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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. How electric vehicles contribute to the reduction of fossil fuel emissions Fully electric vehicles are sometimes known as zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs).

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Go-Ahead London first to operate next-generation, ultra low emission series hybrid bus from ADL and BAE Systems; ultracaps

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ADL and BAE Systems have been working in partnership since 2008 and together have brought more than 1,300 Enviro400H hybrid buses to the streets of London and other UK cities. miles) zero-emission range without a need for plug-in charging. miles) zero-emission range without a need for plug-in charging.

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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

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China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. trillion pkm in 2008. An analysis by Deutsche Bank Climate Advisors, however, suggests that production of 1.1

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Magna International to Show Electrification Capabilities at Detroit Show, Introduce E-Car Systems Operating Unit

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Magna Steyr introduced the concept mila ev at the Geneva Motor show as a demonstration of its a fully integrated electric vehicle platform which could be used by an OEM as the basis for production-vehicle development of a full battery electric vehicle, or with natural gas, fuel cell or hybrid drive. Earlier post.)

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Recharge IT

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G oogle proved it is serious about Plug Ins with its new Recharge IT initiative. Google.org to to Accelerate Plug-In Hybrid and Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Google.org , the philanthropic arm of Google Inc. headquarters, which will help the company reduce its environmental footprint and power its plug-ins with clean solar electricity.

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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The majority of the vehicles are electric, with a small number being plug-in gasoline-electric hybrids. Electricity providers E.ON Toyota and EDF Energy will deploy a trial of up to 20 Toyota Plug in Hybrid Vehicles (PHV). The ‘EEMS Accelerate’ project will put 21 electric sports cars on the road for 12 months.

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Lamborghini presents super sports V12 hybrid HPEV Revuelto

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Lamborghini presented Revuelto, its super sports V12 hybrid plug-in HPEV (High Performance Electrified Vehicle). The three electric motors are powered by a lithium-ion high specific power (4500 W/kg) battery pack that also supports a fully-electric drive mode. Earlier post.) The new L545 engine has a capacity of 6.5