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Tesla range lawsuit, electric Minis, Nikola, and biogas: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Mini may go all-electric with its next generation of models. Startup heavy truckmaker Nikola won a federal grant to improve fuel cells. And a European project worked out how to get as much range and efficiency from natural-gas engines as from gasoline. Tesla faces a lawsuit over lost range in some older models.

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Waffle House is getting NEVI DC fast chargers in Tennessee

Baua Electric

Photo: Waffle House EV charging company EnviroSpark is installing National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program DC fast chargers at Waffle House in Lakeland, Tennessee. The chargers they’re installing are made in South Carolina, and they exceed federal sourcing and kWh requirements.

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Sea-Tac Airport launches major ground support equipment electrification project

Green Car Congress

The Port of Seattle, along with Alaska Airlines, Western Washington Clean Cities and US Representative Adam Smith unveiled a new project providing nearly 600 electric charging stations throughout the airport for ground support equipment (GSE) such as baggage tugs, bag ramps and pushback vehicles. to provide charging stations at all gates.

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International Battery to provide Li-ion system to Sunverge for Net-Zero Energy Home Project

Green Car Congress

Sunverge Energy has developed a turn-key distributed energy solution that captures solar energy at its most plentiful and stores it for use during peak demand hours, when cost to produce and deliver electricity is at its highest. —Sunverge Energy President Ken Munson.

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Proterra introduces 35-foot electric bus

Green Car Congress

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. Moreover, the contract seeks to match and qualify contract users with federal grant and/or stimulus funds. Earlier post.).

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8 Reasons Government Grants Should Include Funding for Level 1 Charging Infrastructure

EV Adoption

Because so many consumers compare the EV charging process to that of filling up an ICE car at a gas station, there’s an assumption by some that we have to try and replicate the gas station model for refueling electric vehicles. And in one area we do — at least to an extent. And that use case is charging while on road trips.

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NC Transportation Center

Plug In Partners

The school already conducts research into the development of the no-gas vehicles. Mike Easley said Tuesday that, depending on the support from federal grants, the state may give $5 million to start and $1 million annually to operate the Advanced Transportation Energy Center there. Join Plug in Partners today.