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LA Unified orders 10 Lion Electric school buses

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The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has placed an initial order for 10 Lion Electric LionC school buses. This order follows on Lion’s recent delivery of all-electric school buses to the Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento. The buses are expected to be delivered in spring 2021.

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United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

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Under the commercial agreement, United has agreed to purchase at least 300 million gallons of SAF over 20 years from Dimensional. The company began construction on a CO 2 -to-fuels demo in Tucson, Arizona in 2021. Dimensional’s technology can run on all forms of renewable energy. Dimensional Energy, which recently received a $3.1-million

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J.D. Power: US growing increasingly divided on EV adoption

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Power, EV adoption in the US is growing increasingly divided, with the most active states for EV adoption already on the path to parity with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and consumers steadily pulling back on EV purchases in the least-active states. Industry-wide, Tesla currently accounts for 63% of all EV sales year to date.

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Arizona’s largest battery will help feed your Google habit

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Photo: Salt River Project Arizona’s largest battery storage system is now online and, along with solar and wind, will help power a new Google data center – here’s why that matters. Google’s Mesa data center will also draw clean power from the new 88 MW solar + storage Storey Energy Center in Coolidge, Arizona. Get started here. –

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Lucid launches Saudi Arabia EV factory, the first in the country

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Lucid announced this morning that it has officially opened an electric vehicle factory in Saudi Arabia, the first in the country. Initially, Lucid will provide 50,000 units, and Saudi Arabia will have the option to purchase 50,000 more cars. The factory is Lucid’s second, following the AMP-1 facility in Arizona.

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Study of 5-year TCO suggests ongoing challenge to unsubsidized BEV cost-competitiveness

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A team at Arizona State University has analyzed the five-year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for representative electric, hybrid, and conventional vehicles—the Nissan Leaf (BEV), Toyota Prius (HEV), and Toyota Corolla (ICEV)—in 14 US cities from 2011 to 2015. Breetz, Deborah Salon (2018) “Do electric vehicles need subsidies?

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Ford reportedly eliminates lease-to-buy option on electric vehicles

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As of June 15, 2022, Ford will no longer offer the opportunity to purchase its three all-electric vehicles, the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit Van, for new leases. Ford says, “you do not have the option to purchase the vehicle at the end of the lease term.” battery production.”

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