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Ammonia-fueled tanker coalition gains new members; now called The Castor Initiative; first tanker by 2025

Green Car Congress

In a webinar hosted by Randall Krantz, a Senior Project Adviser at the Getting to Zero Coalition, the partners revealed that they are on track to design, build, and commission the world’s first ammonia-fueled tanker by 2025. The JDP is now named “The Castor Initiative”. The naming is significant. The naming is significant.

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. Electric vehicles are no exception. In the U.S., percent, or 20 times the frequency.

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New fleet customer says Tesla Semi performs “well beyond expectations” – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Last October, it was reported that Tesla had built about 70 Semis trucks , which were being used internally and by one confirmed customer, PepsiCo. Tesla recently broke ground on a new facility at its Nevada Gigafactory site , where Semis are slated to be produced. Overall, our drivers had positive feedback on how the vehicle performs.”

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California Air Resources Board approves sales of XL’s electrified Ford F-250

Green Car Congress

XL received approval from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to sell hybrid electric Ford F-250 pickup trucks in California, marking the 14 th CARB executive order achieved by the company. XL has earned the highest number of CARB executive orders for commercial vehicle electrification in the automotive industry. .

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Seven Considerations Before Bringing EV Charging to Your Workplace

Plug N Drive

There are several considerations you need to account for: LEAD THE CHARGE WORKPLACE CHARGING WEBINAR FEB. This can be done several ways; employee surveys, webinars, internal forums and news bulletins to name a few. Like any company asset, there needs to be clear rules in place regarding workplace charging stations.

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Toyota slips in brand loyalty, and it’s partly due to Tesla

Teslarati

As per analyst Tom Libby during a webinar held by the S&P, Toyota is typically “neck and neck” with Ford and Chevrolet, but this did not happen this time around at all. points even if the company has not really released a new vehicle to the market for several years now. brand loyalty and the latter seeing 57.1%

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Underwriters Laboratories Creates EV Charging Equipment Installation Training Programs

Green Car Congress

In addition to the general training program for installers, UL will also be creating company-specific training programs which will allow for infrastructure equipment manufacturers to have installers trained on their equipment. In addition, UL is developing a webinar on UL’s electric vehicle safety standards.