Nearly three quarters of auto dealers nationwide currently are not selling electric vehicles. They don’t even have one EV to sell. Forty percent of dealers have no more than two on the lot. When secret shoppers visited dealerships, at two thirds of locations sales people provided no information on how to charge EVs or about
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Deadline to Apply – March 16, 2021 (11:59 p.m. ET) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is excited to announce the availability of approximately $46 million in Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant funds to support projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. Under this competition, between 40
Auto manufacturers are expected to launch dozens of new plug-in electric and hybrid-electric models over the next few years. More than 100 EV and PHEV models will be available for sale in the United States by 2023, says electric vehicle consultant Jukka Kukkonen. Of those, Kukkonen says he expects more than 70 will be crossovers,
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With COVID-19 affecting almost all aspects of our daily lives this year, it’s undeniable that we’ve seen some changes. One major change that many predict is here to stay is the rise in online shopping. The research firm eMarketer stated in October that the year would bring a 32 percent increase in online shopping. When
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Liam Donnelly started WasteNot Compost in 2012 when his classmate helped him realize there was enough demand for a business. Since then, he has been trying to keep up with the rapid expansion of demand, but has kept emissions at zero by employing only electric vehicles for picking up the compost. What is WasteNot? WasteNot
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Many Chicagoans may remember the air traffic control fire that grounded thousands of flights in late September 2014. What they may not remember is the response to the local disaster. The computers failed, and the backup computers failed, too. Officials began worrying about other backup systems in the community and the strength of those plans.
Ozinga Energy recently finished station construction on the first compressed natural gas station for National Ready Mixed Concrete Company in Vernon, California. NRMCC, owned by the world’s largest cement producer, National Cement, is an eighth-generation family-owned company founded in 1946 with 11 locations in the Southern California region. Featuring 50 time-fill hook-ups, it’s the largest
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When Denver shut down from COVID-19 in March, Bonnie Trowbridge, coordinator of Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition, had to make a decision: How would her coalition respond to the crisis? Her team wanted answers – Should they lay low? Would they work from home? Trowbridge’s answer was simple: “This is our opportunity,” she said. “Let’s
The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Lyft have announced the introduction of new pedal-assist ebikes into the Divvy bike-share system. Divvy, which is operated by Lyft, started rolling out hundreds of e-bikes last week and will eventually expand to providing 10,500 e-bikes in the program. The e-bikes are designed to make biking easier for
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