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Lightning eMotors partners with Soderholm Bus & Mobility to sell electric commercial vehicles in Hawaii

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Soderholm will be installing Lightning eMotors’ fully electric powertrain systems in repowered applications in Hawaii, as well as buying new Lightning eMotors’ vans and shuttle buses.

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Cummins acquiring Brammo for energy storage technology

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Operations from this acquisition will report under Cummins’ recently formed Electrification Business led by Julie Furber, Executive Director of Electrification at Cummins, and will continue to be based in Talent, Oregon. In August, Cummins revealed a fully electric heavy-duty demonstration Urban Hauler Tractor. Earlier post.).

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U.S. pace of EV adoption rivals rate of California: analysis

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states and other countries have followed suit with California’s mandate, including New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Canada, and more. Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated the fact that, in Q2, one out of every four vehicles sold in California was electric , though the state didn’t expect to reach this goal until 2025.

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Rhode Island’s DRIVE EV program encourages sustainable transport

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It is one of the newer programs in the country, and can be combined with federal incentives to drive further savings on electric vehicles. Tesla victorious in Rhode Island after state approves license to sell direct DRIVE EV offers rebates of up to $2,500 for car buyers who purchase or lease a new fully-electric or fuel-cell EV.

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Diesel models account for 18.2% of VW of America sales in October, 22.8% YTD

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Joining the Golf family, the fully electric 2015 e-Golf is on sale at participating dealerships in select states starting in early November. To kick off the launch of the e-Golf, Volkswagen of America partnered with Global Green USA (GGUSA) to auction off the first all-electric Volkswagen in the United States.

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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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Peter Slowik and Nic Lutsey analyze the connections among various state and local policies; public and workplace charging infrastructure; consumer incentives; model availability; and the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric (both fully electric and plug-in hybrid).

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

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The Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority will receive funding to replace diesel buses with New Flyer electric buses and chargers, and support workforce development. Oregon Department of Transportation. The fully electric RCX would also connect to the newly implemented fully electric Bus Rapid Transit route.

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