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Cintas orders 30 additional electric delivery vans from Motiv Power Systems

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Motiv Power Systems announced a new vehicle order from Cintas for 30 additional advanced zero-emission all-electric delivery vans. Motiv’s expanded relationship with Cintas follows the successful pilot of seven Motiv-powered vehicles across three states in 2022. Earlier post.)

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ORNL Spallation Neutron Source achieves 1.55MW record power to enable more discoveries

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The Spallation Neutron Source ( earlier post ) at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a world record when its linear accelerator reached an operating power of 1.55 A megawatt is a unit of measure of the beam power of a particle accelerator. The SNS’ 1.55-megawatt

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Tesla leaks Supercharger locations opening in the United States

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Tesla leaked upcoming Supercharger locations opening in the United States. Supercharger tracker @MarcoRPTesla noted that Tesla “mistakenly” leaked the locations of at least 50 Supercharger installations in the United States and other areas. Among the leaked sites was a Supercharger located in Kahului, Hawaii.

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Toyota invests more in the United States for battery & BEV production

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Toyota is taking the leap and investing more in the United States. Toyota’s electric SUV will be assembled in the United States, qualifying for the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) electric vehicle (EV) tax incentives. The new SUV will be Toyota’s first battery electric vehicle (BEV) assembled in the United States.

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J.D. Power: US growing increasingly divided on EV adoption

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Power, EV adoption in the US is growing increasingly divided, with the most active states for EV adoption already on the path to parity with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and consumers steadily pulling back on EV purchases in the least-active states. Power 100-point index , bringing the total Adoption score to 21.

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First Proterra Powered commercial EV battery produced at new Powered 1 battery factory

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Proterra announced that the company produced the first Proterra Powered EV battery at its new Powered 1 battery manufacturing plant located in Greer, South Carolina. Proterra expects to begin deliveries to customers of Proterra Powered battery systems from the new battery factory in the first quarter of 2023.

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Bosch starts volume production of its fuel-cell power module; Nikola pilot customer

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Bosch has now begun volume production of its Fuel-Cell Power Module (FCPM) at its Stuttgart-Feuerbach location. Nikola Corporation, based in the United States, will serve as the pilot customer with its Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell electric truck, which is scheduled to enter the North American market in the third quarter of 2023.