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Double trouble

Electric Auto Association

Nebraska EVA chapter works in tandem with the Sierra Club. Outreach event sponsored by Eastern NE EVA and the Nebraska Sierra Club. NE Nebraska EVA event. We’ve been fortunate that the Sierra Club has co-sponsored our NDEW and Drive Electric Earth Day events. We’re actually the only state in the U.S.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

Green Car Congress

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. What Keystone XL would carry. tank-to-wheels, TTW).

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center launches 5-year, $35M program on autonomous and connected vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

First announced in 2014, CSRC Next ( earlier post ) will direct $35 million through 2021 towards research designed to support a safe transition to the future of mobility. We are excited to continue our safety mission by helping to support a safe evolution to a broader mobility future. —Chuck Gulash, Director of CSRC.

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Rivian wanted what Georgia had’: How the Peach State became Rivian’s $5B match

Teslarati

” Rivian wanted a property with a beautiful landscape , and Wilson said the company wanted to preserve its beauty and integrate its future automotive facility into the topography, which will hit its expected employment of 7,500 people in 2028. “We don’t propose sites unless we are invited to do so,” Wilson clarified.

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