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Electric shuttles to start service in south Sacramento

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The first of three new GreenPower EV Star shuttles will be put into service beginning Monday, 15 Jun 2020 as part of Electrify America’s more than $40 million Green Cities investments in Sacramento. —Richard Steinberg, Senior Director Marketing, Communications and Green Cities at Electrify America.

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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Electrify America and the City of Sacramento announced new projects that will increase access to zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) in the Sacramento region, expand ZEV technology use, and prepare the City for future electric vehicle adoption. Electrify America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America. mile “Home Zone.”

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Lightning Systems battery-electric heavy-duty Ford Transit showing 61 MPGe city, 66 MPGe highway

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Lightning was one of the first to test under the newly released 2018 CARB efficiency and range validation test procedures for medium-duty vehicles, performed at the SGS Environmental Testing Center. LightningElectric is available for the Ford Transit as part of Ford’s eQVM program.

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Electrify America announces $200M additional investment for ZEV infrastructure and education in California

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This represents the third of four investment phases as part of its 10-year commitment of $800 million in the state. Working with that framework, Electrify America recognized the strong need for transit and heavy-duty truck charging solutions as part of this investment. Green City Investment: - $25 Million in Long Beach-Wilmington.

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DRIVEtheARC EV fast charging corridor opens in Nor Cal; 55 new fast chargers at 25 locations

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As an integrated, international cooperation, NEDO is funding the DRIVEtheARC corridor as part of its mission to improve energy conservation and promote new energy technologies, as well as to help facilitate government relations and research and information exchange between the US and Japan.

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California ARB receives VW’s 1st $200M, 30-month ZEV investment plan

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Electrify America has identified 5 metropolitan areas for the cycle 1 investment (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento). Site development for the first Electrify America stations will begin in Q2 2017, with development initiated for all stations by Q2 2018. Green City.

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Meritor collaborating with Peterbilt on all-electric Class 8 trucks; selects UQM as supplier for e-axles

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Two 520 refuse haulers will be tested by Sacramento County and a waste hauler will operate one truck. Functional testing has begun in 2018 with anticipated production beginning in 2019. UQM and Meritor are supporting prototype deliveries for testing, as well as initial pilot electric axles.

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