Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2022

NZ Post has purchased the first of Hyundai New Zealand’s five XCIENT hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric trucks. The Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell truck was officially unveiled in its working livery by NZ Post at an event held at their Auckland Operations Center and attended by Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Shell has agreed to buy a total of 3.25 Under the agreement, Shell Trading Rotterdam will buy the cellulosic ethanol produced during the first 10 years of each new facility’s operational life. billion liters (860k gallons US) of sugar-cane cellulosic ethanol under a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

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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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Best Buy also offers the J1772 for $45.84 Aptera already called for Congress to adopt Tesla’s Supercharger technology as the Standard for all EV charging in the United States. The post Tesla Wall Connector chargers now available on Best Buy appeared first on TESLARATI. The J1772 wall charger costs a bit more at $550.00.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In Las Vegas for SEMA, Ford revealed the all-electric F-100 Eluminator concept—a zero-tailpipe-emissions demonstration truck powered by the all-new Ford Performance Parts Eluminator electric crate motor that customers can now buy online.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A consortium comprising Solaris Bus & Coach, Solaris Czech and Škoda Electric has submitted a winning bid in a tender for the delivery of 20 bi-articulated Trollino 24 electric trolleybuses, held by the Prague public transport operator Dopravní podnik. This is the first such large order for vehicles of this type.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The company also announced it would buy installed Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) RSUs from roadway operators, which were made obsolete by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of any upgrade to C-V2X. Applied Information, Inc., —Bryan Mulligan, President of Applied Information.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Congressmen have been buying up Tesla stock consistently over the past three months despite current stock fluctuations. Foremost in buying Tesla stock over the past three months has been Congressman Ro Khanna of California, buying somewhere in the range of $65,000 to $150,000 in Tesla stock. The post U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

Hylane GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of DEVK Versicherung, one of Germany’s largest motor insurers, has purchased 18 fuel-cell-electric trucks from Hyzon Motors, with deliveries expected to begin in late 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2022

The agreement provides for an option for Renault Group to buy back its interest in AVTOVAZ, exercisable at certain times during the next 6 years. The closing of these transactions is not subject to any conditions, and all required approvals have been obtained.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The municipal public transport operator TPER in the city of Bologna is going to purchase 130 hydrogen buses from Solaris. The delivery will encompass 127 units of 12-meter Urbino 12 hydrogen buses for TPER Bologna and 3 units for TPER Ferrara. The carrier shall also have the right to extend the order by an additional 140 vehicles as an option.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2023

Glencore will acquire 30% of Hydro’s Brazilian alumina refinery Hydro Alunorte and Hydro’s 5% ownership in the Brazilian bauxite producer Mineracão Rio do Norte (MRN). MRN is Brazil’s largest bauxite producer. Glencore will also acquire an additional 40% stake in MRN, which is currently owned by Vale.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The Metropole Rennes has signed a declaration of intention to buy 92 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro fully electric city buses. The planned order consists of 59 articulated and 33 solo buses. They are due to be delivered between 2022 and 2025. This marks the largest order outside of Germany for the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro since production began.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Walmart signed a definitive agreement with Canoo to purchase 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles, beginning with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV), with the option to purchase up to 10,000 units.

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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2022

” Ford, GM, Stellantis, Toyota push for Congress to eliminate EV tax credit limits. The post Ford reportedly eliminates lease-to-buy option on electric vehicles appeared first on TESLARATI. If you have any comments, concerns, or questions, please email me at christine@teslarati.com.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Operator Miejski Zak?ad ad Komunikacji (MZK) in Toru?, Poland, has bought six Solaris electric buses. The vehicles, which will enter into service in about 18 months, will be recharged by day using fast pantograph chargers deployed in three locations in the city; at night they will be charged at the bus depot at Legionów street.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2020

The operator Miejskie Przedsi?biorstwo biorstwo Komunikacji (MPK) in Radom, Poland has ordered 9 additional Solaris Urbino 12 electric with the pertinent charging infrastructure. Worth nearly 28.5 million PLN (US$7.7 million), the contract will be carried out by mid-July 2021. This year, ten Solaris electric buses have made it to Radom.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2022

Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd, will acquire 100% shareholding in sodium-ion battery developer Faradion Limited ( earlier post ) for an enterprise value of £100 million (US$135 million).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Harvard University recently purchased four Proterra battery-electric buses and electric infrastructure. The new buses will replace four, similarly sized biodiesel-powered vehicles, representing more than 30% of Harvard’s fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2022

General Motors is acquiring SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s equity ownership stake in autonomous vehicle company Cruise for $2.1 billion and separately will make an additional $1.35 billion investment in Cruise, replacing a previous commitment made by the fund in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2014

A recent UK government survey of public attitudes to electric vehicles found only 5% of respondents said that they were thinking about buying an electric car or van; 56% said that they had not thought about buying one; and 14% saying that they had thought about buying one and decided not to.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. The new tug, a Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 to be delivered in 2021, will have a 70-tonne bollard pull, the same as the port’s strongest diesel tug Hauraki , also built by Damen.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

Giving consumers point of sale rebates and tax incentives to buy American-made EVs, while ensuring that these vehicles are affordable for all families and manufactured by workers with good jobs. Electrifying the federal fleet, including that of the United States Postal Service. Climate science and clean energy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

Amazon announced its first purchase—rather than a lease—of eleven Boeing 767-300 aircraft. The purchases include seven aircraft from Delta and four aircraft from WestJet; the aircraft will join the Amazon network by 2022. Amazon Air’s fleet expansion comes at a time when customers are relying on fast, free shipping more than ever.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2020

Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., through a subsidiary, has purchased Alon Bakersfield Properties, Inc., a subsidiary of Delek US Holdings, Inc. and the owner of the Alon Bakersfield Refinery. The total cash consideration paid to Delek US Holdings for the purchase was $40 million.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2019

National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), a subsidiary of Evergrande Health, has acquired Protean Electric, a leading developer of in-wheel motor technology.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Daimler will buy more than €20 billion (US$23 billion) of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030, the company announced. The suppliers are already producing battery cells in Asia and Europe and are continuing to expand in Europe and additionally in the US.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Merchants Fleet, the nation’s fastest-growing fleet management company, plans to further electrify its portfolio with BrightDrop, the new business backed by General Motors, offering electric first-to-last-mile products and software services. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Representatives of the City of Szczecin and of Solaris Bus & Coach have signed a contract for the purchase of 8 Urbino 18 electric buses. The electric buses will be delivered to Szczecin by the end of September 2021. The contract is worth PLN 32 million (nearly €8 million).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Thirty-seven percent of Southeast Asian consumers planning to buy a car are open to purchasing an electric vehicle, according to a Nissan-commissioned study by Frost & Sullivan. Motivating factors for buying an electric vehicle. The finding demonstrates the region’s strong potential to speed up the electrification of mobility.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Current owners of hybrid vehicles are very satisfied with them and most will buy a hybrid again, according to a survey by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the U-M Transportation Research Institute. They found that 83% of hybrid owners plan to buy another one for their next vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2019

The Fort Worth Transportation Authority (Trinity Metro) has awarded New Flyer a contract for four heavy-duty, thirty-five-foot Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

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. Earlier post.) U-Haul teamed again with national distributor Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2017

Turkey-based Karsan will introduce its first “Buy America” compliant vehicle at the upcoming UITP World Global Transport Summit, 15-17 May at Palais des Congrès de Montréal, QC Canada.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Plus, as The Drive pointed out, the Venn diagram of people who buy EVs and listen to AM radio has a very small overlap. There’s overwhelming support for the AM radio legislation in Congress, and officials from agencies like FEMA have spoken out in support. Others point to the gross overestimates of expenses related to keeping AM radio.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2017

Interest in gasoline engined and hybrid vehicles has jumped in Germany while interest in diesel is falling, according to the latest biennial study on automotive buying trends in that country by leading German fuel retailer Aral. According to the new Trends report, 52% of buyers want a conventional gasoline engine.

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