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Wyoming leads in vehicle miles traveled per person

Green Car Congress

Because total VMT depends, in part, on the size of the population, of interest in this study was the variation among the states in vehicle miles traveled per person (VMT per person). The results show that VMT per person in 2018 ranged from 18,072 miles in Wyoming to 5,261 miles in the District of Columbia.

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QOTD: What's The Best Song About Driving?

The Truth About Cars

I make the trip a fair amount, and I also visit friends or attend personal/professional appointment in the suburbs often. Or the Alabama song about trucking. Or a huge part of Jan and Dean's catalog (the Beach Boys, too, obviously). We likely will again, since it's good to check in on the pulse of the culture now and again.

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The 2024 Chevy Blazer EV has a quirky $4k discount for Tesla drivers

Baua Electric

If you want to lease, Chevy is offering $3,250 in lease cash for the Blazer EV in other parts of the US, and that’s open to everyone, regardless of what you or your household members drive. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online, and you’ll get access to unbiased energy advisors who will help you every step of the way.

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Get all your EV questions answered during Drive Electric Week, Sep 27-Oct 6

Baua Electric

Photo: Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition Drive Electric Week kicks off this Saturday with nearly 200 online and in-person events celebrating electric vehicles. Most events are in-person, but there are some webinar-style online events that you can attend to hear about various topics related to electric vehicles.

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2nd GM battery plant unionizes, this time in the less-unionized US South

Baua Electric

This is part of the reason that many automotive companies have opened factories there – because of the lack of unionization, labor protections and pay scales are lower. Momentum faltered when a Mercedes EV plant in Alabama declined to join UAW after Mercedes brought in anti-union firms to sway the vote. Get started today! –

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Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging goes large at Starbucks

Baua Electric

Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging opened its first North American charging site at Mercedes-Benz USA’s headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia, in November 2023 as part of an initial $1 billion charging network investment. Get started here. affiliate* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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First Solar to build the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar R&D center

Baua Electric

The Jim Nolan Center is part of a ~$500 million investment by First Solar in R&D infrastructure. It expects to commission new factories in Alabama in the second half of 2024 and Louisiana in the second half of 2025. First Solar exited 2023 with 16.6 That will bring its total US nameplate capacity to 14 GW by 2026. Get started here.

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