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Indianapolis plans to add 425 PHEVs and BEVs to municipal fleet by 2016

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The City of Indianapolis will upgrade 425 non-police-pursuit sedans in its muncipal fleet to plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles by early 2016, cut the size of the fleet by 100 vehicles, and save $8.7 The Indy fleet would be the largest municipal fleet of electrified vehicles in the US.

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Bolloré Group launches electric car sharing service in Indianapolis

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BlueIndy has placed into service in Indianapolis, Indiana the first 50 of an eventual 500 electric vehicles (Bluecars) that provide convenient, cleaner transportation with the swipe of a membership card. This is the France-based Bolloré Group’s first electric car sharing service in the US. Members pay $4.00

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The vast majority of the funded projects are for battery-electric buses and infrastructure; two projects are receiving a total of $3.2 Alabama A&M University’s Bulldog Transit System will receive funding to purchase electric buses, charging stations, and other associated equipment. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses.

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WHYY reports Philadelphia’s Proterra electric bus fleet sidelined due to cracked chassis and other defects

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In a March 2021 email, SEPTA General Manager Leslie Richards said she planned to tell Federal Transit Administration officials, who helped underwrite the initial purchase of Proterra buses with a $2.6 million federal grant, that she had doubts about “the future of electric vehicle procurement.”. “I

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Kimbal Musk exercises options to buy 25k of Tesla stock at $74.17 per share

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On Wednesday, Tesla board member Kimbal Musk purchased 25,000 TSLA shares. Musk’s recent purchase of TSLA stock was listed in a Form-4 filing. million on his purchase. Musk had exercised a call option to buy TSLA shares at a discounted price of $74.17 Considering the shares’ discounted price, Kimbal Musk spent just about $1.85

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Tesla is finally leaning on its vehicles’ American-made pedigree

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. “The Most American-Made Cars Are S3XY — Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y secured the top spots out of 100 vehicles in the Cars.com ‘American Made Index’ based on build location, parts and workforce,” Tesla wrote. Jay Leno: For some reason people don’t think of Tesla as an American company.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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A new white paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses which policy actions are behind the regional leading markets in the US for electric vehicles. regulation, purchasing incentives), local policy (e.g., Colorado has the highest incentive: as much as $5,000 per vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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