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Avis Budget group to acquire car-sharing company Zipcar in cash deal for approximately $500 million

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Rental car company Avis Budget Group, Inc. Founded in 2000, Zipcar operates the largest member-based, car sharing network in the world. Nelson, Avis Budget Group chairman and CEO. Avis Budget Group expects to fund the purchase price primarily with incremental corporate debt borrowings, as well as available cash.

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Partnership agreement between PVI and SODETREL (EDF Group) for Valence Li-ion battery rental and service for electric vehicles

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PVI (Power Vehicle Integration), a manufacturer of commercial electrical vehicles, and SODETREL , a wholly owned subsidiary of the EDF group, signed a master agreement in April 2011 to establish a partnership that will offer PVI customers rental and service contracts for Valence Technology batteries.

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

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UPS was a founding Interstate Clean Transportation Corridor (ICTC) fleet partner, a group that established publicly accessible LNG fueling stations in California, Las Vegas, and Utah. Since 2000, the fleet powered by alternative fuels and technologies has driven more than 295 million miles.

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Study finds road conditions in US states worsening in important categories

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Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report finds that, after decades of incremental progress in several key categories, US highway conditions are deteriorating, especially in a group of problem-plagued states struggling to repair deficient bridges, maintain Interstate pavement and reduce urban traffic congestion.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

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However, standard hybrids actually outperformed every other group with 26 percent fewer problems than vehicles wholly reliant on gasoline. Fellow TTAC author Chris Tonn noted that differing maintenance routines could have played a factor, using brakes as an example. Data is accrued primarily on model years from between 2000 and 2023.

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IIHS Worried About Rear Seat Passengers After Lackluster Small Car Testing

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This is something the group pointed out last December , noting that it would be upgrading testing protocols to address its own mounting concerns that rearward safety had not kept pace. This year, the group noted that midsize SUVs had fallen short in terms of backseat safety and has followed up by saying the same is true of small cars.

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New lithium polysulfide flow battery for large-scale energy storage

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As the lithium surface is well passivated by LiNO 3 additive in ether solvent, internal shuttle effect is largely eliminated and thus excellent performance over 2000 cycles is achieved with a constant capacity of 200 mA h g ?1. 1 can be achieved. years of daily cycles, Cui said.