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No regrets: A Phoenix mom moves beyond her gas-powered car and doesn’t look back

Plug in America

Written by Amanda Goebel – During daily pick-up and drop-offs at her daughter’s elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona, Jazmin L.’s The answer was simple for Jazmin, a researcher who works for the City of Phoenix. s six-year-old noticed something peculiar about her mom’s vehicle. In fact, her six-year-old has embraced the change.

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Stellantis Limiting Availability of Gasoline Models by State Emission Rules

The Truth About Cars

People are going to go to Reno and Vegas and Phoenix to get ICE Wranglers, if that's what they want." & Those areas will no longer be issued combustion-only trims for models that offer a hybrid or all-electric alternative. The fact that it's happening [with Stellantis] in the middle of 2023 is a bit of a surprise.

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See & test drive your favorite EVs at Drive Electric Earth Month, thru April

Baua Electric

It’s all organized by Plug In America, the Sierra Club, the Electric Vehicle Association, EV Hybrid Noire, and Drive Electric USA. Phoenix Ride and Drive in Phoenix, AZ (again) – we wanted to highlight the tribal event above, but Phoenix is also running an event where Wells Fargo will be giving away an EV, along with ride & drives.

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See & test drive your favorite EVs at Drive Electric Earth Month, all April

Baua Electric

It’s all organized by Plug In America, the Sierra Club, the Electric Vehicle Association, EV Hybrid Noire, and Drive Electric USA. Here’s a sample of some of the still-upcoming events this month: Phoenix Ride and Drive in Phoenix, AZ – Wells Fargo will be giving away an EV, along with ride & drives. April 20, 8am-12pm.

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CMU team details impact of regional and drive-cycle variations on degradation of a PHEV battery pack

Green Car Congress

A team at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) led by Dr. Jeremy Michalek has investigated the implications of regional and drive cycle variations on the degradation of a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) battery. a) Capacity Fade in Phoenix, comparison of air cooling vs no cooling for two drive cycles. (b) 2016.10.104.

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Infineon, STMicroelectronics join CharIN to support global standards in EV charging

Green Car Congress

CharIN was founded by Audi, BMW, Daimler, Mennekes, Opel, Phoenix Contact, Porsche, TÜV SÜD and Volkswagen to focus on developing and establishing the Combined Charging System (CCS) as the standard for charging battery-powered electric vehicles of all kinds. Earlier post.).

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car to Begin Offering Electric Vehicles in US

Green Car Congress

In addition to the LEAFs, the company will offer customers electric vehicles from other manufacturers as they become available. Enterprise Rent-A-Car initially will offer electric vehicles to customers across eight different markets where the infrastructure exists to support the vehicles, including Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.;

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