GreenPower delivers Six BEAST School buses to Thermalito, CA school district

GreenPower Motor Company (NASDAQ: GP) has delivered six BEAST school buses to Thermalito Union Elementary School District in California. This is the largest single delivery of GreenPower’s BEASTs to date.

One of the school buses received funding from the Butte County Air Quality Management District, and the other five received funding from the California Energy Commission (CEC). The transaction was facilitated by bus dealer Creative Bus Sales.

The BEAST (Battery Electric Automotive School Transportation) is a purpose-built, all-electric, 40-foot Type D school bus with a monocoque chassis design, a 194.5 kWh battery pack, and a range of up to 150 miles. It features 19 kW Level 2 charging, as well as DC fast charging.

GreenPower builds a suite of high-floor and low-floor medium- and heavy-duty EVs, including transit buses, school buses, shuttles, cargo vans, and a cab and chassis. GreenPower uses a clean-sheet design to manufacture all-electric vehicles that are purpose-built to be battery-powered, and uses global suppliers for key components.

“Our vision for Thermalito UESD’s EV Fleet was to provide drivers with transit-style school buses to allow for greater visibility and increased capacity,” said Andrew Koster, Director of Maintenance, Operations and Transportation at Thermalito UESD. “Upon visiting GreenPower’s assembly facility in Porterville, and inspecting the vehicles, we found their fit, finish, and build quality to be evident. Additionally, our test drive solidified our expectations for performance, comfort, and, most importantly, range.”

XPeng delivers 98,000 EVs in 2021

Chinese EV manufacturer XPeng (NYSE:XPEV) has announced delivery results for December 2021 and the fourth quarter 2021.

XPeng delivered 16,000 Smart EVs in December 2021, exceeding its monthly delivery benchmark of 15,000 units for the second consecutive month despite ongoing supply chain challenges. This represents a 181% increase year-over-year. December deliveries consisted of 7,459 P7 Smart sports sedans, 5,030 P5 Smart family sedans and 3,511 G3 and G3i Smart SUVs.

Total deliveries for the fourth quarter 2021 were 41,751 units, a 222% increase year-over-year.

Total vehicle deliveries for the year reached 98,155—a 263% increase year-over-year. This included 60,569 P7 sedans, 29,721 G3 and G3i SUVs, and 7,865 P5 sedans.

XPeng didn’t break down the deliveries by region, but apparently almost all of them were in China. The company began exports of its G3 SUV to Norway in late 2020. According to CarSalesBase, it sold a few hundred vehicles in Norway in 2021.

XPeng manufactures its Smart EVs in Zhaoqing, Guangdong province. The company currently has 661 branded public charging stations in 228 cities, and 311 physical retail stores in 121 cities in China.

World’s second largest mining corporation orders four Wabtec battery-electric locomotives

Rail freight manufacturer Wabtec Corporation has announced its latest customer is Rio Tinto, one of the largest metal and mining companies on the planet. Rio Tinto’s order for four of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives will support its effort to achieve a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.

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Tesla signs deal to source nickel for battery production from upcoming new mine in the US

Tesla has signed a new deal to source nickel for battery cell production from an upcoming new mine in the United States. It’s a landmark deal to start sourcing the critical battery material in the US and help boost upcoming new mining projects.

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Will this ‘ocean battery’ buried in the seabed be an offshore wind game changer?

Offshore wind power needs energy storage and power regulation, and Ocean Grazer has invented an offshore energy storage system that will sit at the bottom of the sea and manage the flow of electricity through the power grid. The Dutch startup showcased their new product, Ocean Battery, at CES in Las Vegas last week.

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Rumor: the 1000 hp GMC Hummer EV popped wheelies in testing

A 9,000-plus lb., 1000 hp, three-motor, all-wheel drive mechanical monster, the new GMC Hummer EV defies most people’s understanding and expectations of what a car can do. Astonishingly, this nearly five-ton beast can rocket from 0–60 mph in 3.0 seconds in production trim – which is impressive enough, until you find out that the prototypes could do wheelies!

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2021 EV deliveries in China by the numbers: How some of the market’s major players grew

As we eagerly slam the book shut on 2021 and look toward a promising year of further EV adoption in 2022, it’s important to look back and assess how far the global market has come during this most recent trip around the Sun. From there, we can compare 2021’s numbers to the year prior and gain an idea of the trajectories many of the major EV automakers may travel on into 2022. We will begin with EV deliveries in China, a rich mecca of EV production and innovation with many companies now expanding to other markets around the globe.

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