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BYD unveils North America’s largest electric bus factory; capacity for up to 1,500 vehicles annually

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BYD, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, unveiled its expanded battery-electric bus manufacturing facility in Lancaster, California—North America’s largest. BYD’s nearly 800 employees in California were also on hand to help commemorate the new expansion for the Coach and Bus factory.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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The DSO code of 51 shows that it was sold out of the Denver sales office. Built in Missouri, probably shipped to Colorado by train, then sold new in Greeley, located about 60 miles north of Denver and the site of a famous Utopian community during the late 19th century. So, to The Crusher it went. Just ask Parnelli Jones!

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

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I discovered a Mexican-market '06 Peugeot 407 in a Denver boneyard, earlier this year, and thought years would pass before the next time I'd hear the ghosts of André Citroën , Louis Renault , and Armand Peugeot singing La Marseillaise over a car graveyard. 1959 Renault Dauphine in California wrecking yard.

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THINK Releases US EV-Ready Cities Index

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San Diego, Portland and Sacramento were rated fifth, sixth and seventh putting four cities in California in the top-15 index. The remaining cities included Denver, Boston, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Phoenix. City Purchase/Usage. Rounding out the top ten were Newark, Seattle and Atlanta. —Richard Canny. Sacramento.

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UPS to add 1,400 new CNG vehicles over next year; building 15 new CNG fueling stations

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UPS announced plans to purchase and deploy 1,400 new CNG vehicles over the next year, representing a 27.5% To support the purchase and planned deployment of the 1,400 new CNG vehicles, UPS plans to build 15 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations. Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colo.; UPS CNG package truck. Click to enlarge.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Volvo DL Sedan With 327k Miles

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I've been writing about junkyardified cars here at TTAC since November of 2010, when I documented a pair of Fiat 128s in a Denver boneyard. That's not quite as bad as it sounds, because I wrote about 13 Volvo 240s all residing in the same car graveyard in 2011's Northern California Volvo 240pocalypse article.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America last week submitted supplemental information to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) detailing its proposed charging investment in and benefit to underserved, low-income, and disadvantaged communities in the state as part of its court-mandated investment plan. Earlier post.).

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