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Valley Regional Transit in Idaho to purchase 8 Proterra Catalyst electric buses and charging systems; leasing batteries

Green Car Congress

Valley Regional Transit (VRT) in Idaho has agreed to purchase eight Proterra Catalyst 35-foot E2 electric buses and eight Proterra 125 kW plug-in charging systems. VRT is Proterra’s first customer in Idaho and the first transit agency in Idaho to bring electric buses to its community.

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Sandia, national lab partners studying vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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Sandia researchers are working with experts from Argonne, Idaho and Pacific Northwest national laboratories; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and others as a national security laboratories team. Additionally, an Idaho National Laboratory team found some systems were vulnerable to malicious firmware updates.

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VIA Motors receives $20M contract to supply extended-range electric pickups and vans to >50 fleets

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In addition, VIA will install proprietary technology into each vehicle that will record and transmit real-time data to allow the US Department of Energy (DOE) to quantify improvements in fuel economy and emissions. VIA Motors’ extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV) powertrain.

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INL analysis of 5 large-scale PEV and charging projects finds public charging infrastructure not needed everywhere to enable PEV adoption

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Idaho National Laboratory has released the voluminous findings from its analysis of five large-scale PEV and charging infrastructure projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Chrysler Ram Pickup: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Chevrolet Volts: extended range electric vehicles (EREVs). Between 1 Jan.

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News: 10 Best States To Own an EV

Clean Fleet Report

Where the plugs are. When it comes to sheer number of plugs available, California is far ahead of other states with 34,001 plugs installed, more than five times the number at the next state, New York. They used the same metrics to derive the 10 worst states. Midwest and southern states fared the worst in the research.

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Coulomb Technologies Unveils First ChargePoint America EV Charging Stations in San Jose

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Coulomb Technologies has installed its first Networked Charging Station for electric vehicles in San Jose, California from its $37 million ChargePoint America program ( earlier post ). The first two ChargePoint America stations are now installed at the McEnery Convention Center Parking Center. Sacramento, Calif., Sacramento, Calif.,

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

If you want to have an in-depth discussion about EVs, solar installation, or anything environmental, you don’t need the usual 5-minute pre-conversation. Erb was an advisor to this team from the University of Idaho, finishing in first place with this Camaro EV conversion. We started off with a bang,” recalled Erb.