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Feature: How Expensive Is EV Maintenance?

Clean Fleet Report

All vehicles require some form of maintenance. That said, drivers will typically spend less on long-term maintenance than they would for an internal combustion engine (ICE) car over time. So, just how expensive is EV maintenance overall? Average Maintenance Costs. Preventive Maintenance Tips for Your EV.

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Automating Road Maintenance With LiDAR Technology

Cars That Think

Around the United States, many of the nation's roadways are in poor condition, most often from potholes and cracks in the pavement, which can make driving difficult. They noticed that the roads in their New England area were in poor condition, and wanted to see if there was a way to help solve the way road maintenance is performed.

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First electric school buses deployed in Texas; 3 Blue Bird buses

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Blue Bird’s electric school buses produce zero emissions, and have fewer parts when compared with a diesel bus. Based on data the district has provided, they are looking to save more than $4,000 a year on fuel savings and $2,000 a year on maintenance savings when compared with the diesel buses in their fleet.

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Blink Charging to provide up to 41,500 EV charging stations to USPS

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These products and services include hardware and management software that connects vehicles, drivers and EV chargers, and the ability to build on existing EV charging infrastructure, maximize savings on cost with power management controls, and save on lifetime vehicle maintenance cost. Earlier post.)

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US Treasury allows Chevron to resume oil production in Venezuela, delivery to US only

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GL 41 explicitly does not authorize the sale of petroleum or petroleum products produced by or through the Chevron JVs for the exportation to any jurisdiction other than the United States. Other Venezuela-related sanctions and restrictions imposed by the United States remain in place. Chevron also holds a 25.2%

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Hino to join hydrogen demo study in California ports with Class 8 trucks

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Hino will provide several of its prototype Class 8 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV), recently revealed at the ACT Expo this past August as part of a joint development effort with Toyota. Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, manufactures, sells, and services a lineup of Class 4-8 commercial trucks in the United States.

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Twin Rivers (CA) Unified School District receives 10 additional LionC electric school buses

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The 10 LionC buses are part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Twin Rivers was among the first fleets in the United States to put all-electric buses into service when it received its first buses from Lion in 2016.