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Motiv Power Systems to power 13 electric school buses in California pilot

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MotivPower Systems, in partnership with Type-A school bus manufacturer Trans Tech, is bringing electric school buses to the Sacramento, California region. This is the board’s largest school bus grant to date and was the only application approved of all the school bus applications submitted to the state grant program.

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Why One LEAF-Driving Cop Can't Drive Straight Home After Work Anymore

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He has come to like the car so much that the fact that now it is costing him closer to his gasoline past doesn’t seem to get him down. After a while driving electric became it’s own reward. Perhaps he figured electric cars are such duds it wouldn’t be long before Bill got a regular car. That’s really too bad. But I dream.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

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The bill is agnostic in terms of how V2X tech is implemented. Going bi adds several nifty new benefits to driving electric. What did you tell the folks in Sacramento? This bill authored by Senator Nancy Skinner is called SB 233 , and it would require electric vehicles to have bidirectional capabilities by 2027.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $5.5M for green transportation projects and $1.8M for 20 energy research projects

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved $5,580,773 for clean-energy transportation projects including biodiesel production, power control electronics for medium-and heavy-duty battery electric vehicles, and buydowns for propane vehicles. Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) awards. Motiv Power Systems, Inc.

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