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Chargie Partners with Foundation for California Community Colleges to Install EV Charging Stations Throughout State

Chargie Partners with Foundation for California Community Colleges to Install EV Charging Stations Throughout State

Agreement paves way for critical infrastructure at community colleges, state universities, and K-12 institutions CULVER CITY, Calif., Oct. 24, 2024 -- Chargie, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, announced its selection as an approved vendor by the Foundation for California Community College ... Continue reading

Montana Renewables Delivers First Shipment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel for Detroit Metropolitan Airport

Montana Renewables Delivers First Shipment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel for Detroit Metropolitan Airport

GREAT FALLS, Mont., Oct. 24, 2024 -- For the first time, the Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) will have the opportunity to use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), thanks to Montana Renewables, LLC (MRL), the largest SAF producer in North America (2024). MRL has delivered its first shipment of 7,000 gallons of SAF to Dea ... Continue reading

Blue Bird Delivers First Fleet of Propane-Powered Buses to School District of Philadelphia

Blue Bird Delivers First Fleet of Propane-Powered Buses to School District of Philadelphia

Blue Bird delivered the first fleet of 38 near-zero emission, propane-powered Vision school buses to the School District of Philadelphia to help the district accelerate its shift to clean student transportation. ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel's Andrew Frankl at Best of the Bay 2024

The Auto Channel's Andrew Frankl at Best of the Bay 2024

By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel> Santa Cruz California October 2024; It would be silly to pretend that driving new, exotic cars in Santa Cruz was anything but fun. Educational-of course, exciting-absolutely, requiring maximum concentration-without doubt. ... Continue reading

Cox Automotive News MId Week Edition

Cox Automotive News MId Week Edition

We published the new Cox Automotive EV Market Monitor this week and also added the fresh data points to our Auto Market Snapshot. These newly introduced data points provide a measure of EV sales, inventory, and pricing for both new and used electric vehicles for the month of September. ... Continue reading

Adden Energy Raises $15M to Expand Accessibility of Electric Vehicles

Adden Energy Raises $15M to Expand Accessibility of Electric Vehicles

Adden Energy co-founders Xin Li, William Fitzhugh, and Luhan Ye. ... Continue reading

DHL Supply Chain and Diageo North America Power Up Sustainability Partnership with Deployment of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks

DHL Supply Chain and Diageo North America Power Up Sustainability Partnership with Deployment of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks

DHL Supply Chain, the Americas leader in contract logistics, and Diageo North America, a premium drinks company, have announced plans to incorporate two fuel cell electric trucks, powered with hydrogen, to their U.S. fleet. The Class 8 trucks, manufactured by Nikola Corporation, will be deployed and fueled with a HYLA ... Continue reading

Stellantis and Factorial Take Next Step to Accelerate the Future of Electric Vehicles with Solid-State Battery Technology

Stellantis and Factorial Take Next Step to Accelerate the Future of Electric Vehicles with Solid-State Battery Technology

Stellantis will launch a demonstration fleet of all-new Dodge Charger Daytona vehicles by 2026 equipped with Factorial's FEST® solid-state battery technology. ... Continue reading

Fiat 500e Named 2025 Urban Green Car of the Year by Green Car Journal

Fiat 500e Named 2025 Urban Green Car of the Year by Green Car Journal

Fiat 500e is Europe's best-selling EV city car, accounting for 40% of sales in its segment Pricing for 2024 Fiat 500e starts at $32,500; prospective lessees can take advantage of $7,500 federal EV tax credit Green Car Journal has named the Fiat 500e 2025 Urban Green Car of the Year, marking the second straight year tha ... Continue reading

OFFICIAL DETAILS NHTSA WEEKLY RECALL SUMMARY - October 21, 2024

OFFICIAL DETAILS NHTSA WEEKLY RECALL SUMMARY - October 21, 2024

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up October 13-19, 2024

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up October 13-19, 2024

Here are this past week's top automotive news stories: EV sales continue to rise; .US DoE factoid of the week; Used EV deals; It's about charging, not range; Good things are worth waiting for; Plug-in hybrid paradox; More flood damaged cars; MAMA's Favorites; Corvette top speed record; Fisker Bankruptcy; Wear a helmet; ... Continue reading

HONGQI's New Energy Masterpieces EH7 and EHS7, Captivate at Paris Motor Show 2024

HONGQI's New Energy Masterpieces EH7 and EHS7, Captivate at Paris Motor Show 2024

CHANGCHUN, China, Oct. 18, 2024 -- In October 2024, HONGQI made a significant impact at the Paris Motor Show 2024, with the introduction of its all-electric EH7 sedan and EHS7 SUV. ... Continue reading

Midwest Automotive Media Association Announces Winners of Fall Drive Event

Midwest Automotive Media Association Announces Winners of Fall Drive Event

CHICAGO--The Midwest Automotive Media Association hosted its second annual MAMA’s Favorites Fall Fest on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the scenic Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois. ... Continue reading

2024 Toyota Prius Prime Review By Larry Nutson

2024 Toyota Prius Prime Review By Larry Nutson

We all as individuals should strive to reduce our personal carbon footprint, contributing to the mitigation of urban air pollution and the broader fight against climate change. ... Continue reading

Terviva Receives Investment from Chevron Renewable Energy Group to Scale Renewable Pongamia for Biofuel Production

Terviva Receives Investment from Chevron Renewable Energy Group to Scale Renewable Pongamia for Biofuel Production

ALAMEDA, Calif.--Terviva, Inc., an agricultural innovation company working with farmers to grow and harvest pongamia for food, feed and fuel, today announced its investment from Chevron Renewable Energy Group. Together, the two companies expect to scale Terviva’s pongamia-growing operations and drive greater availabi ... Continue reading

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