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Electrify America to collaborate with 6 California organizations to boost awareness, adoption of ZEVs in low-income & disadvantaged communities

Green Car Congress

Electrify America will collaborate with six organizations in California to help develop and launch community-based programs to support brand-neutral education and awareness of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) for disadvantaged and low-income communities. Electrify America is investing $2.7 million in the education and outreach campaign. Electrify America uses definitions for low-income communities (LIC) and disadvantaged communities (DAC) established by the State of California, which are published

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Harley-Davidson Livewire electric motorcycle to go into production

Green Car Reports

Back in 2014, Harley-Davidson made a lot of noise about its silent electric Livewire motorcycle concept. But the company's been mum ever since about whether it ever planned to build it—until now. At the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday, the company finally announced official plans to build the Livewire, after years of.

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Karsan using BMW i3 motors and batteries for 6m electric city bus

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The BMW Group and Turkish manufacturer Karsan have signed an agreement for the supply of BMW i3 motors and batteries for the battery-electric 6-meter city bus “Jest electric”, which is produced in Bursa in Turkey for both the domestic market and for international markets. The electric motors and high-voltage batteries developed independently by the BMW Group are produced at the BMW plant in Dingolfing.

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Finalist for Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2019: Tesla Model 3

Green Car Reports

Just 16 months passed from when Tesla first showed its Model 3—and we got our first ride in a Model 3 prototype with its VP of engineering Doug Field—to when it made the first batch of deliveries. And it was certainly not our intent to wait nearly another 16 months before considering it for our Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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California trucking firm switches fleet of 600+ trucks to Neste renewable diesel

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Ecology, a transportation and logistics company in California, has switched its fleet of more than 600 trucks to run on Neste MY Renewable Diesel and is reporting cleaner fuel filters, fewer maintenance problems and reductions in tailpipe emissions. Ecology is one of the largest trucking and transportation companies in the Western United States, providing services for transportation, heavy haul and oversize loads, and containers to and from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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New Tesla chairwoman, Model 3 contender; electric Harley-Davidson: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Tesla announced a new chairwoman to replace Elon Musk in a settlement with the SEC. Harley-Davidson commits to building its electric Livewire motorcycle. Nissan shows off a rescue truck with two Nissan Leaf batteries for backup power. And we consider the Tesla Model 3 as a contender for our 2019 Best Car To Buy award. All this and more on Green.

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Nissan Frontier pickup made mission-ready with two Leaf battery packs

Green Car Reports

In a concept vehicle for the São Paulo Motor Show, Nissan has outfitted its local-market Frontier pickup with two Leaf battery packs—creating what it’s calling the Frontier Sentinel. But it’s not anything close to what you might suspect. The Sentinel isn’t Nissan’s hint of what it could do in applying its Leaf.

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BNEF: energy storage is a $1.2-trillion investment opportunity to 2040

Green Car Congress

The falling cost of batteries is set to drive a boom in the installation of energy storage systems around the world in the years from now to 2040, according to the latest annual forecast from research company Bloomberg NEF (BNEF). The global energy storage market will grow to a cumulative 942GW/2,857GWh by 2040, attracting $1.2 trillion in investment over the next 22 years, according to BNEF forecasts.

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@LATimes It’s Sad To Watch White House Reporters Continue To Fail & Flail Against Dangerous Despot Determined To Destroy Democracy #JoeTakesOnTheNews

Creative Greenius

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California Energy Commission approves $8M grant for H2 fueling station at Port of Long Beach

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission approved an $8-million grant to Equilon Enterprises—a fully owned subsidiary of Shell Oil—to develop a high-capacity hydrogen fueling station to service and promote the expansion of zero-emission fuel cell electric Class 8 drayage trucks at the Port of Long Beach. The station is to dispense enough fuel at 700 bar pressure for 10-15 fuel cell electric trucks (FCETs) per day.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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Dems Snatch Defeat From Jaws Of Victory As @NancyPelosi Folds Like Cheap Umbrella In Face Of #Pussygrabber S**t Storm #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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SEAT takes first step towards micro-mobility strategy with electric eXS KickScooter powered by Segway

Green Car Congress

SEAT will introduce the electric eXS KickScooter powered by Segway at the Smart City Expo World Congress next week. The new SEAT eXS powered by Segway is a micro-mobility solution for users who want to get around the city in an efficient and sustainable way. As part of its Easy Mobility strategy, SEAT’s objective is to build its product and service portfolio by presenting new solutions to the market in the framework of urban mobility.

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Robyn Denholm appointed new Tesla board chairwoman

Green Car Reports

Tesla's board has promoted from within to fill the role of chairman, replacing Elon Musk, who agreed to step down in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Robyn Denholm, one of the two independent directors appointed to Tesla's board in 2014 will be its new chairwoman, the company announced on Wednesday night. Musk agreed on.

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Daimler and Bosch Will Launch a Pilot Robotaxi Program in San Jose in 2019

Cars That Think

I don't know the way in San Jose, my car has a brain and won't go wrong and lose its way.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

Oil

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2019 Mazda 3 teased ahead of LA debut

Green Cars News

The 2019 Mazda 3 has been teased ahead of its public debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show later this month

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Greenlots to collaborate with Volvo Trucks on electric truck charging infrastructure for fleets in Southern California; SAE J3068

Green Car Congress

Greenlots, a global provider of EV charging software and solutions, will collaborate with Volvo Trucks to deploy charging infrastructure for electric trucks operating out of warehouses in Southern California. This is the first heavy-duty fleet-charging project stemming from a significant public-private partnership with the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

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