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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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Studies show that California will need 125,000 to 220,000 charging ports from private and public sources by 2020 in order to provide adequate infrastructure. Current trends suggest that barriers to EV adoption such as price, range, selection and charging-time will continue to diminish, as costs come down and technology improves.

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8-state alliance releases action plan to put 3.3M ZEVs on their roads by 2025

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Eight partnering states released their Multi-State ZEV Action Plan as the first promised milestone for the bi-coastal collaboration to pave the way for increasingly large numbers of zero emission vehicles: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Municipal fleet electrification.

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The lowly refuse truck offers the perfect use case for electrification

Charged EVs

Scott Barraclough: We’ve been running tests since 2020. Also, depending on where you’re operating, there will be mandates coming in some areas, namely West Coast, California, Washington, Oregon, where fleets of a certain size will be required to have electric vehicles. You can’t take these [trucks] and plug them into the wall.

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

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The funding is for the incremental cost of a battery electric bus over a CNG bus and leverages federal, state, local utilities and local match to purchase the battery electric buses for service expansion. Oregon Department of Transportation. 1,450,000. . Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

When IEEE Spectrum’s editor in chief, Harry Goldstein, needed to replace his 2008 Honda Fit in October 2020, he thought seriously about buying an electric vehicle. For example, according to NMHC data, the median income of rental households in 2020 was US $45,191 compared to $67,463 for all U.S. Two obstacles stood in his way.

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Flash Drive: 2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report spent a few hours recently on the loose rocks and gravel, washboard roads and deep ruts of the beautiful Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. Flash Drive: 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid. Road Test: 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan. Driving Experience: Off Road. Road Test: 2018 Toyota RAV4 Adventure. Road Test: 2021 Mazda CX-5.

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