Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

The BYD buses will replace six diesel buses as part of the VTA’s plan to convert its fleet. The VTA announced it will purchase an additional four BYD buses. VTA was able to purchase the electric buses through several Federal and State grants received last year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

has secured initial purchase orders worth approximately C$4.3 The retailer will convert the forklifts in one distribution center from lead acid batteries to Electrovaya’s drop-in lithium ion battery systems. Electrovaya Inc. million (US$3.51 million) under a contract with Walmart Canada for its forklift battery systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2018

This project will be the first step for the City of Boulder and Via in realizing their combined goal of converting the HOP fleet of 35-foot transit buses to all-electric vehicles. The long-term plan is that we’ll be able to fuel the vehicles with the solar energy that’s collected at Via’s site. —Natalie Stiffler.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

The company plans for 50% of its global PUD vehicle purchases to be electric by 2025, rising to 100% of purchases by 2030. GM invested nearly CAN$1 billion to convert CAMI into Canada’s first large-scale EV factory. BrightDrop is manufacturing the Zevo 600s at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

Tesla announced offerings of $250 million of common stock and $750 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due in 2022 in concurrent underwritten registered public offerings. In addition, Tesla has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of each offering.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Southwest Airlines has signed an agreement with Red Rock Biofuels LLC ( RRB ) to purchase low carbon renewable jet fuel, made using forest residues that will help reduce the risk of destructive wildfires in the Western United States. The airline’s agreement with RRB covers the purchase of approximately three million gallons per year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2023

In addition to the 1,000-plus-horsepower Fisker Ronin grand-touring four-door convertible ( earlier post ) and the Fisker PEAR sustainable city EV ( earlier post ), Chairman and CEO Henrik presided over reveals of the Fisker Ocean SUV with a Force-E offroad package and the Fisker Alaska all-electric pickup truck.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2021

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Port of Corpus Christi) and Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC (Howard/HEP) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating their intention to convert Howard’s Javelina refinery services facility into the region’s first blue hydrogen production facility.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Description. City of Fairfield. 746,456.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

developer of a power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), received a purchase order for ten of its PPSA-enabled 30 kW battery converters from Coritech Services, a provider of custom engineering solutions for a variety of applications including electric vehicle charging. Ideal Power Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2019

All parts were either sourced from the JLR service department or were low cost components purchased from any electrical retailer. The ability to use different modules that could be interchanged within the 2nd-life system without having to recalibrate the whole BMS. Enough energy for a small shop, farm holding or multiple residential homes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2017

The University of California, Irvine is poised to be the first college campus in the US to convert its buses to an all-electric fleet. Undergraduates voted to pay up to $40 per quarter to the Associated Students of UCI to cover the bus purchase and other costs. Individual rides are free.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Portantino (D-25) and Josh Newman (D-29) introduced Senate Bill 301 , a bill sponsored by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), to create a financial rebate program for converting gas and diesel-powered motor vehicles into zero-emissions-vehicles (ZEVs). Eligible converted ZEVs would need a range of at least 100 miles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

The flight, conducted under an FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate, was the first in a two-year flight test campaign expected to culminate in 2025 with entry into passenger service of ATR 72 regional aircraft converted to run on hydrogen. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight. Deliveries will start in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Aviation H2 has commenced testing on a Swiwin SW170b-2448 turbine, using jet A fuel to develop the baseline data required to compare the engine’s performance once they convert it to a carbon-free fuel. —Aviation H2 Director & Principal Engineer, Helmut Mayer.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

UPS and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that new technology will be developed to convert UPS package delivery vehicles from diesel to electric. If successful, the Bronx-based project is expected to bring a production version of the converted truck to the streets of New York City by Spring 2018.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2022

The bill then defines a long list of applicable critical minerals: Aluminum converted from bauxite to a minimum purity of 99% alumina by mass, or purified to a minimum purity of 99.9 Beryllium which is converted to copper-beryllium master alloy, or purified to a minimum purity of 99% beryllium by mass. percent aluminum by mass.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2022

As domestic production has declined, an increasing amount of the uranium purchased for use in US commercial nuclear power reactors has been from other countries. Purchase volume in 2020 was only slightly higher than in 2021, although the purchase price was slightly lower—48.9 lb U 3 O 8 e. lb U 3 O 8 e. lb U 3 O 8 e.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

entered into definitive agreements with certain accredited investors for a private placement of 2% senior secured convertible notes in the cumulative principal amount of $11.0 The investors received warrants to purchase up to 3,411,235 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.30 million and warrants.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2020

Hochbahn will purchase both pure fuel cell hybrid buses and battery-electric buses in which the fuel cell serves as a range extender. Fuel cell technology has been an integral part of the Hochbahn vehicle strategy for converting the bus fleet to emission-free drives for years. The invitation to tender consists of four lots.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

Werner Funk, president and chief executive officer of Omnitek Engineering, noted this customer’s nationwide commitment to convert all of its more than 18,000 refuse collection trucks to operate on natural gas through a multi-year program comprised of diesel engine conversions and the purchase of new natural gas trucks.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The partners intend for Valeo-Kapec to become the world leader in torque converters and CVTs. Valeo-Kapec will capitalize on strong geographic, product and business complementarity to create purchasing, manufacturing and, above all, R&D synergies. The agreement is subject to approval by the competent authorities.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2022

Hamburger Hochbahn AG has set itself the goal of converting its entire bus fleet—currently around 1,000 vehicles—to alternative drives by 2030. The BMDV has already supported the operator with €12 million for the purchase of 60 electric buses and 20 charging infrastructure units and with €6.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

Under the agreement, Tesoro will purchase crude oil from Sapphire Energy’s Green Crude Farm in Columbus, New Mexico, which recently reached a new milestone: continuous cultivation and crude oil production. This begins the first step of a commercial relationship to process Green Crude oil from Sapphire’s future commercial facilities.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 27, 2024

Lucid Group Announced on Monday that it has entered into an agreement with its majority stockholder, Ayar Third Investment Company (“Ayar”), an affiliate of the Public Investment Fund (“PIF”), to purchase $1.0 billion of newly created series of convertible preferred stock via private placement, subject to customary closing conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2021

The cooperation aims to develop a new technology to produce advanced bio-propanol from glycerin, a side stream of the production of industrial biodiesel (FAME, fatty acid methyl ester), that Eni will purchase from European producers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

During the first process stage, the biomass reacting in a Low Temperature Gasifier (LTG) is converted to biocoke and carbonization gas. The parties have agreed that the purchase price will remain undisclosed. The Carbo-V Technology constitutes a multi-stage biomass gasification technology.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

On the people moving front, Revel has purchased 700 Teslas and converted them to taxis to drive around New York City by its employees. Electric ride-hailing service Revel is pushing our move into zero-emissions solutions as quickly as possible.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

This marks the first time that all-electric transit buses will be purchased and placed into Metro revenue service. Metro’s Advanced Transit Vehicle Consortium (ATVC), a partnership with LA City, LA County and South Coast Air Quality Management District, will initially purchase five low-floor, 40-foot all-electric buses.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 30, 2023

Back in February, I purchased an old Z4, one of the prior decade’s smattering of folding hardtop convertibles. Once the weather warmed to an almost acceptable level in the low 50s, it was convertible time. Over these last months, the past-tense nature of the car I’d bought came to mind more than once.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Coca-Cola is converting all of its newly purchased 2014 Chevrolet Express service vans into fuel-efficient hybrid-electric vehicles using XL Hybrids’ powertrain technology. Earlier post.) The updated vans will be on the road across the country by year’s end. kWh Li-ion battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Incentives are available for the purchase of new, dedicated original equipment manufacturer (OEM) propane autogas vehicles up to $7,500. The Propane Council is also offering incentives for vehicles converted to propane autogas up to $5,000. The program cap is $15,000 per fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2015

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has purchased Gevo’s renewable Alcohol-to-Jet fuel (ATJ) ( earlier post ) for aviation use at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

United Airlines executed a definitive purchase agreement with AltAir Fuels ( earlier post ) for cost-competitive, sustainable, bio-synthetic paraffinic kerosene at commercial scale. AltAir Fuels’ drop-in renewable jet fuel is expected to achieve at least a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on a lifecycle basis.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The test took place at an outdoor test facility at MoD Boscombe Down, UK, using a converted Rolls-Royce AE 2100-A regional aircraft engine. Following this, the company will purchase a Dassault Falcon 50, which they expect to have in the skies in early 2024.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2011

a subsidiary of Eastman Chemical Company, to purchase all of the membership interests of TX Energy, LLC (TXE). TXE is engaged in developing a gasification facility in Beaumont, Texas that will convert petroleum coke, an oil refining waste product, into hydrogen and pipeline quality carbon dioxide. Zero Emission Energy Plants Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2022

The percentage of shoppers who say they are “very likely” to consider an EV for their next purchase or lease climbs to 24%, four percentage points higher than a year ago. Perhaps most tellingly, 34% of those who indicate they are unlikely to consider purchasing an EV say they lack access to any charging capabilities at home or work.

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