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U-Haul buys another million gallons of renewable propane to sell at California stores

Green Car Congress

U-Haul—the largest US retailer of propane—has purchased one million gallons of renewable propane to sell at its company-owned and -operated stores across California for the second year in row. to continue supplying the fuel at more than 60 propane-dispensing stores in the state. Earlier post.)

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Tesla adds ‘Charge on Excess Solar’ function in app to get clean range at home

Teslarati

Tesla is going to let owners of its electric vehicles charge their cars using excess solar energy that has accumulated throughout the day and can’t be stored in a Powerwall, coding in its smartphone app seems to reveal. “Set your charge limits and location and tell your vehicle when and where to charge only from excess solar.”

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Baker Institute-led group to develop nationwide protocol for paying ranchers and farmers to store carbon

Green Car Congress

Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has initiated a working group to develop a United States protocol for paying ranchers and farmers to store carbon in their soil. When completed, the working group’s concept will be available and open to anyone who wants to buy or sell carbon. —Kenneth Medlock. —Jim Blackburn.

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Opinion: 4 Things You Should Think About Before Buying a Sports Car

Clean Fleet Report

The same also applies to those with large families or individuals whose longest journeys are to the local grocery store. Remember, you are buying a car, not a deal. Disclosure: Clean Fleet Report is loaned free test vehicles from automakers to evaluate, typically for a week at a time. Don’t be wowed by the deal.

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Texas Repays Tesla — Excludes It From EV Rebates

CleanTechnica EVs

Aside from other issues, setting up Tesla’s new global headquarters in Texas was always weird since Texas has always had anti-Tesla laws in place that prevent easy, convenient in-store sales for Tesla buyers. Sure, you can buy online and have a Tesla shipped to Texas, but you can’t go into a Tesla store, test drive […].

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McLane deploys Orange electric Class 8 trucks

Green Car Congress

California’s recently adopted Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Regulation aims for 100% zero-emission new truck sales by 2045 and requires large companies to report fleet composition and vehicle operations. The company buys, sells and delivers more than 50,000 different consumer products to nearly 110,000 locations across the US.

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Octopus Electric Vehicles To Buy 5,000 Vehicles From BYD In UK

CleanTechnica EVs

The first BYD ‘Pioneer’ stores will open imminently and are situated along the spine of UK including Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, and Milton Keynes. Last week BYD announced that the Atto 3 SUV is now available for orders in the UK and that deliveries start this week. BYD’s Atto 3 has scored a Five-Star Rating in […]

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