From Coast to Coast: Uncovering the Most Loved Cars in Each State
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
From the rugged Ford F-150 in Alabama to the versatile Toyota RAV4 in Oregon, each vehicle serves the unique needs of its local population.
DOT and DOE announce nearly $5B over 5 years for new national EV charging network; $615M in FY2022
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FEBRUARY 11, 2022
25,971,644. North Carolina. 16,137,196. North Dakota. 20,739,853. Pennsylvania. 25,386,631. Puerto Rico. Rhode Island. South Carolina. 10,360,855. South Dakota. 13,074,884. 60,356,706. 15,745,244. Washington. 10,489,110.
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AAA Mobile Charging Stations!
Electric Cars are for Girls
JUNE 22, 2011
Triple A is planning to add mobile charging units in California, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington.including some with 500V charging capability. New treatment for range anxiety: AAA.
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EPA announces $46M for latest Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 16, 2021
Region 4 (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) will accept applications requesting up to $2,000,000 in grant funds. Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington) will accept applications requesting up to $1,000,000 in grant funds. Background.
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$2,500 Tax Rebate For Electric Vehicles In Tennessee
All Cars Electric
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Joining the rebates already available in states like California, Georgia and Oregon, Tennessee has now announced it will offer a $2,500 tax rebate to the first 1,000 EV buyers in the state.
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Report: US to test Japans CHAdeMO quick charging system for EVs
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 30, 2010
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that the US will incorporate 310 quick charges using Japan’s standardized CHAdeMO system ( earlier post ) in its large scale EV tests being held in Arizona, California, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon and Washington State.
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231 EPA announces ~$44M in DERA funding to reduce emissions from diesel engines
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DECEMBER 11, 2019
Region 4 (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,000,000 in grant funds. Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington) will accept proposals requesting up to $1,000,000 in grant funds.
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BMW and Nissan again partner to add 174 more DC fast chargers in US with EVgo
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2017
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
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Nissan to Warranty LEAF Battery for 8 Years, 100,000 Miles
Green Car Congress
JULY 27, 2010
The LEAF will roll out in December in California, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and Tennessee. In California, the LEAF is eligible for an up to $5,000 CVRP rebate, bringing the price down to close to $20,000. In January 2011 , LEAF will debut in Texas and Hawaii. The company currently has 17,000 reservations for the LEAF.
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The EV Project Expands to Texas; Overall Value of Charging Infrastructure Project Now at $230M
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JULY 17, 2010
announced its second expansion of The EV Project, resulting in a charging infrastructure network in sixteen cities located in six states—Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Tennessee and Texas—as well as the District of Columbia. ECOtality, Inc.
Fast-Charging Adds Appeal To Electric Cars—Especially In Portland
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 17, 2012
If you plan to get a Nissan Leaf or Mitsubishi i (or already have one), and you live in Portland, Oregon, consider yourself fortunate. The same goes for a handful of places including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and certain corridors in Tennessee, Arizona, and Texas—as well as, perhaps, the Chicago and Detroit areas.
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Nissan Forms EV Partnership with Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 10, 2010
Nissan has formed more than a dozen partnerships in the United States, in areas including State of Tennessee; the State of Oregon; Sonoma County, San Diego and San Francisco in California; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Washington D.C.; and with the City of Houston and Houston-based Reliant Energy.
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210 Nissan Promises EV for 2010
Revenge of the Electric Car
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
They’re going to hit the market next fall, but will target Tennessee (where they will be made) and Oregon and Sonoma County, initially. Check out the article: Nissan to launch electric car in Tennessee. Tennessee will be a launch market,” said Mr. Perry, additionally mentioning Oregon and Sonoma County, Calif.
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Ford reportedly eliminates lease-to-buy option on electric vehicles
Teslarati
JUNE 24, 2022
Ford’s action is only the most recent illustration of how automakers are incorporating more and more restrictive clauses into their leasing agreements.
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Nissan's big number: 20,000
Plugs and Cars
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
The report states that Nissan will launch the Leaf next year in the states of Tennessee and Oregon, along with San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA; and the Phoenix/Tucson region in Arizona. Once the Smyrna Tennessee plant is up and running, in 2012, Nissan foresees production of 150,000 electric cars a year.
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ECOtality’s eTec Finalizes $99.8M Transportation Electrification Project with DOE
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 2, 2009
The final scope of work for The Electric Vehicle (EV) Project will include the deployment of 10,950 Level 2 (220V) chargers, 260 Level 3 fast-chargers and 4,700 Nissan LEAF zero-emission electric vehicles in five states: Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington.
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EPA announces availability of $26M for projects to reduce diesel emissions from existing fleet
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
Region 4 (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee EPA is requesting proposals between): EPA is requesting proposals between $300,000 and $1,900,000. Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington): EPA is requesting proposals between $300,000 and $800,000.
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150 FAA launches new Center of Excellence for alternative jet fuels; $40M in funding over 10 years
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Led by Washington State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the COE will explore ways to meet the environmental and energy goals that are part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). Areas of study will include new aircraft technologies and sustainable alternative aviation jet fuels.
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Nissan Limits Initial Leaf Rollout To 200 Cars In Five States
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
Those Leafs will go to five states in the initial rollout market – California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Tennessee — which amounts to just few orders per dealer. Nissan is taking orders today for the Leaf, the first mass-produced, all-electric vehicle, but it’s only offering up 200 cars for December delivery.
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ECOtality Completes Joint Ventures for Level 2 Charging Systems in China
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
million, for installation of approximately 2,500 charging stations in each of five markets: Tennessee, Oregon, San Diego, Seattle and the Phoenix/Tucson region. In August, a project led by Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, received a $99.8 Earlier post.).
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Nissan Enters into EV Partnership with City of Houston
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 6, 2010
Nissan has formed more than a dozen partnerships in the United States, in areas including State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County, San Diego and San Francisco in California, Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., Washington D.C., and with Houston-based Reliant Energy.
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218 USDA awards $10M in grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products
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DECEMBER 15, 2012
Oregon State University, $349,624. University of Tennessee, $350,000. University of Missouri, $499,447. Lincoln University, $94,258. Montclair State University, $349,963. Duke University, $349,084. Temple University, $149,977. Pennsylvania State University, $348,959. Clemson University, $50,000. Texas A&M University, $255,972.
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231 2016 Billion Ton Report shows US could sustainably produce at least 1B tons biomass by 2040 for bioeconomy
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JULY 13, 2016
and Allegheny Science and Technology). Volume 2 of the report is set for release later this year, and will consist of a collection of analyses on the potential environmental sustainability effects of a subset of agricultural and forestry biomass production scenarios presented in volume 1.
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DOE Closes $1.4B Loan Agreement with Nissan to Support Production of LEAF and Batteries
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2010
Nissan has formed more than a dozen partnerships in the United States, in markets including State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County and San Diego in California, Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., Nissan is also laying the groundwork in developing an infrastructure in the US to support electric vehicles.
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Underwriters Laboratories Named Exclusive Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for The EV Project
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2010
The vehicles will be powered by 11,210 UL-Listed charging stations in homes, and commercial and public locations in five US states: Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson), Washington (Seattle), Oregon (Portland, Salem, Corvallis and Eugene), California (San Diego) and Tennessee (Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville).
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Nissan launching upgraded 2012 LEAF in new US markets
Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2011
After the prioritized ordering phase for existing reservations in those markets, Nissan on 4 August will open new reservations and orders to the general public, both in these new markets, as well as places where the Nissan LEAF already has been on sale (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington).
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218 California Energy Commission Awards eTec $8M in Support of Transportation Electrification Project; Almost $7M to Other Plug-in Infrastructure and Vehicle Projects
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2009
In eTec’s proposed project to the US Department of Energy, eTec is partnering with Nissan North America to deploy up to 5,000 Nissan LEAF EVs and approximately 12,750 charging stations throughout five states: Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington.
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NOAA: Average US Temperature in September 1 F Above 20th Century Average
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 10, 2009
Additionally California, Nevada, Montana and North Dakota posted their third warmest, Idaho its fourth warmest, Utah fifth warmest, Minnesota sixth warmest, and Oregon registered its eighth warmest. Arkansas registered its second wettest September, Tennessee its fifth, with Mississippi and Alabama posting their sixth wettest on record.
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186 LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions
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JUNE 21, 2016
Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oregon State U.; of Connecticut; Louisville; Massachusetts; Southern California; Tennessee Knoxville ; University of Texas (Austin; Rio Grande Valley); U. of Connecticut; Louisville; Massachusetts; Southern California; Tennessee Knoxville ; University of Texas (Austin; Rio Grande Valley); U.
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150 US to test Japanese electric vehicle charging
Green Cars News
DECEMBER 30, 2010
The US will employ 310 quick chargers using the Japanese CHAdeMO system as part of its large scale electric vehicle tests in Arizona, California, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon and Washington. According to a report by the Yomiuri Shimbun, it will be the first time that a large number of quick chargers using the CHAdeMO method have [.].
EV Readiness Index Study shows which U.S. States are most prepared for an electrified future
Teslarati
MAY 10, 2022
Tennessee – 12.50 – 1, 1, 1, 3, 4. Oregon – 11.00 – 2, 2, 1, 2, 3. . – 12.75 – 1, 2, 2, 3, 3. Texas – 12.75 – 2, 1, 1, 2, 5. West Virginia – 12.50 – 1, 1, 4, 3, 3. Colorado – 12.50 – 2, 2, 1, 3, 3. Florida – 12.50 – 1, 1, 1, 2, 5.
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101 Nissan reveals LEAF roll-out plans
Green Cars News
JULY 28, 2010
Due to be launched in December this year, the electric vehicle will first be made available to consumers in California, Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon and Washington as the homes of the EV [.]. Yesterday we brought you details of the Nissan LEAF’s warranty (see article) and today we have more information about its roll-out in the USA.
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44 GridPoint Smart Charging Software to Support eTec/Nissan LEAF Deployment
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 11, 2009
GridPoint will provide smart charging and data logging capabilities to utilities in strategic markets of the eTec program in Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington that will support the deployment of up to 5,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles and a network of up to 12,750 charging stations.
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210 Driving Nissan’s Trial EV
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 16, 2009
Several other states are considering additional tax credits : Texas, Florida, Oregon and Washington, to name a few. They intend for the majority of the Nissans to go to fleets initially, but they are certain some will be sold to private buyers in certain markets (Tennessee, Sonoma County, CA, the Bay Area, San Diego, LA and Oregon).
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124 Scrambling to Prepare Charging Infrastructure for the Nissan LEAF
All Cars Electric
OCTOBER 11, 2009
With the release of the Nissan's five-passenger battery-electric vehicle, the LEAF, a little more than a year away, municipalities in the initial launch states of Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, and Tennessee are scrambling to set up in-home and public-access charging stations.
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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2010
Linda Ashkenas of Oregon State University; Lee Cooper of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, Md.; Clifford Dahm of the University of New Mexico; Walter Dodds of Kansas State University; Nancy Grimm of Arizona State University; Sherri Johnson of the US Forest Service in Corvallis, Ore.;
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199 Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 20, 2010
Viewers of “ Who Killed The Electric Car? &# may recall it was a little more complicated than that… The first five states where the Leaf will be available are: California, Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News.
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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
9 Universities and Labs: Colorado School of Mines; Michigan State University; Michigan Tech University; The Ohio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Michigan; University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee; Wayne State University. .; UTRC; Wolf Robotics.
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249 USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
Oregon Department of Transportation. The Oregon Department of Transportation, in partnership with SMART, will receive funding to purchase battery electric buses for fixed routes servicing the City of Wilsonville, Oregon. MTA is extending one of the Music City Circuit routes to connect to Tennessee State University's main campus.
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191 $112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2011
Lead Institution: University of South Florida. Lead Investigator: Jacqueline Dixon, Ph.D. Project Title: Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem (C-IMAGE). Project Title: Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG).
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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2010
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington. Region States Feedstocks Potential production capacity Land use. Southeast and Hawaii. Soybean oil, Energy cane, Biomass Sorghum, Perennial grasses, Woody biomass.
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210 Smart charging to boost Nissan LEAF development
Green Cars News
AUGUST 12, 2009
The company will provide smart charging and data logging capabilities to utilities in strategic markets of the eTec program in Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington and will help support the deployment of 5,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles as well as a network of 12,750 charging stations.
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40 Nissan offers support to DOE grant
Green Cars News
AUGUST 6, 2009
The $99.8million grant to eTec, which will be matched by regional projects taking the investment to approximately $199.6million, will help install around 2,500 charging stations in Tennessee, Oregon, Seattle, San Diego and the Phoenix/Tucson region.
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