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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

As several executives suggested this past week at the New York Auto Show, they’re also a key to enable the next generation of 70-mile plug-in hybrids , as incentivized by California, without compromise. And instead it’s planning more hybrids. 2024 Rivian R1T Could the safest pickup be fully electric?

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How Truck Stops and Convenience Stores Can Benefit from Holiday EV Travel

Blink Charging

In addition, Blink recommends having at least one L2 charger to accommodate plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and older EVs that cannot use DCFCs to charge. And many drivers opt to only charge to 80% in order to take advantage of regenerative braking and other battery optimization features.

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The US Needs 20 Times More EV Charging Stations by 2030… Or Else

Blink Charging

The federal government and automakers have set new goals for electric vehicle sales, and now it’s up to the business world and EV charging companies like Blink to provide the right number of EV chargers by 2030. In fact, BEVs accounted for 3.2% of the total light-duty vehicle market in 2021!

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DOE announces $26.6M SBIR/STTR FY15 Phase 1 Release 2 awards; fuel cells, batteries, power electronics and efficient combustion engines

Green Car Congress

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are Federal programs in which agencies with large research and development (R&D) budgets set aside a small fraction of their funding for competitions among small businesses only. US Hybrid Corporation. 149,871.44. 148,393.82. 149,999.70.

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How to Select the Right Charging Level for Your Parking Facility

Blink Charging

Unfortunately for many interested property managers, they are more costly to install than L2 chargers and incompatible with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Not sure if your business qualifies for one of the federal programs? State funding programs and tax incentives may be less restrictive.

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California Air Resources Board releases proposed Advanced Clean Car package: LEV III, GHG and ZEV rules to transform the California fleet; ZEVs and TZEVs to be 15+% of new vehicle sales by 2025

Green Car Congress

Zero-emission or plug-in hybrid vehicles accounting for 1 in 7 new cars sold in California in 2025 (15.4%); A total of 1.4 million zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road in California by 2025; and. A savings of $5 billion in operating costs in 2025 for California drivers. Regulations for MY 2018 and following.