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• New Electric Fleet Vehicle Incentive Program | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com)-->Addison County Economic Development Corporation Vermont businesses, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations seeking cleaner transportation options may now apply for the Electrify Your Fleet incentive program to support the transition to plug-in electric fleet vehicles. Applicants may receive up to $2,500 for each internal combustion engine vehicle replaced or avoided (maximum of 20 incentives allowed per fleet). Awards may be applied toward the purchase or lease of new plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), electric bicycles, electric cargo bicycles, adaptive electric bicycles, electric motorcycles, or electric snowmobiles.

• Oh no, the cost to charge my EV just doubled - The Globe and Mail --> Ivy Charging Network, a joint venture between Hydro One Ltd. H-T -0.21%decreaseand Ontario Power Generation, earlier this month introduced per-kilowatt-hour pricing as a pilot project at its ONroute locations along major highways.

• Tesla signs deal with 2nd gas station operator to sell its Supercharger directly | Electrek --> Tesla has signed a deal with the EG Group, a massive gas station and convenience store operator, to sell its Supercharger hardware to be deployed as an EG-branded product.

• Construction begins at Pennsylvania's first federally-funded EV charging station | WOLF (fox56.com) --> Construction is underway at Pennsylvania's first federally-funded electric vehicle charging (EV) station as part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. The charging station will be installed at the Pilot Travel Center at 417 Route 315 in Pittson, as part of the Pilot Company's collaboration with General Motors.

• US Senate votes to reject 'Buy America' EV charging waiver | Reuters--> The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 to overturn President Joe Biden's decision to waive some "Buy America" requirements for government-funded electric vehicle charging stations but the White House said he would veto the measure. The White House argued the Republican bill would eliminate entirely the domestic manufacturing requirement for government-funded electric vehicle (EV) chargers "thereby harming domestic manufacturing and American jobs."

• Valley startup aims to become the 'Airbnb' of EV charging systems (ktar.com) --> A Phoenix-based startup says it’s aiming to become the ‘Airbnb of electric vehicle charging’ with the launch of its new mobile app. Buzze’s peer-to-peer shared network of home electric vehicle charging stations went live in the Valley Wednesday, providing a platform for residents with electric vehicle chargers to share the equipment with drivers who might not otherwise have access to a home charging system.

• Volkswagen aims to bring under-$35,000 EV to US in 3-4 years-VW executive | Reuters --> Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) aims to bring an under $35,000 electric vehicle to the U.S. market in 3-4 years, while Chinese automaker Nio said it is still "debating" a 2025 entry into North America, senior executives said on Thursday at a Reuters conference. "We are not scaling back" plans for EVs in the U.S. market," said Reinhard Fischer, senior vice president and head of strategy at VW Group of America.

• As NYC's fleet of electric Uber, Lyft and Revel cars grows, fears rise charging network won't meet demand (nydailynews.com) -->  Schaller proposed expanding the city's network of slower Level 2 chargers to spaces like retail parking lots, where drivers can reliably find overnight parking.

• MI passes legislation to boost EV charging station development (teslarati.com) --> Michigan recently passed legislation that would boost the state’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. The legislation was passed by the Michigan Senate earlier this week. It passed the Michigan House of Representatives in June as HB 4706.