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Ferguson collaborates with Ford on F550 Fuel Cell Prototype

Green Car Congress

As part of this collaboration, Ferguson will also prepare a location in Charlotte, NC for the installation of temporary infrastructure equipment for the duration of the pilot. Together, these investments in new technologies will help inform Ferguson’s strategy for a more environmentally friendly fleet.

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News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging

Clean Fleet Report

News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging. Roadside Assistance Now Includes EV Charging. Members of the American Automobile Association , more commonly known as AAA, can now get an emergency EV charge in 14 cities. Charging that comes to you. This isn’t the first time AAA has experimented with mobile charging.

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BMW Announces National Adaptive EV Charging System Expansion

The Truth About Cars

BMW has announced it is expanding its ChargeForward incentive program to drivers of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles living in the contiguous United States. That’s progressive-corporate speak for charging vehicles when the demand for electricity is lower to ensure less energy is wasted.

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US official takes zero-Tesla road trip to promote EVs–things get so tricky they ended up ICE-ing a charger

Teslarati

United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm went on a four-day, 600+ mile journey from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Memphis, Tennessee, with a fleet of all-electric vehicles. The distance itself between Charlotte and Memphis is not that far. But it’s not.

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Riding the tide

Electric Auto Association

Charlotte chapter meets new challenges from the increase in EV demand. Since the recent rise in interest in electric vehicles (EVs), Charlotte Electric Vehicle Association (CEVA) President Jess Montgomery has become the go-to EV expert in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. CEVA President Jess Montgomery.

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Ford CEO Jim Farley argues a new ‘anxiety’ plagues consumers from EVs

Teslarati

Ford CEO Jim Farley said today that consumers are not committing to electric vehicles because they have anxiety, and it is not range anxiety. “They don’t have range anxiety, they have charging anxiety,” Farley said on Fox Business. “We’re going into the mass consumers who have a lot of charging anxiety.”

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Zap&Go bringing C-Ion technology to Williams Advanced Engineering-led consortium as part of ?246M Faraday Battery Challenge

Green Car Congress

Zap&Go Ltd has been selected to contribute its unique Carbon-Ion (C-Ion) technology to a consortium led by Williams Advanced Engineering to develop next-generation battery systems for electric vehicles. The consortium seeks to deliver faster-charging, higher-power, higher-energy batteries that improve upon today’s technology.

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