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No regrets: A Phoenix mom moves beyond her gas-powered car and doesn’t look back

Plug in America

Written by Amanda Goebel – During daily pick-up and drop-offs at her daughter’s elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona, Jazmin L.’s The answer was simple for Jazmin, a researcher who works for the City of Phoenix. Jazmin has driven her preowned, fully electric 2019 Nissan Leaf hatchback since 2021.

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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

Green Car Congress

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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J.B. Hunt to purchase 10 battery-electric, 3 hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 trucks from Nikola

Green Car Congress

The initial truck order will include 10 battery-electric and three hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, with delivery of the first vehicles expected in August 2023. Hunt’s key routes, including in the greater Los Angeles and Phoenix areas. Hunt set a goal to reduce carbon emission intensity 32% by 2034 (with a 2019 baseline).

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Nikola Motor introduces Nikola Tre heavy-duty hydrogen-electric truck for Europe

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In response what it said is widespread interest from European customers, Nikola Motor Company has designed a hydrogen-electric truck for European markets. Reservations for the Nikola Tre (means “Three” in Norwegian) are now open at www.nikolamotor.com/tre. Expect our production to begin around the same time as our USA version in 2022-2023.

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Taseko Mines: EPA issues draft permit for Florence Copper Project in Arizona

Green Car Congress

Taseko’s wholly owned Florence Copper, an in-situ copper recovery project, is located midway between Phoenix and Tucson near the community of Florence, Arizona. In the electrowinning process, electric current is used to plate out the copper into copper cathodes. First copper cathode harvest at Florence Copper in 2019.

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Amazon announces milestones within Rivian EDV fleet

Teslarati

Amazon has announced a few milestones within its Rivian Electric Delivery Vehicle (EDV) fleet. Since launching the delivery of packages using the all-electric vans Rivian developed especially for its partnership with Amazon, the e-commerce giant has accumulated more than 3,000 EDV units from the Normal, Illinois-based automaker.

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J.B. Hunt places order for Nikola battery-electric and hydrogen trucks

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The order would involve the delivery of 10 battery electric trucks and three hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. Hunt, one of the largest supply chain solution providers in North America, has placed an order for 10 Nikola battery-electric and three hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. Hunt’s subsidiary, J.B.