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Indianapolis plans to add 425 PHEVs and BEVs to municipal fleet by 2016

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The City of Indianapolis will upgrade 425 non-police-pursuit sedans in its muncipal fleet to plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles by early 2016, cut the size of the fleet by 100 vehicles, and save $8.7 The City will replace 100 vehicles by the end of this year and 425 vehicles by the beginning of 2016. million over ten years.

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Ballard Power subsidiary Protonex receives $5.8M purchase order for power manager units

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million purchase order for the supply of Squad Power Manager ( SPM-622 ) Special Operations Kits for end customer US Special Operations Command. The purchase order is the largest order in its history and represents follow-on business from the $2.8-million All products under this new order are expected to be shipped in 2016.

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UPS invests in Arrival, orders 10,000 electric delivery vehicles

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Along with the investment in Arrival, UPS also announced a commitment to purchase 10,000 electric vehicles to be built for UPS with priority access to purchase additional electric vehicles. The technology is designed to increase safety and operating efficiencies, including the potential for automated movements in UPS depots.

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bp begins shipping LNG from Mozambique’s first LNG project and first FLNG platform

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Under its long-term contract, bp will purchase 100% of LNG output from Coral Sul FLNG which has the capacity to produce up to of 3.4 In October 2016, bp signed a long-term offtake contract for the purchase of LNG for more than 20 years with the Coral sellers comprising Mozambique Rovuma Venture S.p.A. (a

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2022 Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle offering new Toyota Teammate advanced driver assistance; Level 2 automation

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Toyota’s second-generation Mirai, a premium rear-wheel drive fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with coupe-like design, is offering Toyota Teammate advanced driver assistance technology for model year 2022. Mirai Limited will feature standard Advanced Park, while Advanced Drive will be available as a purchased upgrade.

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Fiat purchasing US Treasury interest and rights in Chrysler for $575M

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will pay US$500 million to purchase the UST’s 6% ownership interest in Chrysler. Following the consummation of the purchase of the interest held by UST and the. In addition, the holder has a right to purchase all of the membership interests retained. the outstanding equity in Chrysler.

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Plugless: first wireless charger to provide 1 million charge hours for PEVs

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1 st production wireless charger available for purchase by EV owners. In 2016 Plugless was installed on a fleet of a leading fully autonomous shuttlebus company based in Europe. 1 st 7.2kW wireless EV charger available for purchase. 1 st 7.2kW wireless EV charger available for purchase.

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