article thumbnail

New Flyer unveils Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus; first to offer two fuel-cell-electric models eligible for federal funding

Green Car Congress

(“NFI”), the largest bus manufacturer in North America, unveiled the Xcelsior CHARGE H2—ts fuel cell-electric heavy-duty transit bus—and announced that both the forty-foot and sixty-foot model have successfully completed the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Model Bus Testing Program at Altoona, Pennsylvania (Altoona Testing).

San Diego 276
article thumbnail

How EV Charging Supports Disaster Recovery and Roadside Assistance

Blink Charging

EV Charging and Emergency Management With the help of government investments, electric vehicle infrastructure in the United States has grown exponentially. An upcoming technology, bidirectional charging with vehicle-to-grid network capabilities, can supply power to homes during blackouts and extreme weather events.

article thumbnail

Oil giant Shell partners with Penske for light-duty EV charging

Teslarati

Oil and gas giant Shell has partnered with Penske Truck Leasing to launch a new joint initiative to support light-duty electric vehicle charging at Penske locations. Penske Truck Leasing and Shell will initially deploy a series of Level 2 electric truck charging stations with plug-and-charge capabilities in four U.S.

Light 96
article thumbnail

IKEA Teams Up With Electrify America To Provide Charging in The United States.

Get Electric Vehicle

IKEA plans to increase the number of ultra-fast public charging stations and delivery fleet car chargers in its US stores. The furniture retailer has announced a partnership with Electrify America and Electrify Commercial to install new charging stations in over 25 IKEA stores in the US. IKEA Joins Hands With Electrify America.

article thumbnail

Nissan expands LEAF availability into 7 more states

Green Car Congress

Nissan has re-opened reservations and has begun taking orders from the general public for the 2012 Nissan LEAF in Delaware, Indiana, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. (NNA) has expanded availability of the all-electric LEAF into seven new states.

article thumbnail

FTA selects 7 projects to receive $22.5M in grants for battery-electric and fuel cell buses, infrastructure

Green Car Congress

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) will receive $4,275,000 toward five battery-electric zero-emission buses, as well as eight charging stations. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). LACMTA under Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). 22,500,000.

article thumbnail

My Friend has had 34 Cars. He’s only kept his Tesla Model 3.

Teslarati

Now that we’re both out of the military for him and college for me, we have transitioned to golf and we spend many weekends on the course together with other friends. “I drove my Model 3 from Colorado to Pennsylvania and spent $47 at Superchargers along the way. .” Our friendship has spanned many years.

Tesla 98