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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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Electrify America has released its National Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan for Cycle 2; Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period that begins in July 2019. These metro areas are expected to account for more than 50% of expected battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in operation outside California through 2022 (Navigant, 2017).

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ChargePoint ranks US metro areas for EV friendliness; SF Bay Area still on top

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ChargePoint—the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network—released a list of the top 10 friendliest metropolitan areas in the US for EV drivers. The San Francisco Bay Area (including San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose) led the nation, followed by Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego and Honolulu. Austin, TX.

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Charlotte Douglas International Airport to buy 5 Proterra electric buses; 9th airport

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Mineta San José International Airport (SJC); Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU); and Honolulu International Airport (HNL). Airports are an ideal use case for electric vehicle technology because of their predictable circulator routes and potential for shared charging infrastructure with other service vehicles in the fleet.

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Is Your City Ready For Electric Vehicles?

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Ford has identified the 25 most electric vehicle (EV) ready cities in the U.S., The 25 cities are dotted all over the country from Hartford to Honolulu. based on the company’s latest research.

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ZSW develops process for Li-ion batteries with extended cycle life; 10,000 charge cycles

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The Lithium-ion batteries are intended for use in electric vehicles and as solar power storage systems. The ZSW researchers outlined the basics for optimizing cycling stability through the balancing of anode and cathode in a presentation later that year at the Honolulu PRiME 2012 meeting of The Electrochemical Society.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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A new white paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses which policy actions are behind the regional leading markets in the US for electric vehicles. In each region, the authors identified the four leading metropolitan areas with the highest electric vehicle share in each region.

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DOE awards $20M to 10 hydrogen production and delivery technologies projects

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University of Hawaii of Honolulu, Hawaii will receive $3 million to develop photoelectrodes for direct solar water splitting. million to design and demonstrate an integrated, intelligent high pressure hydrogen dispenser for fuel cell electric vehicle fueling. Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc. of Billerica, Massachusetts will receive $1.5

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