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Lightning Hybrids secures order for 35 hydraulic hybrid systems from Kiessling Transit

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Kiessling Transit’s vehicles, featuring new 2015 and 2016 model year Ford E450 chassis and Elkhart Coach bodies, will have the Lightning Hybrids patented parallel hybrid system installed prior to delivery this summer. The pilot vehicle’s fuel consumption was closely monitored during the pilot program. Fleets Hybrids Hydraulic Hybrid'

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RMI Launches Project Get Ready to Help Communities Prepare for Plug-ins

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For participating communities, RMI is suggesting a stretch target of 2% of registered vehicles by 2015. Community members in Portland, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raleigh, North Carolina soon expanding to the Triangle region have already agreed to work with RMI’s Project Get Ready. Laura Schewel, project manager.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Additionally, in a sign that regional economies are rebounding, the motorcycle markets in North America and Europe are showing signs of life after several years of decline. presence in Indianapolis. Nonetheless, 2014 may be a breakout year for e-motorcycles.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation. The Stark Area Regional Transit Authority will receive funding to purchase zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell transit buses sourced directly from ElDorado, supporting a significant leap toward cost-reducing economies of scale and commercialization of the American Fuel Cell Bus.

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