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Nikola announces Nikola Badger pickup; FCEV/BEV powertrain to support 600-mile range

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Nikola Corporation announced the product launch of the Nikola Badger electric pickup truck with an estimated range of 600 miles. Nikola Badger estimated specifications: 600 miles on blended FCEV / BEV. 300 miles on BEV alone. 20F operating environments without major performance or SOC losses. 120 kW fuel cell.

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GreenPower delivers its first electric school bus in Arizona

Baua Electric

The BEAST has a 194 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery pack and a range of up to 150 miles, and standard dual port charging, with Level 2 charging rates of up to 19.2 The electric school bus was delivered to Phoenix Elementary School District #1, which operates 15 schools in the center of Phoenix.

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Embark and HP introduce EV drayage within autonomous truck operations

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Since announcing the partnership, Embark and HP have delivered regular weekly hauls of hardware between HP’s Los Angeles and Phoenix distribution facilities.

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Nissan says greater than average battery capacity loss due to mileage and temperature

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Nissan Senior Vice President, Research & Development–Nissan Americas, Carla Bailo sent an open letter to the LEAF community summarizing the company’s initial findings on reports of battery capacity loss expressed by a number of owners in the Phoenix market. Earlier post.). No battery defects were found.

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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UPS is working to meet its goal of logging one billion miles with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet by the end of 2017, using a Rolling Laboratory approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions to meet the unique needs of route-specific driving environments. Phoenix, Ariz.; Columbia, S.C.;

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Sanctuary’s Humanoid Robot Is for General Purpose Autonomy

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But today, Sanctuary is unveiling something that indi ates a substantial amount of progress towards this goal: Phoenix, a new bipedal humanoid robot designed to do manual (in the sense of hand-dependent) labor. kg) A maximum speed of 3 miles per hour (4.8 kg) A maximum speed of 3 miles per hour (4.8

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

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The pilot program accumulated over 90,000 miles of real-world testing and resulted in 430,000 package deliveries. by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Rivian’s electric Amazon Delivery Van starts deliveries in San Francisco as testing continues.