Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2022

announced that from 2024 through 2030, Honda will purchase 123 GWh of batteries for pure electric vehicles in China from CATL. From 2024 through 2030, Honda will purchase 123 GWh of CATL’s batteries for pure electric vehicles in China, which will be produced in CATL’s production base in Yichun, east China’s Jiangxi Province.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a division of Nel ASA, has received a purchase order for a 20MW alkaline water electrolyzer from Ovako , a leading European manufacturer of engineering steel. The purchase order has a contract value of approximately €11 million with equipment delivery in late 2022. —Jon André Løkke, CEO at Nel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2022

million (US$11 million) by the UK’s Department for Transport to support the purchase of 44 fully electric buses. City of York (UK) Council has been awarded more than £8.4

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

BYD announced that its participation in a California-wide purchasing contract will also allow US transit agencies to leverage California’s purchase power to buy US-built zero-emission BYD battery-electric motor coaches, made by union employees in Lancaster, California. —Patrick Duan, Vice President of BYD North America.

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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 Ag Ltd. , an integrated castor cultivation solution company and a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. of the current world demand for non-fossil oil for biodiesel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has signed an agreement with Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) for the purchase of 33 million liters of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). When purchasing a DHL service, they can select the sustainable option.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This is a firm purchase order for alkaline stacks, balance of stack (BoS) equipment and engineering for the balance of plant (BoP) equipment (which Woodside will provide). The contract with Woodside was signed only a couple of months after Nel received its record size 200 MW purchase order for another large-scale project in the US.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Communities throughout California can now purchase all-electric shuttle buses and ADA-equipped vans from Lightning Systems on a new California Association for Coordinated Transportation (CALACT) cooperative purchasing contract. Nonprofits or government agencies can use the new agreement to purchase electric buses once they join CALACT.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A 30% tax credit for electric bicycle purchases in the US has been slowly working its way through the gauntlet of Congress. more… The post Electric bicycle tax credit makes progress in Congress but gets slashed from 30% to 15% appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2021

Through its UPS Flight Forward subsidiary, UPS plans to purchase electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Beta Technologies ( BETA ) as part of its innovation-driven strategy to identify new ways to help small businesses with sustainable solutions. BETA’s ALIA-250 is the result of 3 years of design and development.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2022

Union Pacific Railroad plans to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations. The combined purchases and upgrades to yard infrastructure are expected to exceed $100 million, representing the largest investment in battery-electric technology by a US Class I railroad.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2022

The US Postal Service plans to boost its purchase of EVs based on what it says are refinements to the Postal Service’s overall network modernization, route optimizations, improved facility electric infrastructure, and availability of vehicles and technology. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Texas-based Nacero, a company seeking to produce low- and zero-lifecycle carbon footprint gasoline blendstock ( earlier post ) has awarded a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC a 20-year power purchase agreement to supply wind power to Nacero’s planned flagship manufacturing facility in Penwell, Texas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

received a purchase order for 500 of its all-electric C-1000 delivery vehicles from Pritchard Companies. Workhorse Group Inc. Inventory financing will be provided by Hitachi Capital America as part of Workhorse’s previously announced strategic partnership with HCA.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2020

King County Metro (Metro)—the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle—has agreed to purchase 40 sixty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer, with plans to order an additional 80 battery-electric buses in the coming year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

The fleet management company entered an agreement with Stellantis calling for the purchase of 12,500 Ram ProMaster EVs over the next several years. Merchants Fleet will become a key commercial customer of the all-new Ram ProMaster electric van (EV) that debuts later this year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Lightning eMotors reached a two-year agreement to purchase 175 MWh of CATL batteries. The agreement with CATL distributor Coulomb Solutions, Inc. CSI) provides Lightning eMotors with additional optionality around form factor.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2023

Elcora Advanced Materials has signed , through its Ermazon SARL wholly owned subsidiary, a binding agreement with exclusive long-term mining production rights and option to purchase a 16 km² manganese mining concession in Morocco. This manganese deposit had been mined until a few years ago when COVID rules prevented further development.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Lion Electric Company, a manufacturer of all-electric medium- and heavy-duty urban vehicles, received a purchase order from Groupe Autocar Jeannois for 35 zero-emission LionC school buses, to be delivered over the next five years. The purchase order also includes an option for Jeannois to purchase an additional five LionC buses.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2020

Transdev Canada is investing close to CAD$4.5 million in its fleet of electric school buses with the Québec company Lion, thus becoming, with a total of 31 vehicles, the largest private operator of electric school buses in North America to date. This major investment is made possible by the Québec government’s proactive support policy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

Under current law, consumers may receive a tax credit of up to $7,500 if they purchase an eligible electric vehicle. The Driving America Forward Act raises the cap and allows purchasers of an additional 400,000 vehicles per manufacturer to be eligible for the tax credit.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

However, these annual costs don’t take into account the purchase cost of the vehicle itself and are purely the ‘running’ costs annually. When the purchase cost of each type of vehicle is factored in, average gasoline vehicles are $1,454 per year cheaper to run. per mile.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2022

The arrangement would provide NetJets with the right to purchase up to 150 Lilium aircraft, introducing more options to NetJets owners to complement their existing flight patterns. NetJets also anticipates supporting Lilium with a private sales campaign for individuals to purchase Lilium aircraft. NetJets Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The purchase order is conditional upon the satisfactory grant of non-repayable contributions to STC under Infrastructure Canada’s Zero-Emission Transit Fund (ZETF), for which STC has filed a formal application. If confirmed, this purchase order would allow STC to become the largest operator of electric school buses in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Audi of America is offering qualified customers who purchase or lease a 2021 Audi e-tron or e-tron Sportback a subscription to Arcadia at no additional charge for up to five years. Arcadia connects renters and homeowners across the US to wind and solar energy through utility data and billing technology. 2021 Audi e-tron.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

Proterra and Pace Suburban Bus has awarded Proterra a $26.5-million million contract for 20 Proterra ZX5 Max electric transit buses, featuring more than 13 megawatt hours of battery storage energy, and two Proterra megawatt-scale fleet chargers.

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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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2022

Rio Tinto will purchase four 7MWh FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives ( earlier post ) from Wabtec Corporation for use in the Pilbara region of Western Australia as part of the company’s strategy to reduce its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030.

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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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

Workhorse Group has received a purchase order for 6,320 C-Series all-electric delivery vehicles from Pride Group Enterprises, a company with businesses in transportation equipment retail, wholesale, rental, leasing and logistics. Initial delivery of the vehicles may begin by July 2021 and will run through 2026.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2018

ZEB purchase requirements. A large transit agency would phase in ZEB purchasing starting in 2023 at 25% of annual new buses purchased. Purchase requirements otherwise effective in calendar year 2023 would be waived if California transit agencies collectively purchase 1,000 or more ZEBs by 31 December 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2021

Among the early adopters who own an EV, 82% say they “definitely will” consider purchasing another in the future, according to the inaugural J.D. However, satisfaction with the current ownership experience is a key influencer for whether owners will purchase the same brand of EV again.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Pulsar Plus is available for purchase in select retail locations as of mid-February 2022. NAPA Auto Parts stores will be an authorized dealer of Pulsar Plus, Wallbox’s award-winning smart home EV charger, online and in-store at more than 6,000 locations across the United States and Canada.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2021

DHL Express announced a partnership with Fiat Professional, purchasing the first 100 units of Fiat’s new E-Ducato, introduced to the public on Earth Day. With a range of more than 200 km, the E-Ducato is well-suited for last mile logistics.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2023

will purchase 13 Nikola zero-emission Class 8 trucks as the transportation company focuses on its sustainability efforts and reducing the intensity of its carbon emissions. Nikola Corporation and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced an agreement in which subsidiary J.B. Hunt Transport Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

Volkswagen, Stellantis and Glencore are supporting the purchase of the Atlantic Nickel nickel sulfide and the Mineraçao Vale Verde copper mine in Brazil by ACG , a London-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), for US$ 1 billion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

Representatives of the municipal operator MZK Malbork (Poland) and Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. signed a contract for the delivery of six electric buses. Newly commissioned Urbino 12 electric buses will start the electrification of the city’s public transport. Emission-free buses will make it to Malbork in September 2021 at the latest.

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