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• Biden to Make EV Charging Tax Credits Available in Much of U.S. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) --> Biden administration officials opted to make a broad set of locations eligible for the tax credits, covering much of the country outside of major cities.

• U.S. to invest $325 million into EV charger reliability and lowering costs (teslarati.com) --> The U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy have announced $325 million in new investments going toward improving electric vehicle (EV) charger reliability and cutting costs in the industry.

• U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Partners With Linux Foundation Energy to Improve Reliability and Interoperability of EV Charging Nationally (prnewswire.com) --> LF Energy is partnering with the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office) to build an open-source reference implementation for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. LF Energy's EVerest project will develop and maintain an open source software stack for energy communications across charging stations, vehicles, generation resources, batteries, adjacent chargers, power grids, backend payment systems, user interfaces, and mobile devices. This will reduce instances of incompatibility that result from proprietary systems and make charging more reliable for EV drivers.

• Is 2024 the year of the electric fleet vehicle? Deloitte says “yes” (electricautonomy.ca) --> Deloitte’s research shows that, in this segment of the commercial fleet industry, some of the electric vehicles cost just 15 per cent more than their combustion counterparts, but cost approximately 30-40 per cent less to operate meaning the point to start saving over the lifetime of the vehicle is being reached much sooner.

• DHL Express relies on fleet charging system from Shell in Nieuw-Vennep | electrive.com --> Shell has installed 45 charging points for electric vans at the DHL Express site in Nieuw-Vennep near Amsterdam. Around 90 of the 450 DHL Express delivery vans in the Netherlands are already fully electric.

• Considering an All-EV Fleet for Your Business? Cold Weather Presents Another Challenge | Inc.com --> Longer charge times and reduced range plague electric vehicles in cold weather.

• Hertz moves back to ICE cars after selling 1/3rd of its EV fleet | Team-BHP --> As of October 2023, Hertz had bought just 35,000 Tesla EVs, with its entire electric vehicle fleet comprising of 50,000 vehicles.

• PennDOT gets $5M in new Federal money to repair/replace dozens of EV charging stations - Tri-State Alert (tristatealert.com) --> Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll today announced that dozens of existing electric vehicle (EV) charging sites will be repaired or replaced through a new, $5 million federal investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). With continued Commonwealth investments combined with federal infrastructure programs, the Shapiro Administration is continuing its work to address climate change, grow the Commonwealth’s economy and ensure that Pennsylvania is ready for the next generation of transportation, one that will be cleaner, safer, more affordable, and more reliable than ever before.

• Yonkers NY municipal electric vehicle fleet expanded (lohud.com) --> The City of Yonkers announced Friday that they added five new fully electric Ford F-150s to their fleet of municipal electric vehicles, making it the largest in Westchester County.