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Pike Research forecasts hybrid electric locomotive sales could reach nearly 500 units from 2011 to 2020; to utilize 514 MWh of battery capacity by 2020

Green Car Congress

The market will receive a boost from new diesel locomotive emissions regulations scheduled to go into effect in the European Union in 2014 and in North America in 2015, which will require diesel locomotives to receive substantial changes or exhaust treatments. during the same period, with annual unit sales exceeding 170.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. The huge hill of used batteries represents a major problem with the toxic acid and lead inside. at least, the recycling infrastructure for the well-established lead-acid batteries is robust. In the U.S. In the U.S.

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