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ChargEVC: New Jersey plug-in electric vehicle registration up 79% for MY 2016 vehicles over 2015

Green Car Congress

Registration of model year 2016 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in New Jersey was up 79% over 2015, according to a recent analysis by ChargEVC , a diverse coalition of organizations and companies that support growth of the electric vehicle market. This accelerating growth in New Jersey echoes analysis from a variety of sources.

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California, 7 states and DC commit to faster transition to zero-emission trucks and buses; next step is formal agreement

Green Car Congress

Trucks are increasingly a major contributor to air pollution nationwide, but especially in our cities where they are among the largest sources of toxic emissions in vulnerable neighborhoods. This new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle collaborative effort will also be implemented through the ZEV Task Force and facilitated by NESCAUM.

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

And because my parents cared more about eduction for their children than almost everything else, they moved us from our apartment in Brooklyn in 1968 when I was 11 to bucolic Westfield, New Jersey. . And that’s exactly the life I have enjoyed, moving to Southern California within a year of graduating high school in New Jersey.

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Why Tesla Needs Bigger EVs [Featured]

Teslarati

I was at my neighborhood Tesla store yesterday and wanted to make sure again, that the X model is not big enough for my family… It isn’t , ” Petey B said in his X post. While growing up in New Jersey, I was surrounded by family, and it just kept growing through the years with more babies, cousins, visiting relatives, etc.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations. New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

Charged EVs

The New Terminal One will have what its creators have said is the largest solar array at any US airport, which will power a fleet of electric vehicles used at the terminal both landside and airside. Construction of the massive array, consisting of more than 13,000 solar panels on the terminals roof, began in 2024.

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Starlink shines in FL after Hurricane Milton: ‘A game changer’ [Exclusive]

Teslarati

Starlink Service will remain free in hurricane-affected areas The internet was our only connection to the rest of the world when the first hurricane hit our house and flooded the streets of our neighborhood and our car. The second time, the water reached about 7 feet high and flooded our car and house. Luckily, our reinforced gates held fast.

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