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Friday, January 5, 2024

Autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation announced the finalization of the design, architecture, and hardware for its Aurora Driver. The technology will power its future lineup of driverless semi trucks that it’s producing with German auto supplier Continental starting in 2027.

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

A brash newcomer joined two longtime favorites as Kia, Ford and Toyota won the 2024 North American, Car, Truck and Utility of the year awards Thursday.

The winners:

Car: Toyota Prius/Prius Prime

Truck: Ford F-series Super Duty pickups

SUV: Kia EV9

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Blue Bird Corp., a provider of electric and low-emission school buses, is supplying 23 electric school buses to Carter County Schools (CCS) in Kentucky, which operates 11 schools serving approximately 4,200 students.

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) said on Wednesday it is offering incentives of $7,500 on its electric vehicles that earlier this week lost a U.S. government tax credit, while Ford Motor (F.N) said it is hiking the prices of some of its F-150 EVs by $10,000.

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Hyundai looks to get a leg up as EV adoption continues climbing. The company’s latest plans include improving battery stability and energy density. In other words, Hyundai wants better-performing EVs that last longer.

The patent for an “all-solid-state battery system provided with pressurizing device” was published on December 28, 2023.

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Monday, January 1, 2024

In model year (MY) 2023, the highest top range for an EV was 516 miles on a single charge (Lucid Air), while the median range for all EV models rose to a new high of 270 miles. The number of models and their ranges have greatly increased since modern EVs were introduced in 2011, when four models were available with ranges spanning 63 to 94 miles per charge.

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Monday, January 1, 2024

All-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell electric vehicles purchased new in 2023 or after may be eligible for a federal income tax credit of up to $7,500.

The availability of the credit will depend on several factors, including the vehicle's MSRP, its final assembly location, battery component and/or critical minerals sourcing, and your modified adjusted gross income (AGI).

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Friday, December 15, 2023

KINGSTON, NEW YORK – The Biden-Harris Administration applauds Ohio and New York for opening America’s first electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. A critical component of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $5 billion over five years to create good-paying American jobs building out reliable EV charging infrastructure with locations at least every 50 miles on highways. 

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Friday, December 15, 2023

The Department of Energy (DOE) today released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for up to $59 million to accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) of affordable clean-hydrogen technologies. Projects supported by this funding will reduce the cost and improve the performance of critical elements of hydrogen infrastructure, demonstrate innovative end-use applications for clean hydrogen, and streamline and improve processes essential to the efficient, timely, and equitable deployment of clean hydrogen technologies. 

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

California has led the United States in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging locations every year since 2016, accounting for 37% of U.S. registered light-duty EVs and 27% of EV charging locations at the end of 2022, according to new estimates in our State Energy Data System (SEDS).

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