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Daily Infographic: Tips to extend EV range in the winter
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Resilient Power wants to revolutionize EV charging
Resilient Power has announced a $5 million seed round of investment as it looks to build an alternative power option for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
The round, led by Energy Transition Ventures, with investment from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund and GS Futures, the corporate venture capital arm of GS Group from Korea, is the first round from outside investors. The company had previously received $3 million in funding through contracts and grants from the U.S. Department of Energy,...
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Daily Infographic: Vehicles on the road
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Will Maryland’s expanded EV charging network fuel fleet adoption?
Building corridors of fast-charging stations along heavily trafficked routes and between major cities is the first step to increase electric vehicle adoption, Mike Calise, Tritium’s president of the Americas, told FreightWaves.
People and companies are still dealing with range anxiety, and the more public chargers there are near routine routes around cities, the more they will feel comfortable that a charger will be available when they need it.
EV charger provider Tritium partnered with Baltimore...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-marylands-expanded-ev-charging-network-fuel-fleet-adoption
Biden makes trucks part of electric vehicle charging-station plan
The Biden administration has confirmed that the trucking industry will be included in its electric vehicle (EV) expansion strategy and will be eligible for federal grants.
A new guidance document released on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) outlines existing formula and discretionary grant programs through which funding will flow for EV charging infrastructure, and which of those grants will be made available for trucking-sector...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/biden-makes-trucks-part-of-electric-vehicle-charging-station-plan
8 questions with Brett Pope, Volvo Trucks electric vehicles director
The 12% federal excise tax (FET) on new heavy-duty trucks has lots of detractors who think the 103-year-old levy has long outlived its original purpose. That was to defray the costs of America fighting in World War I.
Brett Pope may or may not be for getting rid of the tax. He won’t say. But the director of electric vehicles at Volvo Trucks North America thinks waiving the tax on purchases of the VNR Electric regional hauler would help bring it closer to price parity with diesel models of the...
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Schneider, Navistar and Volvo Trucks announce electric vehicle initiatives
Electric vehicle news came quickly on Wednesday, with three major industry players making important announcements, topped off by Schneider National’s (NYSE: SNDR) announcement that it will begin an electric-truck test program.
Navistar and Volvo Trucks North America also chipped in with news that they will expand charging infrastructure and opportunities for ongoing projects.
Schneider said it will begin testing a Freightliner eCascadia through Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) Freightliner...
Daily Infographic: Big Rigs Go Electric
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NATSO wants to short-circuit electric charging at rest areas
The fight over allowing food trucks to keep selling their fare at state-run rest stops is spilling over to another commercialization issue — allowing installation of electric vehicle (EV) chargers.
NATSO, the trade group for travel plaza and truckstop operators, is asking House Democrats to remove an amendment in the highway reauthorization bill that would allow electric vehicle charging stations at interstate rest areas.
Congress prohibited states from offering commercial services at rest...
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