Illinois awards $100M for electric truck charging corridor, Tesla to get $40M

  • January 18, 2025
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Schneider electric semis charging in El Monte, CA; via NACFE. In a move that’s expected to play a crucial role in supporting the transition to medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles, $100 million of the Biden Administration’s last-minute $635M payout is headed to Illinois to help build out an electric truck charging corridor. While Tesla failed […]

Diesel wins this round as CARB backs away from Advanced Clean Fleets rule

  • January 18, 2025
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Peterbilt Model 589; via Peterbilt. The California Air Resource Board (CARB) has withdrawn its request to enact the proposed Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which required fleets that are “well-suited for electrification” to reduce emissions through the phase-in of Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) and the banning of commercial diesel sales after 2035. The state of California submitted […]

Another one bites the dust as Canoo files for chapter 7 bankruptcy

  • January 18, 2025
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In an official announcement released at 8:15PM last night, Walmart-backed electric van company Canoo filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the US Bankruptcy Code and will cease operations immediately. Despite some early signs of promise with pilot programs at the USPS, US Army, and even a highly-publicized collaboration with NASA, the […]

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When the Retirement Community Goes Bankrupt

  • January 18, 2025
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Three years ago, when Bob and Sandy Curtis moved into an upscale continuing care retirement community in Port Washington, N.Y., he thought they had found the best possible elder care solution. In exchange for a steep entrance fee — about $840,000, funded by the sale of the Long Island house they had owned for nearly […]