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BYD to unveil new electric transit bus and motor coach

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BYD will unveil a new electric transit bus (K7M-ER) and a new electric motor coach (C9M) at BusCon 2019, held at the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis 23-25 September. All BYD buses sold to US transit agencies exceed the Federal Transit Administration’s “Buy America” regulatory requirements. to 5 hours.

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BYD 60-foot battery-electric bus completes full Altoona Pass/Fail test

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Once Altoona and the FTA finalize the report, transit agencies will be able to tap FTA funding to buy the K11M. Los Angeles International Airport, and IndyGo in Indianapolis. A number of customers have already begun to acquire and use K11 buses, including the Antelope Valley Transit Authority, based in Lancaster, Calif.,

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Workhorse adds EnerDel as battery supplier for new C-Series electric delivery vehicle

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The company’s Vigor+ product line is Buy America Compliant and manufactured in Indianapolis, Indiana. EnerDel Inc.

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Four new corporate partners join DOE National Clean Fleets Partnership

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Four new corporate partners—Best Buy, Johnson Controls, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Veolia—are joining the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Clean Fleets Partnership, a broad public-private partnership that assists the nation’s largest fleet operators in reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel they use nationwide.

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Kimbal Musk exercises options to buy 25k of Tesla stock at $74.17 per share

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Musk had exercised a call option to buy TSLA shares at a discounted price of $74.17 Kimbal is also a notable businessman in his own right, owning “The Kitchen Restaurant Group,” which operates a number of community restaurants in Indianapolis, Colorado, and Chicago. . Musk’s recent purchase of TSLA stock was listed in a Form-4 filing.

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‘Revenge’ Hits Indiana

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Director Chris Paine was in Indianapolis this week to film for ‘Revenge.’ “I think America has been ready for an electric car for a long time, it’s just we’ve never had the ability to buy one,&# he said. ’ More details in this TV report: Filmmaker in Ind. for electric car doc. Filmmaker in Ind.

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RMI Launches Project Get Ready to Help Communities Prepare for Plug-ins

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Community members in Portland, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raleigh, North Carolina soon expanding to the Triangle region have already agreed to work with RMI’s Project Get Ready. Corporate/city/state fleets commit to buy a certain number of plug-ins (RFPs for major purchases or conversions). Laura Schewel, project manager.

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