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Thomas Built Buses delivers 50th Proterra Powered electric school bus

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and Proterra celebrated the delivery of the 50 th Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus. The first of these buses, which represent the first battery-electric buses in Virginia, were delivered in November of 2020. TBB and Proterra unveiled the high-performance Jouley electric school bus in 2018.

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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

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Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. By sourcing lithium from a second supplier, we are securing requirements for production of our current fifth generation of battery cells. Working towards strict IRMA standard for lithium mining.

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Rivian tests Dual-Motor powertrain on icy Alaskan roads

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Rivian tested its Dual-Motor powertrain on Alaska’s icy roads—and it looked like a blast. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shared a short clip showing an R1T with a Dual-Motor Powertrain skidding through ice and snow in Alaska. “The The team out in Alaska, completing validation on our Dual-Motor powertrain, coming soon :)” tweeted Scaringe.

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Alaska EV company seeking crowd-funding for low-volume production AWD electric roadster

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Ethos Electric Vehicles, a small, Alaska-based company building custom electric motorcycles and automobiles, has launched a $100,000 crowd-funding campaign for reworking an existing internal combustion engine kit car—the Graber Cars’ La Bala —into a low-volume production, all-wheel drive (AWD) electric roadster.

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New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

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The bottom overall US states in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (42) Wisconsin (43) Indiana (44) Louisiana (45) Kentucky (46) Texas (47) Nebraska (48) Tennessee (49) Idaho (50) Arkansas (51) Alaska. This led to a proliferation of AC charging since DC charging had not yet been standardized. Methodology.

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US designates Graphite One Project as “High-Priority Infrastructure Project”

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announced that it received notice on 15 January 2021 that its Alaska-based Graphite Creek Project has been designated a High-Priority Infrastructure Project (HPIP) by the US Government’s Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Committee (FPISC). Canada-based Graphite One Inc.

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Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

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We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic. That’s why part of our plan is to provide new and better incentives that promote rapid, responsible development of these resources. But let’s be honest—it’s not the long-term solution to our energy challenge.

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