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Where to Start with EV Charging for Convenience Stores & Truck Stops

Blink Charging

To help facilitate this goal, the Department of Transportation is building a network of 500,000 EV chargers to connect the country along its network of interstate highways by 2030. NEVI is a $5 billion initiative to help state governments build EV charging networks within their states. Not located in a designated AFC?

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How to Prevent a Power Outage From Becoming a Crisis

Cars That Think

There are technical reasons that contributed to faster repairs in Manhattan, but in general the neighborhoods that waited the longest to have their power restored tended to be poorer and less white. The recent record-breaking heat in Oregon and Washington state, for example, claimed more than 200 lives. YURY DVORKIN/NYU.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model. Such services can increase utilization since members can use one-way car sharing for shorter, spur of the moment trips.

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The lowly refuse truck offers the perfect use case for electrification

Charged EVs

Mack Trucks has been building refuse vehicles for decades, so it’s no surprise to find that the company is now building an electric refuse truck. A few years ago, finding that EV tech had advanced, Mack decided to build an electric truck for a long-time customer, the New York City Department of Sanitation.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. There’s ease of operations, ease of maintenance benefits. Charged : We saw the case study video of the system you installed for Link Transit in Washington in 2018. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The southwest province of Yunnan derives about 70 percent of its electricity from hydropower, slightly more than the percentage in Washington state, while Shandong, a coastal province in the east, derives about 90 percent of its electricity from coal, similar to West Virginia. Those tax revenues are necessary for the maintenance of roads.