Tag: Ev
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Commerce City to become largest Colorado city with fully EV trash-collection fleet
Starting in January, Commerce City will roll out a fully electric recycling and waste collection fleet, making it the largest Colorado city to adopt such a fleet, a city news release announced. In partnership with Republic Services, Commerce City officials will roll out the first phase of the electric waste collection in January. By the…
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Colorado steps up EV rebates as federal credits vanish
With the national electric vehicle incentives having expired on September 30 due to new federal legislation, Colorado is revving up its Vehicle Exchange Colorado program to keep EVs affordable, but only for buyers whose income is below 80% of their area’s median income and who have a qualifying gas or diesel vehicle.…
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End of federal EV subsidies will hurt Colorado sales
With a ticking clock on Gov. Jared Polis’ 2019 aspirations to put 940,000 electric vehicles on Colorado highways by 2030, his plan hit a major pothole when President Donald Trump ordered cancellation of the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act Clean Vehicle Tax Credits. On Sept. 30, the federal tax credits worth up to $7,500 per…
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Colorado granted another $17.3 million by the federal government to add more EV fast-chargers
The electric vehicle charging network in Colorado just got another $17.3 million boost to add 168 fast-charging ports at 29 sites across the state from the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Network. The federal contribution averages just under $600,000 in public funds for each site and more than $103,000 per charging port. “Colorado’s nation-leading adoption…
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Louisville, Colorado claims to be first city in America with 100% green trash collection
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Louisville will be the first in the nation to use a 100% electric fleet of trash and recycling collection vehicles after renewing a contract with Republic Services. But you likely won’t hear the new vehicles coming until they slam a neighbor’s waste…
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Starbucks partners with Volvo to boost EV charging stations from Denver to Seattle
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Starbucks customers traveling cross country from Denver to Seattle are now being offered an extra jolt — for electric vehicles. Initiated in August of 2022, the coffee retailer has installed multiple electric vehicle charging stations at its locations along the route between its headquarters in Seattle and the Denver metro area, according to a press release…
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Ford and Xcel collaborating on plan to fund 30,000 EV chargers for commercial fleet vehicles
Ford Pro, Ford Motor Company’s commercial vehicle division, and Xcel Energy are collaborating to deploy 30,000 business fleet electric vehicle charging ports in Xcel’s service territories across the U.S. by 2030, according to a release from Xcel. The program will be starting in Colorado and Wisconsin in early 2024. Xcel officials said that over the…
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With robust rebates, Colorado surges ahead of national pack on electric vehicle sales
New data show that Colorado is slightly ahead of the national average in adopting electric vehicles, which car experts attribute to robust rebates in the state. Plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles make up 17.01% of the new vehicle market in the third quarter of 2023, according to Matthew Groves, CEO of the Colorado Automobile…
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Sales of new EV cars and trucks in Colorado must reach 82% by 2032
In the name of meeting Gov. Jared Polis’ Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap goals, auto buyers will have fewer options for buying non-electric vehicles in less than 10 years, according to a new regulation just enacted by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission. The commission passed an amendment to air quality regulations that requires auto dealers…
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Polis says buying diesel school buses makes no sense
Colorado governor touts $24 million grant to buy electric school buses, says