Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2019

Available clean fuels for the state of Washington could meet a 2028 target of 11.2% The largest fuel pathways used to meet this target include electricity, lower carbon sources of ethanol blended into gasoline, biodiesel and renewable diesel. —“Washington’s Clean Fuel Future”.

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MAY 5, 2022

Sila, a next-generation battery materials company, has purchased a facility with more than 600,000 square feet of space located in Moses Lake, WA to be used to manufacture Sila’s lithium-ion anode materials at automotive volumes and quality. The US has always excelled at innovation. Now we must also excel at manufacturing that innovation.

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Washington Lithium Ion Manufacturer Canada 150

Electrek

JANUARY 29, 2024

Seven months after kicking off production of its Class 3 electric trucks in Mississippi, EV startup Mullen Automotive has secured fruitful environmental compliance and approvals from CARB and the EPA.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Washington DC-based Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Kenya signed a $60 million Kenya threshold program agreement earlier this week. They say the program is designed to improve urban connectivity and promote economic growth in Kenya.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2016

million, to purchase 35 Catalyst buses, bringing Proterra’s total number of firm orders to 287 vehicles from 38 cities across the United States. million miles of revenue service, Proterra has more battery-electric buses on the road today in North America than any other manufacturer. With more than 2.4

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Grant Purchase Delaware Kentucky 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

King County Metro in Washington state has awarded New Flyer an order for 20 additional 60' battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses (40 equivalent units or EUs). This order follows the completion of an 18-month electric bus evaluation of two 60-foot New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE buses program initiated in 2018.

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Washington Seattle Batteries Battery 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2010

Azure Dynamics Corporation announced the sale of 24 Balance Hybrid Electric buses to King County, Washington for its Access Transportation services. Under a competitive bid process the contract was awarded to EK Coaches, the dealership of record, for the Azure Balance Hybrid Electric drivetrain on a Ford E450 chassis.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 11, 2022

New study finds the current tax credit scheme for encouraging electric vehicle purchases is less valuable to car buyers and less equitable WASHINGTON — Financial incentives play an important role in the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

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Tax Credit Tax Electric Vehicles Washington 98

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2019

Electrify America announced collaborations with nine additional companies to host more than 30 ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations across the US. Other charging sites will be built at locations in six additional states including Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and Washington.

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APRIL 17, 2019

congratulated the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) as it welcomed its first battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit bus. New Flyer previously reported the order for five forty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit buses in September 2017. New Flyer of America Inc.

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Portland Oregon Charging Renewable 246

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Under the contract, New Flyer can provide a wide range of products on its proven Xcelsior platform, including thirty-five-foot and forty-foot buses offered in electric, low-emission diesel-electric hybrid, low-emission compressed natural gas (CNG), and clean diesel propulsions. —Chris Stoddart, President, New Flyer.

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Setec Powerr

MAY 5, 2023

Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular as people seek eco-friendly alternatives to traditional gasoline-powered cars. Many states in the US offer various incentives to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles, making it more affordable for consumers to make the switch.

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Electric Vehicles New Jersey Tax Credit Oregon 98

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

King County, Washington, Executive Dow Constantine announced that King County Metro Transit will acquire 120 battery-electric buses by 2020. As part of this commitment, Metro will purchase up to 73 battery buses from Burlingame, Calif.-based Federal funding often helps pay for Metro’s new bus purchases. based Proterra.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The Governors of California, Oregon and Washington and the Premier of British Columbia signed a regional agreement strategically to align policies to reduce greenhouse gases and promote clean energy. Washington will set binding limits on carbon emissions and deploy market mechanisms to meet those limits.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2022

A study by a team from the George Washington University finds that not all financial incentives are created equal in the eyes of prospective car buyers, and the current federal incentive—a tax credit—is, in fact, valued the least by car buyers. The current federal electric vehicle tax scheme is a pain. Roberson et al.

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Tax Credit Tax Buy Purchase 353

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2011

The Department of Commerce and the Washington State Department of Transportation plan to make the Stevens Pass Greenway the first electric vehicle-friendly National. With Federal Recovery Act funding through the State Energy Program, the state will install two to three electric vehicle (EV) DC fast charging stations along US Highway 2.

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Washington Charging Plugin Installation 210

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MAY 15, 2019

The Anaheim Transportation Network has awarded an order for 40 battery-electric buses to BYD. The ATN fleet order will increase the number of BYD electric buses the agency can deploy to serve one of the nation’s busiest tourism and employment regions. The buses range in size from the 30-foot BYD K7M to the articulated 60-foot K11M.

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BYD Fleet Transportation 2020 278

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency, through its Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, is awarding nearly $1 billion to 389 school districts spanning 50 states, Washington, DC, and several Tribes and US territories.

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EPA Clean Cleaning Washington 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2023

According to a consumer survey recently commissioned by Sila, nearly 90% of respondents who own or intend to purchase an EV view high-performance battery technology as more valuable than other tech enhancements or luxury features, including autonomous driving capabilities.

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Range Charging Tax Credit Lithium Ion 446

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The signatories are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon results reflect net-zero carbon goals for electricity generation.

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District of Columbia California DC Emissions 435

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Total US sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)—battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric—have increased in recent years, but still represent only about 0.7% Electric vehicles per 1,000 vehicles. Washington has exempted EVs from the state''s 6.5% of new vehicle sales in 2014 so far, up from 0.6%

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Plug-in Tax Credit California Rhode Island 381

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It’s also the kickoff to National Drive Electric Week which runs from September 22 – October 1, 2023. Let’s look at these two annual events and what they mean for current and future electric vehicle (EV) drivers. Minimize your use of electricity generated by fossil fuels as much as possible. of total U.S.

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Emissions Nashville Electric Electrical 123

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2020

Eligible projects include the purchase or lease of buses powered by modern, efficient technologies. These include hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric engines, and related infrastructure investments such as charging stations. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). City and Borough of Juneau (Capital Transit).

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Emissions Grant Rhode Island Purchase 186

Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

GILLIG will deliver an initial order of 89 GILLIG Low Floor Battery Electric buses, with the option to purchase up to 306 more units. Built on GILLIG’s Low-Floor platform, the GILLIG Battery Electric Bus features 686 kWh of onboard energy storage.

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Seattle Supplies Charging Batteries 52

Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2022

As of June 15, 2022, Ford will no longer offer the opportunity to purchase its three all-electric vehicles, the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit Van, for new leases. Ford informed dealers in a letter that it was discontinuing the end-of-lease purchase option for the E-Transit van, Mustang Mach-E, and F-150 Lightning.

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Ford Electric Vehicles Buy F-150 98

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MAY 4, 2010

has received a follow-on $850,000 purchase order for lithium-ion battery modules from Proterra for new all-electric and hybrid-electric transit buses. This purchase is a follow-on order from the initial $898,400 contract announced in August 2009. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2023

SCALEUP 2023 applicants are not required to have participated within the original ARPA-E award; applicants may have licensed or purchased the relevant intellectual property rights to such subject inventions, and thereby become eligible under the SCALEUP 2023 FOA.

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Washington Grid 2019 Building 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Power, EV adoption in the US is growing increasingly divided, with the most active states for EV adoption already on the path to parity with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and consumers steadily pulling back on EV purchases in the least-active states. of the total new-vehicle retail market. Each month, the J.D.

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South Dakota North Dakota Power Powered 370

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Despite the impending ban, New Jersey will not prohibit the ownership or use of gasoline-powered cars or force consumers to buy electric cars. Consumers may still purchase used gasoline-powered vehicles. It joins California, Vermont, New York, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland, and Connecticut.

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New Jersey Gas Rhode Island Sale 124

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

King County Metro Transit in Seattle, Washington, will receive $33.5 million to buy approximately 30 battery-electric buses and charging equipment and train workers to maintain the electric fleet. This is the second bus grant package funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which has now invested more than $3.3

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Emissions Iowa Grant Buy 150

All Cars Electric

MARCH 30, 2011

If you’re a regular reader of AllCarsElectric then you’ll know that electric cars are much cheaper to run than gasoline cars once you’ve actually purchased them, but electric cars in Washington state are just about to get a little more expensive to run thanks to a proposed law which has just passed from the state’s Senate.

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Washington Electric Cars Tax Gasoline-Electric 96

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

In conjunction with the Memorandum, the General Services Administration (GSA) launched a pilot project to incorporate electric vehicles and technologies into the Federal fleet. GSA announced its initial purchase of more than 100 electric vehicles for a vehicle pilot. GSA purchase.

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Alternative Fuels Purchase Obama Fleet 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2009

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and legislative leaders have introduced a Green Jobs and Climate Action legislative package that proposes investments totaling $455 million in the next biennium for energy-reducing transportation projects, energy efficiency projects, green buildings and clean-energy technology.

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Washington Climate Transportation Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Battery-electric bus manufacturer Proterra has introduced a new 35-foot vehicle based on the same technology platform as its current 40-foot Catalyst vehicle. Last year, Proterra was selected by King County Metro in Washington State to supply buses for its zero-emission bus demonstration program. Earlier post.).

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Washington Energy Storage Federal Grant Li-ion 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2021

General Motors introduced Ultium Charge 360, a holistic charging approach that integrates charging networks, GM vehicle mobile apps, and other products and services to simplify the overall charging experience for GM electric vehicle owners. Each site is capable of delivering up to 350 kilowatts and averages four chargers per site.

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GM Charging Florida General Motors 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

Proterra, the market leader of zero-emission, battery-electric buses in North America, announced that SEPTA, Foothill Transit and King County Metro will use their Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Grants (Low-No) ( earlier post ) to purchase 33 Catalyst electric buses and charging infrastructure.

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Philadelphia Los Angeles Seattle Grant 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Forth and Mobility Development Group are creating a national partnership to launch the Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP), which will establish electric vehicle (EV) carsharing based at affordable housing sites in at least five states over the next two years.

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