging (..)

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Massive new charging hubs are opening, or expected to open this year. It boasts a range of up to 500 miles, and can charge at 750 kWh—nearly three times the rate of other electric trucks. megawatt facility in El Monte, California , capable of charging 32 trucks at one time. However, the picture for 2024 looks brighter.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2013

Evatran has logged more than 1,500 hours of charging time on its Plugless L2 wireless charging systems installed across the country through its Apollo Trial Program. The last of the Apollo Program Plugless units will be installed next month at UC Davis and the City of Sacramento. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The California Energy Commission will host a workshop Monday, 25 April, in which executives from four companies including ChargePoint and Green Charge Networks, two non-profits, one municipal utility district and one state agency will discuss the successes and challenges of developing electric vehicle charging technology in California.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

DRIVEtheARC, a corridor of electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations spanning from Monterey to Lake Tahoe, announced the completion of the chargers’ deployment and its official grand opening on the one year anniversary of the project’s official launch. All CHAdeMO EVs and Combo EVs can be charged at DRIVEtheARC stations.

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Driivz

JUNE 22, 2023

Driivz announced by Open Charge Alliance ( OCA ) as o ne of the first OCPP 2.0.1 certifying companies during the EVS36 in Sacramento last week! Driivz, an OCA member and a pioneer in the EV charging industry, have worked together with OCA as a “Golden node” to validate the OCPP 2.0.1

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Driivz

JUNE 22, 2023

Driivz announced by Open Charge Alliance ( OCA ) as o ne of the first OCPP 2.0.1 certifying companies during the EVS36 in Sacramento last week! Driivz, an OCA member and a pioneer in the EV charging industry, have worked together with OCA as a “Golden node” to validate the OCPP 2.0.1

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2019

The buses and charging systems were designed and manufactured locally by Proterra, based in Burlingame, Calif. SJC joins a growing list of airports (including Indianapolis, New York-JFK, Newark, LaGuardia, Sacramento, LAX and SFO), transit agencies, and universities and colleges, that are making the transition to zero-emission vehicle fleets.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The trucks are equipped to be both Level 2 and Level 3 charging capable. Phoenix Motorcars collaborated with the City of Woodland to install two dual-cord Level 3 50kW DC fast-charging stations. PG&E’s program supports Level 2 and Level 3 DC fast chargers in a variety of installation configurations, based on a fleet operator’s needs.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

At PepsiCo’s Sacramento, California depot , two Tesla Semis will be tracked in heavy-load long-haul transport operations. The Semi was highlighted in a recent Run on Less video that showed the advantages of transitioning to an electric fleet at Pepsi’s Sacramento, California plant. I’d love to chat!

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