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• Minnesota Power highlights plans to expand its EV fleet | News | grandrapidsmn.com --> Minnesota Power plans to add eight all-electric pickups to its light-duty vehicle fleet as it switches a significant portion of its fleet to EVs as part of its EnergyForward strategy for a carbon-free future.

• Ryder Deploys Its First BrightDrop Electric Vehicles into Rental Fleet - Rental Operations - Auto Rental News --> Ryder System, Inc.  has deployed its first BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric vans at four Ryder facilities in California, Texas, and New York.

• California Tops US EV Adoption: 25% EV Share Of Total Sales In H1 2023 (insideevs.com) --> The share of passenger EV sales in the US exceeded 7.5 percent in 2022, but there are big differences between states.

• Honda & Acura Sign Several Deals To Expand Charging Options - CleanTechnica --> Not only have most manufacturers in North America switched to Tesla’s NACS standard and negotiated access to the company’s charging network, but some automakers are also teaming up to create another dependable network alongside efforts to join Tesla’s. Existing CCS charging networks have all announced efforts to improve reliability, and after an embarrassing situation, the federal government is putting out $100 million of additional funds to get charging stations up to snuff.

• CHARGING AHEAD: California Achieves Yet Another EV Goal Ahead of Schedule As More Dollars Go to Communities to Support Transition | California Governor --> During Climate Week, Governor Gavin Newsom announced California achieved its goal to install 10,000 fast chargers for electric vehicles more than a year ahead of schedule, just a week after the state announced new efforts to quickly deploy EV chargers in communities most harmed by pollution and the Legislature approved nearly $2 billion for EV charging infrastructure.

• Electrify America opens 350-kw EV fast charger at Grand Canyon (greencarreports.com) --> Electrify America on Wednesday announced the opening of a DC fast-charging station near the Grand Canyon, putting its natural splendor within reach of more EV drivers. Located at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center at the south entrance of Grand Canyon National Park in Tusayan, Arizona, the charging station includes six individual chargers with power rates up to 350 kw—the maximum currently offered on the Electrify American network.

• Regulators approve Trico Electric flat-fee EV charging pilot (tucson.com) --> Trico’s Residential Unlimited Electric Vehicle (R-EV-U) Tariff Pilot Program, approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission on Sept. 21, will be available to 1,000 customers with the aim of incentivizing off-peak EV charging.
  
• Largest EV Charging Station In World Powered By Diesel-Powered Generators | Your Wyoming News Source (cowboystatedaily.com) --> The Harris Ranch Tesla Supercharger station is an impressive beast. With 98 charging bays, the facility in Coalinga, California, is the largest charging station in the world. But to provide that kind of power takes something solar can’t provide — diesel generators.

• Rove plans 20 amenity-packed California EV charging stations (greencarreports.com) --> Road-trip EV charging often doesn’t always give traveling motorists the break they need. But it can and will get more convenient, and one such template, from startup Rove, was revealed this past week in Southern California. Rove broke ground and detailed plans for its inaugural charging center, in Santa Ana, California, which appears to check a lot of boxes that have been the subject of frustration for motorists.
• New EV charging sites in rural Minnesota fill a gap | MPR News --> Minnesota's electric vehicle charging network continues to grow despite supply chain challenges. A new charging station near Interstate 94 in Fergus Falls will be among the largest in the state.The utility collaborated with Tesla to build a site with 10 fast charging ports, and chargers that will accommodate three different charging connectors used on various EV's, explained project manager Luke Meech.