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Review: Cyrusher Ripple electric snowboard actually works! (mostly)

Electrek

Part snowboard and part snowmobile/e-skateboard/scooter, the Cyrusher Ripple mounts a jagged 3kW hub motor-wheel in a rear hole on a snowboard and puts the battery in a backpack that the rider must wear. To our surprise, they actually had some review models and sent us one that we took up to Vermont to put through the paces.

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ICCT report quantifies emissions benefits if 12 states & DC adopt slate of California medium- and heavy-duty vehicle regulations

Green Car Congress

The signatories are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The ICCT is supporting the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) with the implementation of the MOU.

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Congressional Democrats file bills to extend federal electric-car tax credits

Green Car Reports

Vermont Congressman Peter Welch has filed a bill to extend federal electric-car tax credits for 10 more years, just as the credits begin to run out on the two largest electric-car manufacturers, Tesla and General Motors. Both Tesla and General Motors are expected to reach their cap of 200,000 electric car sales in 2018.

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3 East Coast states and DC first to participate in TCI-P cap-and-invest program for transportation

Green Car Congress

The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) expects to cut greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles in the region by an estimated 26% from 2022 to 2032, and generate a total of more than $3 billion dollars over ten years for the participating jurisdictions to invest.

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Tesla Model X frozen lake mystery gets solved, and the truth is stranger than fiction

Teslarati

Back in 2019, a picture of a charred Tesla Model X in the middle of a frozen lake in Vermont resulted in a lot of electric vehicle enthusiasts scratching their heads in confusion. According to the US Attorney’s Office in Vermont, the Model X was actually part of a pretty expansive scam executed by 32-year-old Michael A.

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Los Angeles to receive more than $200M in state grants for active transportation projects

Green Car Congress

Safety improvements are concentrated near Vermont Ave Elementary School. The project will transform the non-motorized environment by providing a safe and direct alternative to walking and biking on high-speed, high-volume arterials and connect people to existing ped/bike facilities, schools, parks and other community destinations.

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GM issues safety warning for recalled Bolt EV units over potential fire risk

Teslarati

General Motors (GM) has issued a warning to 2017-2019 Chevy Bolt EV owners whose vehicles were recently part of a recall. Initial announcements from the recall were posted back in November 2020 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and General Motors. . Two vehicles that were part of the recall have so far caught fire.

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