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2,150 Workhorse W-15 range-extended electric pickups under letters of intent by fleets

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has received Letters of Intent from fleets totaling 2,150 of the Workhorse W-15 range-extended electric pickup trucks. The Letters of Intent have come from Duke Energy, Portland General Electric, the City of Orlando, Southern California Public Power Authority, Clean Fuels Ohio and one other utility. Workhorse Group Inc.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. infrastructure, collaborate with colleges on first responder training, promote workplace EV charging, and work with fleets to implement. Projects include: AWARD TABLE. Project lead.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Fleets don’t want to go electric at scale until they’ve done years-long pilots, but the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation will artificially constrict that timeframe. He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. Soon they won’t have a choice.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Portland General Electric. Charging infrastructure financing: Unlocking Up $4.5 The partnership will address these questions to provide the necessary information for the basis of a dialogue with stakeholders to help define public-private partnerships, funding, and financing models for implementing a national fast charging network.

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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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Ford Credit is inviting 14,000 and 12,000 customers in six US cities and London, respectively, to sign up to rent their Ford Credit-financed vehicles to prescreened drivers for short-term use, offsetting monthly vehicle ownership costs. It runs through November. Ford also recently announced GoDrive, an on-demand, public car-sharing pilot.

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24.4 million customers use Daimler’s mobility services

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The planned change of name highlights the business unit’s transformation to a broad-based mobility service provider, the range extending from financing and leasing through fleet management and insurance to digital solutions for payment processing (Mercedes pay) and app-based services such as moovel, car2go and mytaxi.

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Cockpit Recording’s Erasure Hampers Boeing 737 Max 9 Investigation

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last month proposed 25-hour recorders on new planes but argued that adding them to the existing fleet of U.S. In addition, a pilots’ union has opposed the move to 25-hour recordings unless Congress puts in place protections that would prohibit their release to the public. Congress has also taken note of the issue. Homendy said.

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