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Buy Bugatti, get Rolls-Royce for free: US dealership offers insane deal

Baua Electric

A dealership in Florida is offering an astounding ‘Buy-one-get-one’ deal and has put up a 2021 Bugatti Chiron up for sale, throwing in a 2018 Rolls-Royce Wraith with it. Customers also have the option of just buying the Wraith at the above-mentioned price but hey, where is the fun in that, right?

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

He also serves on the Board of Drive Electric Florida, and chairs the Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group, which represents most of the utilities in the state of Florida, and leads the Group’s subcommittee for electrification. Back in 2018, there were roughly 2,300 EVs in OUC territory. Is that an issue in Florida?

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged EVs

I spent 25 years buying and selling commodities, primarily focusing on North American energy—natural gas, crude oil, and then some electricity. For example, I have a solar system at my house, but we don’t have a TOU program here in Florida. Shawn: When we launched the company back in 2018, this was a huge part of the business model.

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Ham Radio Jamming, Wireless Industry Battlegrounds, and IoT in Space

Cars That Think

Listen For Yourself Back in July, ham radio operators in Florida began noticing interference swamping many of the amateur broadcasting bands. In fact, we first wrote about it at IEEE Spectrum in 2018. So in case you missed anything, we’ve got you covered.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

Florida Power and Light Company. The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. Duke Energy Florida. Con Edison. Connecticut Green Bank.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

AVTA is committed to having an all electric fleet by 2018. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will receive funding to execute a second phase of its electric bus program to install charging infrastructure (on-route & charging bank for depot chargers) and buy electric buses. State of Colorado Department of Transportation.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

A limit was imposed on emissions from the power plants, and utilities were allowed to buy and sell permits to comply. percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. percent per year over four years for a total reduction of ten percent by 2018.

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