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Study finds NYC Clean Air Taxi rules successful in cutting pollution

Green Car Congress

Introduced in 2006, Clean Air Taxi legislation mandated that at least 9% of new medallions for yellow taxis be set aside for hybrid or compressed natural gas vehicles, and incentivized the purchase of low-emission taxis by extending the allowed period of models classified as “clean air” by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

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LADOT partnering with GMV and ViriCiti for e-bus management and maintenance

Green Car Congress

In 2019, the City of Los Angeles announced the Green New Deal for Los Angeles which included the goal of achieving a 100% electrified fleet by 2028. In 2020, LADOT executed the purchase of 159 electric buses.

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Mitsubishi to loose Mirage in U.S.

Baua Electric

Through 12 months finish, deliveries most likely gained’t succeed in part of what they did right through its height promoting 12 months of 2019, in step with the Car Information Analysis & Knowledge Heart. “With its three-cylinder engine, it’s a automobile simply to pressure round in the neighborhood.”

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500. Let me tell you about it.

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It’s all about connection

Electric Auto Association

Since its founding in 2019, the members of the Inland Empire Electric Vehicle Association (IEEVA ) have embraced the help and support of sister organizations and have offered support in return. Pierce has been an EV advocate since even before purchasing a Nissan LEAF in 2012. We immediately formed the organization with some guidance.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

To figure out how to make electric trucks work in practice, the manufacturer, the state of California, and a wide array of partners—more than a dozen all told—launched the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project in 2019 to test its first electric Class 8 tractors with multiple Southern California operators.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

In 2019, Willem-Alexander, king of the Netherlands, presided over the installation of a bidirectional charging station in Utrecht. By 2019, Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands , was presiding over the installation of a bidirectional charging station in Utrecht. Bidirectional charging promises to ease such problems.

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