Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America.

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Purchase Honda Renewable CO2 299

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2023

Maersk has purchased 25 Volvo FH Electric trucks in Germany. The purchase of fully electric trucks is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport with more than €4.3 Volvo’s FH Electric offers battery capacities from 180 - 540 kWh (2-6 battery packs), supporting a range of up to 300 km (4x2 tractor trailer).

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Germany Volvo Purchase Transportation 283

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) announced that five key affiliate companies, including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation, will join Climate Group’s RE100 , a global initiative committed to moving toward 100% renewable energy. To be a member, a company must have significant power footprint (i.e.

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Renewable Hyundai Climate Slovakia 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Valley Regional Transit (VRT) in Idaho has agreed to purchase eight Proterra Catalyst 35-foot E2 electric buses and eight Proterra 125 kW plug-in charging systems. Proterra vehicles are now in 42 US states and Canadian provinces, with buses operating in diverse climates and terrains from coast to coast.

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Idaho Purchase Battery Batteries 284

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2023

Initial purchase orders, valued at an aggregate of $9.1 Based on Casterra’s analysis, the purchase orders reported can support the production of approximately 1.5% Casterra has built its castor genetic assets based on a broad collection of more than 300 castor lines from more than 40 different geographic and climatic regions.

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Oil Purchase Companies Gas 276

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Highland will purchase buses manufactured in North Carolina by Thomas Built Buses, which will be supplied and serviced by American Bus. The transition to electric school buses will deliver health and climate benefits for the community.

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Maryland Purchase Highlander North Carolina 259

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

This electric bus has become the 400 th vehicle purchased with the funds from the green bonds. The electric buses are equipped with gadget chargers on the handrails, climate control systems and media screens. Moscow has deployed its 1000 th electric bus. Electric buses were launched in Moscow in 2018.

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Electrical Electric Transportation Buy 537

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

Fisker aims to produce a climate-neutral vehicle by 2027. In line with its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy announced in May, Fisker will not purchase offsets to achieve this goal. The company seeks to utilize only climate-neutral materials in products and use only climate-neutral services to support the business.

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Fisker Climate Vehicles Lithium Ion 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2021

The hydrogen strategies recently adopted by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as those of the German Federal Government and the European Union underline the importance of hydrogen for a climate-neutral society. At its core, our climate transformation is based on the use of hydrogen. It is important to plan ahead.

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Hydrogen Green Climate Economy 482

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With the latest purchase of approximately 60 million liters (approximately 16 million gallons US) of Sustainable Marine Fuel, DHL will reduce a total of 180,000 tonnes of tank-to-wake (TtW) CO 2 e on both FCL (full container load) and LCL (less than container load) shipping until 2024.

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Mariner Purchase Global Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2021

California Climate Investments —a program designed to put billions of dollars to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—is funded with proceeds from the State’s Cap-and-Trade GHG emissions reduction program and is administered by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Approximately $4.5 Background.

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Climate California 2013 Emissions 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

While this sounds like an all-too-logical conclusion, the study reports a 57% reduction in the benefits of driving the fuel efficient car for carbon emissions purely based on the purchase of the second vehicle. What we really wanted to do is see how households are making decisions when they purchase and own more than one vehicle.

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Purchase Fuel Economy Fuel Cash For Clunkers 220

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The purchase of an XC40 Recharge may qualify for a federal tax credit of up to $7,500. inch driver display and nine-inch tablet-like touchscreen, dual zone automatic climate control with CleanZone technology, four USB-C ports and a rear park assist camera. State and local incentives could add further benefits.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The investment plan recognizes that to meet the state’s clean air and climate goals California needs more clean cars, trucks and buses along with community-led efforts to create walkable, bikeable, transit-friendly places for everyone. This includes $326 million for vehicle purchase incentives and $55 million for clean mobility investments.

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Cleaning Clean Cleaner Cars 326

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

Advocacy group Coltura has published a report that finds converting the biggest users of gasoline to EVs in the next ten years is critical to reaching climate goals and that present EV policies are poorly suited to accomplishing that conversion. Louis have the highest concentration of superusers among US metro areas.

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Gasoline St. Louis Emissions Carbon 397

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWi) has approved €900 million for the innovative funding instrument H2Global. —Robert Habeck, Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection. is expected to pay more in purchasing than it can collect through sales.

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Hydrogen Germany Green Climate Protection 382

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

“&Charge” offers a digital platform through which users can obtain credit for their online purchases for electric mobility. For all purchases, bookings and other transactions that are processed via the online platform, users receive “kilometers”. &Charge” has been a climate-neutral company since its foundation.

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Porsche Companies Charging Climate Protection 312

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 3, 2022

Last week, Senators Schumer and Manchin announced a compromise on a reconciliation bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, that includes significant climate and air quality progress and a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions nationwide by 40 percent by 2030.

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Purchase Congress Tax Credit Commercial 144

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2021

By certifying its green subcontractors, the world’s leading logistics provider underlines its responsibility in terms of sustainability and climate change while at the same time creating the necessary transparency for its stakeholders.

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Green Parts Climate Transportation 414

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Porsche, one of the partners, contributed with research and an offtake agreement to purchase Haru Oni eGasoline for lighthouse projects such the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and the Porsche Experience Centers. We are very interested in importing climate-friendly hydrogen derivatives and fuels. We firmly support this groundbreaking project.

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Chile Fuel Porsche Wind 426

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2022

Four key Hyundai Motor Group affiliate companies—Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor), Kia Corporation (Kia), Hyundai Mobis, and Hyundai Wia—are now members of Climate Group’s RE100 , a global initiative committed to large corporates moving toward 100% renewable electricity.

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Hyundai Renewable Climate Motors 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2023

The contract also has options to be extended for up to four years to purchase up to 150 40-foot zero-emission buses (ZEBs). NFI Group subsidiary New Flyer Industries Canada ULC has received new firm orders for 16 battery-electric and fuel cell-electric transit buses from Winnipeg Transit.

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Emissions Fuel Battery Batteries 370

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2020

CARB will now move forward immediately with a new rulemaking limiting purchase or use of new high-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant, and a partnership with other states and the federal government to design a national program. California will then work towards 100% refrigerant recovery and recycling.

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Pollution California Commercial Climate 281

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2021

Second Closet has submitted a purchase order to Lion Electric (Lion), a manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, for 15 Lion6 heavy-duty zero-emission trucks. The impacts of the global pandemic are moving consumer purchases online and thereby increasing the demand for home deliveries.

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Canada Miles Electrical Electric 300

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The transition to zero-emission technologies, where feasible, is essential to meeting California’s air quality and climate goals. Agencies will then follow a phased schedule from 2023 until 2029, by which date 100 percent of annual new bus purchases will be zero-emission. Transit agencies are expected to save $1.5

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Fleet Emissions 2019 Purchase 353

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

Kia EV6 ( earlier post )has achieved product carbon footprint certification and ‘ Carbon Measured ’ label from the global climate change and sustainability consultancy the Carbon Trust, becoming the first Korean vehicle manufacturer to achieve the certificate.

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Carbon Kia Production Climate Change 435

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

OCTA is also in the process of purchasing 10 plug-in battery electric buses, which are expected to be in operation beginning in 2021. OCTA and New Flyer are partners in the Fuel Cell Electric Bus Commercialization Consortium project (FCEBCC) funded by CARB through the statewide initiative known as California Climate Investments (CCI).

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Hydrogen Fuel Transportation Maintenance 448

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

The NGDV program calls for the purchase of up to 165,000 new mail delivery trucks over the next decade. In February, the agency announced it had completed the environmental review for its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle program and was moving ahead with plans to start purchasing the new trucks. —Maxwell Woody, lead author.

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District of Columbia Fleet Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 435

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Germany is awarding some €600 million to transport companies for the purchase of climate friendly buses. Germany’s BMDV (Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport) has been funding the conversion to climate-friendly transport fleets as part of the "Directive for the Promotion of Alternative Drives in Passenger Transport".

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Transportation Germany Companies Emissions 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The purchase and installation of the wall boxes are supported with a grant of €900 (US$1,050). A nationwide and user-friendly charging infrastructure is a prerequisite for more people to switch to climate-friendly e-cars. A total of €800 million (US$932 million) in federal funds are now available for this.

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Building Germany Charging Grant 321

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

These 53 all-electric TRUs will help us get a head start on the proposed CARB zero-emission requirements, and are expected to allow us to decrease our emissions as we make progress on our climate action commitments under Better For All.

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All-Electric Fleet California Lithium Ion 435

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In Germany, demand is driven by the incentive program for private charging stations that offers a €900 bonus for the purchase of connected wallboxes. Volkswagen was the first automaker to commit to the Paris Agreement and aims to become climate neutral by 2050. Volkswagen supplies two models eligible for the bonus: the ID.

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Charging Power Powered Germany 435

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

To help the California Air Resources Board (ARB)—the state’s key organization in this area—to fight climate change by reducing GHG emissions, the Legislature has allocated more than $2 billion from the State’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (cap?and?trade trade fund) to CARB’s transportation programs since fiscal year 2013–14.

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California Climate Change Emissions Purchase 349

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Users of the 70 kWh battery can choose to either purchase the new battery for a permanent upgrade, or flexibly upgrade to it for RMB 880 (US$133) per month or RMB 7,980 (US$1,200) per year. NIO models with the 100 kWh battery will be available for pre-order starting 7 November 2020.

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Battery Batteries Buy Purchase 342

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Norway, and Italy each implemented programs during this period, aimed at scrapping older cars to promote the purchase of newer, safer, and more efficient vehicles.

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Cash For Clunkers Climate Electric Vehicles Scrappage 114

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2022

This figure includes investment in projects—such as renewables, storage, charging infrastructure, hydrogen production, nuclear, recycling and CCS—as well as end-user purchases of low-carbon energy devices, such as small-scale solar systems, heat pumps and zero-emission vehicles.

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Carbon Transportation Global 2020 418

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2021

The project will enable at least 44 buses in Ride On Montgomery County’s transit fleet to transition from diesel to electric, advancing the County’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2035, reducing lifetime emissions by more than 155,000 tons, while delivering resilience to climate events and power outages.

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Maryland Charging USA Fleet 381