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FHWA publishes final standards for federally funded EV charging infrastructure projects; waiver of Buy America requirements for EV chargers

Green Car Congress

FHWA also released the final Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers. FHWA is establishing a temporary public interest waiver to waive Buy America requirements for steel, iron, manufactured products, and construction materials in electric vehicle (EV) chargers. Background. Under 23 U.S.C.

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Park City Transit deploying six Proterra electric buses; battery-lease financing model

Green Car Congress

Park City Transit has deployed Utah’s first zero-emission, battery-electric mass transit fleet, which will include six Proterra Catalyst FC+ buses. With its deployment of Proterra vehicles, the Park City region will become the first mountain resort community in the United States to operate a highly efficient, battery-electric transit service.

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The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

Green Car Congress

Gil Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlined his vision of a critical solution to the energy, climate and ensuing national security threats facing the US: the Net-Zero Neighborhood (NZN). Actually delivering commercially viable 500-mile batteries will require exascale computing—i.e., The Net-Zero Neighborhood.

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NIO's 1st NIO House in Netherlands to open on Mar 23

CN EV Post

With the NIO House, NIO hopes to make this lifestyle available to users in every city, so that outsiders will think that buying an NIO vehicle is not just getting a car, but joining a high-end lifestyle group. On December 1, the first NIO battery swap station in the Netherlands went online. The EL7 is known as the ES7 in China.

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UAW gears up for combat over battery assistant pay

Baua Electric

One of the vital crops that demonstrates the complexity concerned within the EV battery facility talks is the Ultium Cells LLC plant in Lordstown, Ohio, a three way partnership between GM and Korea’s LG Power Resolution Ltd. battery crops coming with Korean companions. GM additionally has 3 extra U.S.

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This new style of electric tuk-tuk makes me want to drive a taxi in India

Baua Electric

Got some kids you need to shuttle down the neighborhood to a friend’s house? With your own electric rickshaw, you can become the open-air, eco-friendly neighborhood cab driver you’ve always dreamed of! For power, we’ve got a rear axle-mounted 1,000W motor supplied by a 48V battery. Throw ’em in! Have some grocery shopping to do?

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Toyota clearly had no love or expertise for pure Battery Electric Vehicles and was only interested in getting credit for a compliance car.