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1980 Electravan in Minneapolis

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My wife and I just purchased a 1980 Electravan from a friend in New Orleans and towed it back home to Minneapolis. Short version of the Electravan story: Jet Industries in Austin TX bought the empty chassis of a few hundred Subaru Sambars and installed GE electric motors in them. 1980 Electravan in Minneapolis.

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. It builds on a project launched last year to demonstrate how hydrogen production facilities could be installed at operating nuclear power plants. Earlier post.)

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Minneapolis gets EV Ready

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Minneapolis will be getting 18 electric cars from Ford, and stimulus funding will be used to install charging points, as reported in the Twin Cities downtownjournal.com.

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MPCA to expand EV charging network by more than 2,500 miles in Greater Minnesota; 38 additional fast chargers

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As the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to expand throughout the state, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced it will fund the installation of up to 38 additional fast charging stations in Greater Minnesota, extending the existing EV highway corridor network by more than 2,500 miles.

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Electrify America to more than double its current EV charging network by end of 2025

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Electrify America announced its “Boost Plan” to more than double its current electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the United States and Canada, with plans to have more than 1,800 fast charging stations and 10,000 individual chargers installed by the end of 2025.

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New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions completes New York’s first OppCharge interoperable on-route charger solution for transit buses

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Infrastructure Solutions is also currently overseeing and supporting similar on-route OppCharge charging deployments in Portland, OR, Minneapolis MN, and Vancouver, BC.

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Powering Up Dealerships: Why Many Dealers Need More Power for EV Charging

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A Minnesotan story: How EV charging led to a new transformer In a recent episode of Inside Automotive on CBT News , Blink customer Audi Minneapolis faced a new problem. In fact, the company ended up having to get an electrical transformer installed to support all of the new chargers.

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