Nuvve and Romeo Power have announced a collaboration to integrate communication protocols between Nuvve’s vehicle-to-grid (V2G) platform and Romeo Power’s battery management system (BMS). This should enable Romeo Power battery systems to become V2G compatible, regardless of the commercial vehicle platform.
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BYD is now entering the electric school bus business in North America. The model now presented is available in lengths of 35, 38 and 40 feet (10.7 to 12.1 metres) and offers space for up to 84 students.
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In North America, convenience-store chain 7-Eleven plans to build at least 500 DC fast charging ports for electric vehicles at 250 select stores in the US and Canada by the end of 2022.
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The Electric Circuit charging network will be rolling out 4,500 standard charging stations by 2028 in partnership with Québec’s municipalities. To support this initiative, a grant program is being offered exclusively to municipalities.
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The Canadian commercial vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric has won its largest-ever single order for electric school buses. Lion Electric will deliver 260 LionC to First Student, a provider specialising in school transportation.
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Navistar’s school bus brand IC Bus has delivered its first electric CE Series school buses to Canada. The buses are part of an order for 18 type C electric school buses that British Columbia School Districts placed in late 2020.
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Subaru’s first electric model will be called Solterra and will be launched next year. The Solterra is an all-electric SUV in the C-segment that is based on the platform developed jointly with Toyota.
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Canada’s province of Québec wants most pupils heading to class in yellow electric school buses by 2030, Premier François Legault announced. The province’s 2030 Plan for a Green Economy unveiled last autumn contains the target in some detail.
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BAE Systems is collaborating with Plug Power to offer hydrogen-based electric propulsion systems for transit bus fleet operators in North America. The two companies will offer transit operators in North America an all-inclusive, scalable system to reach zero emissions, providing required site, vehicle, and service solutions.
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General Motors has presented its concept for simplifying electric car charging for US customers under the name ‘Ultium Charge 360’. The “holistic approach” is supposed to cover all charging scenarios, public and private.
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Canadian light electric vehicle manufacturer Daymak announced that its new EV series Daymak Avvenire will come standard with its patented Daymak Ondata wireless charging technology.
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In Canada, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has decided to purchase 300 additional electric buses. These are to go into operation between 2023 and 2025 and will reinforce the transit authority’s fleet of 60 existing electric buses.
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Electric car charging company EV Connect announces plans to expand into Canada. The networked businesses include partnerships with Volkwagen’s Electrify America or EVgo. Now EV Connect is opening the first office in Toronto.
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Tesla is now officially offering a variant of the Model 3 with a range of only 94 miles (151 kilometres) in Canada. The vehicle features the normal technology outfit, however has its range limited digitally to meet the new subsidy requirements.
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Great Wall Motor has announced that it will launch its first hydrogen-powered SUV model and 100 FC heavy-duty trucks in 2021. GWM also plans to contribute a hydrogen-powered passenger car fleet to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) from Canada announces its decision to offer electric models in all product lines by the end of 2026. BRP is the maker of various Powersports machines, snowmobiles, watercraft, and offroad vehicles.
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Mercedes-Benz Vans has announced that it will build the next generation of the eSprinter in a total of three plants from 2023, with two of them in Germany. Additionally, the vehicle will then also be based on a new platform.
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Canadian electric vehicle manufacturer Daymak has just unveiled its first three-wheeled electric car, the Daymak Spiritus. With a top speed of 130 mph (209 km/h), the company claims the Spiritus is the world’s fastest three-wheeled electric car.
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Lion Electric has received a purchase order from Pride Group Enterprises for the acquisition of 100 all-electric Lion6 and Lion8 trucks. The Canadian company says this order represents Lion’s largest single order of zero-emission trucks to date.
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The German Spedition Rheintal-Transporte wants to use fuel cells as range extenders for battery-electric trucks serving as long-distance cold chain logistics vehicles. To this end, the company has now signed an agreement with Canadian company Loop Energy.
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Rivian has presented plans for its own charging networks, in which the North American electric car startup is strongly inspired by Tesla’s Superchargers and Destination Chargers. Rivian is focusing on North America with the new network, and there is no mention of a similar project for Europe.
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Ballard Power Systems announced that Canadian Pacific would employ Ballard fuel cell modules for its Hydrogen Locomotive Program. The HLP aims to develop North America’s first hydrogen-powered line-haul freight locomotive by retrofitting a diesel locomotive with fuel cells.
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The Canadian electric utility vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric announces the construction of a battery plant and innovation centre in Québec, Canada. The plant will produce battery modules and battery packs from supplied cells from 2023.
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Hyundai Canada has just announced that it has entered an agreement with Lithion Recycling for recovering and recycling batteries from some of its hybrid, plug-in hybrid and purely electric vehicles.
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Between 2021 and 2026, the Canadian government wants to invest a total of 2.75 billion dollars (around 1.8 billion euros) in the promotion of all-electric buses, including school buses and their charging infrastructure. The measure is part of a public transport funding offensive.
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Charging spots being blocked by entirely fossil-fuelled cars (ICE-ing) is, unfortunately, a common problem, but not many electric car drivers have experienced an ICE-ing as extremely as this Tesla owner: All of charging spots at a Supercharger location in Canmore, Canada, were occupied by combustion vehicles.
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Electric snowmobile and watercraft maker Taiga is going public through a SPAC deal and is raising a whopping 100 million CAD in its wake. The Montréal-based company had vowed to electrify powersports back in 2015 and today joins the growing number of EV makers looking to grow big on the stock exchange.
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Volvo’s Canadian subsidiary Nova Bus has received an order from TransLink for 15 new electric buses. These will complement two e-buses from Nova Bus that have already been in service since 2019 for the transport company active in the Greater Vancouver area.
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Lion announced today that it will now offer its clients across North America the lineup of AddEnergie charging stations provided by FLO, including AC and DC smart chargers, as well as its associated charging and energy management cloud software services.
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