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SB 529 (Gonzalez) Shared electric vehicle sharing charging at multifamily housing

Status: Held in Committee
Lena Gonzalez, Senate District 33 (Southwest Los Angeles, Long Beach) https://sd33.senate.ca.gov/
Electric Vehicles Charging at a Station

Existing law creates the Clean Transportation Program, administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC), to provide, among other things, competitive grants and revolving loans to specified entities for those entities to develop and deploy innovative technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state’s climate change policies. Existing law requires the … Read more

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Why The Climate Center supports Prop 30

Prop 30 on the November 8 ballot is the only statewide climate measure on the ballot, and it’s a good one. We urge a “yes” vote. The Climate Center supports Prop 30 because it is a genuine climate initiative that benefits all Californians and will help the state accelerate progress toward a climate-safe future. We … Read more

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California will make Uber and Lyft nearly all-EV by 2030

by David Ferris, Governors’ Wind and Solar Energy Coalition Highlights The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Clean Miles Standard, a plan which works to regulate the emissions of ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft Drivers for these companies tend to contribute to carbon emissions and traffic congestion because they are often driving … Read more

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UK to ban selling new gas and diesel cars by 2030

by Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News Highlights Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the United Kingdom would ban the sale of new gas and diesel vehicles by 2030 as a part of his “Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution” Boris Johnson claims that this initiative would create 250,000 jobs  About $665 million will be … Read more

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California greenlights electric vehicle charging program for 38,000 new charging stations

EV San Jose

from The Sierra Club, Clean Technica Highlights Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Charge Ready 2 program was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission which will result in the addition of 38,000 new charging stations across Southern California over the next four years The program aims to increase clean transportation options particularly in underserved communities by … Read more

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ACT electric vehicles to help stabilize power grid in first Australian research trial of its kind

by Craig Allen and Marcus Mannheim, ABC News Australia Highlights The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government is providing 50 Nissan Leaf vehicles in efforts to see if the fleet can help maintain the electricity grid through blackouts The Leafs have a two-way battery, meaning they can both be charged from the grid and provide power … Read more

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Lyft announces ‘100 percent’ of its vehicles will be electric by 2030

by Isabella O’Malley, Yahoo! Finance Highlights Ride-hailing company, Lyft, has announced that all of their service vehicles will be electric within ten years On Lyft’s website, the company cites the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to rebuild their business and focus on sustainability: Rather than hunker down and ride out COVID-19, we chose to stand … Read more

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Electric trucks are the ‘inevitable future,’ fleets say

By Jim Stinson, Utility Dive Highlights Many EV truck manufacturers have preorders to help replace traditional fleets. Nikola has 14,000 trucks on preorder, with the first delivery of battery-electric trucks to European fleets expected in 2021  Though the price of oil has dropped significantly over the past few months, fleets are still committed to transitioning … Read more

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