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American Honda Motor to pay $1.9M in penalties in California for small engine emissions violations

Green Car Congress

Through extensive tests in its lab CARB discovered that this equipment did not meet the evaporative control emission standards that Honda had originally agreed to during the certification process. The violations involved small off-road engines used in generators and lawn and garden equipment.

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News: Corvette Adds Electric Power to Boost Performance

Clean Fleet Report

Another first for Corvette–Two drive modes (with or without engine) With a gentle nod toward electrification, the E-Ray also takes the Corvette into more new territory—its first all-wheel drive model, first hybrid model and first one with a Stealth Mode to slip out of the neighborhood without the full-throated blast of 6.2-liter

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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. The standard version with only 220 miles of range was a long way off for someone who wanted his own electric car to start 2017.

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Recap: Exhibiting at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo and Honoring Our Customers

EV Connect

Set amongst the backdrop of a bustling port community in Long Beach, the need for widespread clean fleet adoption was emphasized among the traditionally fueled truck-dominated highways surrounding the Expo, and their impact on the surrounding air and noise volume in the neighborhood. Demos of EV Connect’s Fleet Solution to Attendees.

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Urgent: Assemblymember Chris Holden Trying to Kill California’s 100% Renewable Climate Bill, #ChangeTheClimate, #SB100

Creative Greenius

SB 100 (De Leon) – California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. Those impacts will hit home in all of California’s neighborhoods, affecting our already-stressed water supply, air quality, public health, coasts, fisheries, agricultural communities, power reliability, and many other issues. Ting – (916) 319-2019 – [link].

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Driving Your City Forward With Clean Electric Public Transportation

EV Connect

According to the American Public Transit Association, Americans took nearly 10 billion trips via public transportation in 2019. One electric transit bus costs around $750,000 , compared to $500,000 for a standard diesel transit bus. But that doesn’t mean public transit’s reach is negligible. Are You Ready To Drive Your City Forward?

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. This is a step that, so far, Tesla has not taken for its own Megacharger standard. The latest Mack LR Electric uses a standard 376 kWh battery, with twin electric motors producing 330 kW (448 hp) and identical peak torque to the VNR Electric.

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