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Medium and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric Co. recently announced a conditional purchase order from Student Transportation of Canada (STC) for 1,000 of its all-electric Lion C school buses. The PO is dependent upon a grant of non-repayable contributions to STC under Canada’s Zero-Emission Transit Fund (ZETF). If approved, STC would become the largest operator of zero-emission buses…

Tesla has restarted the rollout of its Full Self-Driving Beta 10.3 update after a false start with a lot of bugs had them revert to the previous version. Tesla FSD Beta 10.3 was supposed to come Friday, but the automaker’s internal QA found a problem with “left turns at traffic lights.” The company has warned that the process of developing its self-driving technology is a “two step…

Spain-headquartered renewables giant Siemens Gamesa announced today that it will build a new offshore wind turbine blade factory in Virginia. The $200 million factory will be the first of its kind in the US. The US’ first offshore wind blade factory Siemens Gamesa will develop an 80-acre (32-hectare) site at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Portsmouth, Virginia, which will ultimately become…

Tesla announced the opening of its new research and development center in Shanghai. The new facility will help the American automaker to tap into local Chinese engineering talent beyond just manufacturing. Gigafactory Shanghai has been an incredible success for Tesla and quickly became the company’s largest factory by production volume. Through building the factory and ramping up production…