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California Air Resources Board kicks off new round of clean vehicle rebates with $15M

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The program incentives are available for electric, plug-in hybrid electric, fuel cell vehicles and electric motorcycles. The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project is part of ARB’s Air Quality Improvement Program, established by AB 118 (2007, Nuñez), to reduce smog and diesel particulate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Ducati Becomes The Sole Producer for The FIM Enel MotoETM World Cup

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The crossover is also evident in Borgo Panigale’s most recent and prestigious products: Panigale’s V4 engine is strictly derived from the engine that debuted on the Desmosedici GP in 2015 in its entire construction philosophy – from the bore and stroke measurements to the counter-rotating crankshaft.

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Hero Electric and Mahindra Group Join Hands To Conquer EV Space

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Hero Electric and Mahindra Group established a strategic partnership in the electric vehicle (EV) market. To accommodate market demand, Mahindra Group will produce Hero Electric’s most popular electric motorcycles, the Optima and NYX, in their Pithampur facility in Madhya Pradesh, the firms stated in a joint statement.

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Top 5 Electric Vehicle Start-Ups in India

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In September 2016, Kapil Shelke’s Tork Motors unveiled its first product, claiming to be India’s first electric motorcycle. The company’s first electric motorcycle, the TX6, is expected to hit the market soon. WATCH]: Evolve Z and Evolve R electric motorcycles. Revolt Intellicorp.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Electric motorcycles breakout. Sales of e-motorcycles have been increasing, but the market remains a tiny fraction of the e-bicycle and e-scooter market (5.2 million e-bicycles and e-scooters compared to about 30,000 e-motorcycles were estimated to have been sold in 2013 outside of China), Navigant says.

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The origins of NDEW and DEED

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She spoke at our press conference, for which we issued a media alert with a big request: “Today we congratulate President Barack Obama, who has called for one million plug-in cars by 2015,” said PIA co-founder Paul Scott. We got three letters of support for our parade application to the White House: From then California Gov.

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California Energy Commission awards $9.6M to 8 projects on electric vehicles, natural gas and biofuels

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. $505,381 to San Francisco-based Mission Motor Company to help it bring its prototype electric vehicle components to commercial production. In 2007 the company developed Mission One, a high performance electric motorcycle. Earlier post.) By displacing petroleum-based diesel, the 5.25