BYD and the City of Lancaster announced yesterday the arrival of two BYD manufacturing facilities in Lancaster, California. BYD will begin operating an electric bus manufacturing facility and an Iron-Phosphate energy module (large-scale battery) manufacturing facility in the coming months. Both will be located in the California city of Lancaster. These mark the first manufacturing
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A new Propel Fuels gas station is opening for business on Ashlan Avenue in Fresno, Calif., offering California-sourced fuels. Propel said it is bringing locally-produced, low carbon fuels to drivers in Fresno through its innovative fueling station model — the Clean Mobility Center. The station, located at 4994 E. Ashlan Avenue, will be the first
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Imagine you can cut your commute time to work in half, increase your productivity at home and in your job, all with a car that is almost free to lease. These are the words from a video produced by Nissan describing a new reality for employees at Evernote in Redwood City, Calif. Evernote is a
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Californians who have the impression they see Toyota’s Prius everywhere are not far from the truth. Toyota’s Prius-badged vehicles were the most popular new vehicles with California drivers during the 2012 calendar year. According to R.L Polk, the Prius family cars, which included the Prius Liftback, Prius v, Prius Plug-in, and Prius c, accounted for
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Ford’s Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid has now been approved for use in California’s high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. As a reminder, to earn access to these faster moving carpool lanes, vehicles must qualify for tax rebates through California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, which is overseen by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). A vehicle that qualifies
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Brown trucks will drive green when UPS deploys 100 fully electric commercial vehicles to deliver packages around the state of California. Announced February 5, the move will help implement Gov. Jerry Brown’s Executive Order to achieve widespread deployment of zero emission vehicles throughout the state. “These all-electric vehicles remind us that California continues to be
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