Tag: Ev Chargers
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Colorado, other states oppose proposal to require EV chargers be made with 100% domestic components
Colorado has joined a coalition of about 20 states in opposing a federal proposal that would require electric vehicle chargers funded with federal dollars to be made with 100% domestic components. The Federal Highway Administration is considering raising the domestic content requirement from the current 55% to up to 100%. The change would apply immediately…
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Colorado soars in 3rd quarter EV sales
Coloradans are electrified by the state’s incentives to buy an EV despite the end of federal subsidies Sept. 30, driving Colorado into first-place in the nation for EV sales as a percentage of all motor vehicle sales. From July 1 to Sept. 30 Colorado buyers comprised 32.4% of new vehicle sales, the highest single-quarter percentage…
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Colorado energy regulators reject Xcel’s plans to build hundreds of EV charging stations
Xcel Energy’s state-mandated transportation electrification plan for 2024-2026 is moving forward after getting the approval of Colorado’s energy regulators. What won’t be moving forward are Xcel’s plans to bill some customers $120 million to build 460 electric vehicle chargers it would own and operate. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved the company’s updated transportation electrification plan,…
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Xcel’s EV charging network plan blows a fuse in Minnesota
Xcel Energy’s plans to build high-speed EV charging networks blew a fuse when the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission reduced the branch’s requested rate increase far below what the company had requested. As a result, the Minnesota subsidiary of the company withdrew its entire $330 million Clean Transportation Portfolio proposal and plans to ask the Minnesota…
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Xcel wants to bill customers $140 million to build massive, company-owned EV charging network
As part of its state-mandated transportation electrification plan, Xcel Energy is seeking permission to bill ratepayers $140 million to build a statewide company-owned, high-speed EV charging network. “We’re looking at about 460 charging stations that represents about 10% of the need that the state’s going to have by 2030 to support those 940,000 EVs,” Nadia…
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Denver’s push for electric vehicle charging, EV adoption, far behind goals
Denver will have to step up its vehicle electrification plans by a lot to meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals. The magnitude of the plan to electrify all vehicles statewide by 2050, set by Gov. Jared Polis, poses a formidable challenge to the city. Denver residents and businesses are not purchasing EVs at a rate…
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Colorado spends $550,000 in campaign to promote electric vehicle sales
A Colorado state agency spent more than half a million dollars to tout the benefits of electric vehicles in an educational campaign that promotes the EV industry. The campaign, which the state launched Monday, seeks to inform Coloradans about how, among other things, “seamlessly EVs can fit into your life and find answers to all…