Sustainable Transportation

State Farm Insurance is removing electric vehicle charging stations from its parking decks at Corporate and Corporate South headquarters in Bloomington, and at hubs throughout the nation.

The city manager for the Town of Normal says it will take a long time to fully implement the newly-approved sustainability plan.

Rivian and Volkswagen have signed a deal on a joint venture. The two companies will share electric vehicle architecture and software.

The Town of Normal will use a nearly $249,000 grant to make walking to Chiddix Junior High School safer. The Safe Routes to School grant will create several new paths and access to a pedestrian bridge on Karin Drive.

Unit 5 schools will get almost $1.1 million to buy five electric school buses, with the funding coming from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2023 Clean School Bus Rebate Competition.

Electric automaker Rivian had negative gross profit of $606 million in the fourth quarter alone. Yet the company that has a production facility in Normal said it will bridge to a modest gross profit in the fourth quarter of this year.

The college expand its electric vehicle programs with the help of a $525,000 grant from the Illinois Community College Board.

Connect Transit may change how much it charges for rides on the Bloomington-Normal bus system and modernize its fare boxes. A proposal will go board members at their February meeting. If approved, the draft package would be put out for the public to offer input before any formal adoption.

Electric automaker Rivian exceeded its production target for last year. The company said Tuesday that it made 57,232 vehicles at its manufacturing plant in Normal in 2023.

Rivian and AT&T have announced Rivian’s first sale of electric vans to a company other than Amazon. Rivian announced earlier this year it would end its exclusive agreement with Amazon and begin selling to other businesses.