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Lightning Systems electric shuttle buses now offered on CALACT purchasing contract

Green Car Congress

Communities throughout California can now purchase all-electric shuttle buses and ADA-equipped vans from Lightning Systems on a new California Association for Coordinated Transportation (CALACT) cooperative purchasing contract. Nonprofits or government agencies can use the new agreement to purchase electric buses once they join CALACT.

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How to Buy a Car Online

Clean Fleet Report

How to Buy a Car Online A Step-by-Step Guide To Remove Risk This article may contain affiliate links. In the past year, worldwide car sales have increased significantly. Despite the prior decrease due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sales grew to 67.2 Some also offer buying, selling or exchanging old and new cars.

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Tesla rumored to be purchasing wireless charging company Wiferion

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Tesla is rumored to be purchasing wireless charging company Wiferion, a Freiberg, Germany-based entity with charging and power solutions. The shareholders intend to sell their shares in the company to Tesla International BV by means of a purchase agreement,” the filing said. It also bought Hibar Systems in late 2019.

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Bentley CEO: Rich People Felt Bad About Showing Off, Causing Drop in Sales

The Truth About Cars

People who buy cars from brands like Bentley aren’t generally concerned with things like recessions and the opinions of the masses, but the automaker thinks its customers are buying fewer expensive cars because they feel bad about showing off. Of course, we can take this conversation in a few different directions.

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Gen X, Millennials buy the most EVs, as Boomers dominate policy

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Gen X and Millennials tend to buy more EVs than Baby Boomers, but the older generation is still in control of EV policy, a pair of recent studies show. of new vehicles purchased by Gen X in 2023 were electric. Gen X purchased the most new vehicles of any generation over the year, as well as the most EVs in total.

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Hylane GmbH buys 18 Hyzon fuel-cell-electric trucks

Green Car Congress

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. Germany is expected to be one of the major global markets for zero-emission commercial vehicle technologies in the coming years.

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Tesla Looks to Boost Model Y Sales with Threats of Nearing Price Increases

The Truth About Cars

The Tesla Model Y is a wildly popular EV on the global stage, but the automaker is still looking for ways to boost sales and keep it relevant. That has led the company to offer various promotions and discounts in the past, either through price cuts or the offer of free charging with a vehicle purchase.

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