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New Jersey is going to get a nearly $1B power grid upgrade

Electrek

Jersey Central Power and Light ( JCP&L ), which serves over 1 million customers in central and northern New Jersey, is going to make its largest power grid upgrade in company history. more… The post New Jersey is going to get a nearly $1B power grid upgrade appeared first on Electrek.

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New Jersey governor announces state interagency electric vehicle partnership; 330K ZEVs by 2025

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced the New Jersey Partnership to Plug-In, a statewide partnership to build out the necessary infrastructure to support electric vehicle ownership. The New Jersey Partnership to Plug-In will be ratified under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). —Governor Murphy.

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Velodyne Lidar acquires AI software company Bluecity

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Velodyne Lidar has acquired Bluecity, a Montreal-based artificial intelligence (AI) software company, in an all-stock transaction. The addition of Bluecity is expected to be immaterial to operating expenses and cash usage. Bluecity’s executive, software development and sales teams will join Velodyne.

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ChargEVC: New Jersey plug-in electric vehicle registration up 79% for MY 2016 vehicles over 2015

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Registration of model year 2016 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in New Jersey was up 79% over 2015, according to a recent analysis by ChargEVC , a diverse coalition of organizations and companies that support growth of the electric vehicle market. This accelerating growth in New Jersey echoes analysis from a variety of sources.

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New coalition forms to drive adoption of EVs in New Jersey

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Technology companies, automobile dealers, utilities, environmental and community advocates launched a new coalition to push New Jersey to the forefront on electric vehicle adoption. New Jersey has the opportunity to realize these benefits and more, but only with proactive planning and policies.

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New Jersey lawmakers seek to prohibit in-car subscriptions

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The trend of in-car subscriptions has caught the eye of lawmakers in New Jersey, two of whom took it upon themselves to draft a proposed bill that would ban car companies from offering subscriptions for features that “utilizes components and hardware already installed on the motor vehicle at the time of purchase.”

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Uber logs another mass-transit win, this time in New Jersey

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Both companies and policymakers are experimenting with ways to use ride-sharing to supplement, even replace, dedicated mass-transit infrastructure. The latest example comes from New Jersey, where officials in.