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Maven deploying its first all-electric shared-use fleet in Austin; 20 Chevy Bolts

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Pricing starts at $229 per week plus taxes. Drivers can see vehicle availability and pricing via the mobile app. Maven Gig drivers have taken trips from San Francisco to Portland (~635 miles) and from San Diego to Los Angeles (~120 miles). Reservations and pickup date/time can be scheduled through the app.

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Blue Bird just got its single largest electric school bus order yet

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The Los Angeles Unified School District ordered 180 electric school buses, adding to the 26 Blue Bird electric school buses it already has in its fleet. Blue Bird will add 30 Vision and 150 All American (pictured above) electric buses to Los Angeles’ school bus fleet. The V2G capability will also help balance the grid.

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Tesla’s war against direct sales wages on with big win in Virginia

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Holcomb decided to grant Tesla permission to open the stores based on public opinion. Prominent officials and members of the general public expressed support for Tesla stores in the regions of Charlottesville, Arlington, and Norfolk. Tesla showroom in Century City mall, Los Angeles (Credit: Teslarati).

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Report: BYD to test market e6 EV in US in 2011

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plans to start test-marketing the e6 battery-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) in the US next year after almost a year’s delay, and is in talks with officials in Los Angeles to supply e-buses that could eventually lead to a manufacturing plant in the city. The Wall Street Journal reports that China’s BYD Co.

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Elon Musk unveils Hyperloop preliminary design study

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San Francisco and Los Angeles) that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart. For the study, the Hyperloop design team used a system servicing San Fransicso and Los Angeles. This air is stored in onboard composite overwrap pressure vessels. The steam is stored onboard until reaching the station.

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Propel Fuels reports strong consumer adoption of renewable diesel in SoCal; retail sales up 300% over biodiesel

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Propel offers Diesel HPR at 32 locations across California in Los Angeles, Orange Country, San Diego, Inland Empire, Sacramento, Fresno and the Bay Area. Drivers can easily find the nearest Propel Diesel HPR location and real time pricing by downloading Propel’s mobile app available in the Android and Apple app stores.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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However, owing to small scale and limited competition, dispensed hydrogen fuel prices currently are higher, averaging about $16.30/kg kg in California in the third quarter of 2018. About half of the levelized cost of retail station hydrogen can be attributed to hydrogen delivery, compression, and dispensing costs. . —Penev et al.

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