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Stellantis partners with Qinomic to develop electric retrofitting of light commercial vehicles

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The electric retrofit solution aims to protect freedom of mobility with an affordable option that meets customer needs to extend the life of their vehicles and continue business activities while accessing low emissions zones (LEZ) in cities. —Alison Jones, Stellantis Senior Vice President, Circular Economy Business Unit.

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Chevron partners with Clean Energy On Adopt-A-Port initiative to supply renewable natural gas for port trucks

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on Adopt-a-Port, an initiative that provides truck operators serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with cleaner, carbon-negative renewable natural gas (RNG) to reduce emissions. Chevron’s funding will allow truck operators to subsidize the cost of buying new RNG-powered trucks.

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Lightning Systems all-electric medium-duty vehicles selected for State of California contract

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The voucher program can reduce the upfront cost of advanced zero emissions fleet vehicles by 40 to 70 percent. HVIP was formed by CARB to respond to a key market challenge by making clean trucks and buses more affordable for fleets. Since 2009, the program has helped more than 1,100 California fleets buy cleaner vehicles.

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Smoothing the road for electric vehicles

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The so-called mandate that you will hear about refers to a suite of complementary policies comprised of clean vehicle standards as well as incentives, and infrastructure and manufacturing investments to support the transition to cleaner transportation. Tip #2: Buy a used EV The affordability of EVs is often listed as a barrier to adoption.

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Northwestern-led team develops hydrogenation catalyst selective for carcinogen benzene; cleaner gasoline

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The new catalyst could cost-effectively remove benzene from the other aromatic compounds in gasoline, making it cleaner but without eliminating other aromatics; aromatics in gasoline are used to improve gas octane numbers and fuel efficiency. Only benzene is known to be cancer causing, and it’s very difficult to remove.

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SolarCity and Honda establish investment find to finance $65M in solar projects for Honda and Acura customers

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are partnering to make solar power more affordable and available to Honda and Acura customers in the US, providing a cleaner source of electricity at a lower cost than utility-supplied power. SolarCity and American Honda Motor Co.,

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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

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Rubin and St-Louis say that considering the high costs of fuel-efficient electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and fuel cell vehicles, whose sticker prices start at around $20,000, it was not surprising to find that 83% of rebate recipients in the period studied reported yearly incomes of more than $100,000. —Rubin and St-Louis (2016).

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