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Young Arkansas Archer Aims for a Cleaner Future with Electric Vehicles 

CleanTechnica EVs

By Stuart Ungar Nineteen-year-old Spencer Rhoden is charged up about electric vehicles. As a child, he was so obsessed that he had to dial back talking about them with his parents and friends. Now a rising sophomore at Lyon College, Spencer runs an EV clothing brand and has also started a new chapter of the […].

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Electric Auto Association

The 18-year-old founder of the Arkansas EAA chapter was hooked on EVs at first sight. Spencer Rhoden’s interest in electric vehicles (EVs) began abruptly in his high school engineering class in Benton, Arkansas when he was in ninth grade. “We We’ve always had our fair share of weird looks in Arkansas,” Spencer said.

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Will the remains of EV startup Arrival help keep Canoo alive?

Baua Electric

In recent years, it’s moved to Arkansas, shifted its market primarily to commercial vehicles, and planned manufacturing in Oklahoma, where this equipment is headed. production of electric buses initially, with its signature electric vans to be made in the U.K.

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New EV Models Extinguish Range Anxiety

Electric Auto Association

Automotive News reported that 87,708, or 7.1 % of all car sales in the U.S. were all-electric vehicles in January 2023. This excludes plug-in hybrid electric vehicle sales, too. In January 2022, EV market share was at 4.3 % compared to the overall car market in the U.S.

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News: 10 Best States To Own an EV

Clean Fleet Report

That shouldn’t surprise anyone since it parallels what we know about conventional car ownership. What makes having an electric car a positive experience is not only financial aspects, but a functional ones, something the folks at Jerry have taken into account when they did the research behind their Top 10 list of the best states to own an EV.

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And the EVA Board candidates are…

Electric Auto Association

Leadership as a director and officer of Electric Vehicle Association the past 3 years and through the dozens and dozens of outreach events I've done with Electric Car Insider. Terri’s Candidate Statement: I am so pleased to once again run for a national board position with the Electric Vehicle Association.

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US DOE Selects 43 Projects for $92M in ARPA-E Funding; 3 on Automotive Power Electronics

Green Car Congress

The awards in this tranche focus on power electronics, grid-scale energy storage, and building efficiency; of the 43, three are categorized specifically for the automotive market—power electronics projects led by HRL Laboratories, LLC; Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.; and Case Western Reserve University.

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