Click on the articles for more information The California Department of Motor Vehicles approved new rules that would allow self-driving cars to hit the road without a human behind the wheel, ready to take over at any time. This willl...
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California Governor Jerry Brown signed an ambitious executive order calling for 5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2030. The new goal was announced as part of his State of the State speech where he also proposed meeting the...
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Click on each story for more information. California Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill to require all new passenger vehicles sold in 2040 to be zero-emission vehicles. The bill wouldn't apply to large commercial vehicles with GVW of 10,001...
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Click on each story for more information Volkswagen subsidiary, Electrify America, will install more than 2,800 workplace and residential charging stations by June 2019. The installations are part of Volkswagen's Consent Decree ruling from the diesel emissions cheating. The charging...
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Click on stories for more information. Automotive manufacturers are concerned about the Republican bill that would kill off the federal tax credit for the purchase of electric vehicles. California has its own credit, so electric vehicle sales would continue, but...
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Ford has announced that they will offer to help ensure that carbon monoxide and other exhaust gases cannot get into the vehicles. Police departments in the US have raised concerns about carbon monoxide entering the cabins of Ford Explorers adapted...
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China joined Britain, India and France in a plan to eventually ban the sales of diesel and gasoline powered vehicles. The timetable for the ban has not been firmed up yet, but the Chinese vice minister of industry, Xin Guobin,...
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Monday September 25th MEMA sponsored Electric Vehicle Training. Fifty individuals from ten separate agencies were in attendance. The introductory training to Hybrid/Plug in hybrid/and Battery Electric vehicles focused on safety and maintenance. The training was provided by NAPA...
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