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Allison Transmission purchases equity stake in Odyne Systems; commercial hybrid trucks

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Odyne designed and developed an innovative plug-in hybrid power system which interfaces with the Allison family of commercial vehicle transmissions. During that time, Allison developed hybrid propulsion systems for city buses which went into production in 2003. Allison Transmission Inc., Earlier post.).

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Plug In America study projects Tesla Roadster packs will retain 80-85% capacity after 100K miles

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A study of Tesla Roadster user data published by plug-in vehicle advocacy organization Plug In America (PIA) projects that the battery packs in the Roadsters will retain 80-85% of capacity after 100,000 miles (160,934 km) driven. —Plug In America’s Tesla Roadster Battery Study. Source: PIA. Click to enlarge.

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Royal Mail to buy 100 Peugeot electric vans for delivery vehicles

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Royal Mail has signed an agreement with Peugeot to purchase 100 Partner L2 Electric vans, to be used as delivery vehicles. Royal Mail—since 2003 a quoted company with shares traded on the LSE—is the UK’s designated Universal Postal Service Provider.

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Chrysler to introduce PHEV models in 2016 and 2017 to meet ZEV requirements; new FCA gasoline engine family coming in 2015

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCA) Chrysler Brand will launch two plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) over the next several years, said Al Gardner, President and CEO of the Chrysler Brand, during the FCA Investor Day presentations at Auburn Hills, Mi. Engines Hybrids Plug-ins' FCA electrification strategy. Click to enlarge.

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New Zealand simplifies Road User Charges system, extends exemption for light electric motor vehicles from 2013 to 2020

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plug-in hybrid) derived from an external source of electricity and the gross laden weight of which is 3.5 The proportion of diesel vehicles in the New Zealand fleet has increased from 13% to 16% over the period from 2003 to 2009. The exemption applies to any motor vehicle the power of which is wholly (i.e., tonnes or less.

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EIA: China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use

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million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2003 to more than 2 million bbl/d in 2013, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The national target for cumulative production and sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles is 500,000 units by 2015. Consumption of gasoline in China grew from 0.9

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The influencer

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2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. Early EV1 adopter While at graduate school in electrical engineering at Cornell University in Ithica, New York, Cox heard about the GM Impact , an electric vehicle (EV) program that General Motors had with Hughes Aircraft, a firm it had recently purchased. “I

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