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BYD introducing second-generation battery-electric yard tractor

Green Car Congress

The BYD second-generation 8Y battery electric yard tractor will make its world premiere at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach next week, showcasing a design that combines performance, reliability, improved driver comfort and operability, along with zero tailpipe emissions and quiet operation.

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T&E: Electric bus orders in Europe more than doubled to 1,031 units in 2017; ~9% share of new registrations

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The number of battery-electric buses ordered in Europe more than doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching 1,031 vehicles, according to a new analysis by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. T&E estimates this to be equivalent to around 9% market share of new registrations in 2018. VDL: 500 units. Solaris: 330 units.

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

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Napa Valley Transportation Authority will receive funding to purchase BYD 30' battery electric buses to replace buses in a comprehensive revitalization of Vine Transit's current revenue vehicle fleet. AVTA is committed to having an all electric fleet by 2018. Napa Valley Transportation Authority. 797,550.

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Electric bus revolution 

Electric Vehicles India

Center for Transportation and Environment (CTE). According to the Center for Transportation and Environment (CTE), of the country’s roughly 70,000 transit buses, only around 2% are currently zero-emission. It is funded as a flagship project of SP Energy Networks’ £20m Green Economy Fund. during 2018-2025.

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Tariffs on China aren’t the way to win the EV arms race – getting serious on EVs is

Baua Electric

The largest of these new entrants is the second most populous country in the world, the world’s largest exporter and its second-largest economy: China. And the nature of today’s globalized economy and complex supplier relationships around the world can result in a lot of chaos when a major player implements a major tariff.

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