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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

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Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. However, we are prepared to wear that up-front cost because our commitment to reduce emissions has to be more than just words. —Tony Gibson, CEO of Ports of Auckland.

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T&E: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands lead deployments of zero-emission buses in Europe

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Italy, Poland, Germany, the UK, Spain and France, which buy 70% of the urban buses sold in Europe, lag behind. However, Germany is now financing 80% of the higher purchase cost of e-buses. In Sweden, Norway and Finland, respectively 26%, 24%, and 23% of urban buses registered in 2019 were zero-emission (electric or hydrogen).

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Pencil-Necked Finance Dweebs Suggest Anyone Making Six-Figures Should Only Buy a $15,000 Car

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Setting some variables in this equation, they propose a monthly insurance rate of $147, fuel costs of $260 per month, and maintenance pegged at $95.50 If I made $100,000 per year, I sure wouldn’t be tooling around in a 2016 Equinox. At the gross income of $100,000 annually, this shakes out to $10,000 per year or about $833 per month.

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T&E: Electric bus orders in Europe more than doubled to 1,031 units in 2017; ~9% share of new registrations

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The number of battery-electric buses ordered in Europe more than doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching 1,031 vehicles, according to a new analysis by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. When these estimated externalities are factored in, electric buses show a lower 8-year total cost of ownership than diesel, T&E said.

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California to receive additional $153M in final settlement with Volkswagen

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million to California over the company’s use of illegal defeat devices in 2009-2016, 2.0 million dollars represents penalties for air quality violations and the costs of CARB’s investigation. Any additional mitigation payments VW is required to make if it fails to modify or buy back at least 85% of the subject vehicles in California.

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CPUC proposes revising Net Energy Metering rules to push customers to install storage with rooftop solar

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The Public Advocates Office at the CPUC estimates that households without NEM systems pay $67 to $128 more per year, depending on the utility, due to the costs of the NEM 1.0 The CPUC made initial revisions to the NEM program in 2016, resulting in what is called NEM 2.0.

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Ford charges Mustang Mach-E customer $10k in doc fees, but it was a big misunderstanding

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” That was precisely his plan, an attempt to free him of an already painful car buying process. ” Essentially, doc fees are up to the dealership, and considering many of these establishments will hide fees behind interesting and often unnoticeable titles, they can tend to get expensive, adding thousands to the cost of a vehicle.

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