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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

California’s plug-in vehicle sales tally is impressive: 663,014 battery electrics (62.9%). 11,956 fuel cell electrics (1.1%). If you’re adding up the numbers that 1,054,095 electric vehicles since the state began counting in 2011. The number of EVs in my neighborhood seems to be growing weekly.

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Rivian R1T owner gets targeted by HOA over electric pickup truck

Teslarati

The Rivian R1T is the first of its kind in Gordon’s neighborhood, and the HOA does not seem to be happy about the fact that the premium EV is a pickup truck. The Rivian R1T has become a point of attraction of sorts in his neighborhood, partly because there is really no other vehicle like it in the area.

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

Green Car Congress

Electrify America and the City of Sacramento announced new projects that will increase access to zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) in the Sacramento region, expand ZEV technology use, and prepare the City for future electric vehicle adoption. Each car will have a dedicated Level 2 EV charger. EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

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EPA announces $1B in grants for electric school buses and heavy-duty vehicles

Baua Electric

Photo: Highland Fleets Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) announced nearly $1 billion in grants to replace gas heavy-duty vehicles and school buses with electric vehicles. Plus, it’s free to use and you won’t get sales calls until you select an installer and you share your phone number with them.

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Los Angeles launches New Mobility Challenge 2018

Green Car Congress

Urban Air Mobility — Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL), regional zero emission air solutions.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

Green Car Congress

The plug-in hybrid electric test vehicle for Japan. announced its second Electric Vehicle Testing Program, this one with Saitama Prefecture for its next-generation personal mobility products, including electric vehicles (EVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); electric scooters; and electric carts.

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NAATBatt Coalition recommends deployment of up to 300 GWh of distributed energy storage systems by 2022

Green Car Congress

A coalition of 13 leading industrial companies and electric utilities, including General Motors Company, The Dow Chemical Company and Duke Energy, issued a white paper recommending the installation of up to 300 GWh of distributed energy storage (DES) systems around the country by 2022. of DES systems.