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New York City Council passes bill mandating all city school buses be electric by 2035

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The New York City Council passed a bill mandating that the city’s school bus fleet be fully electric by 1 September 2035. It is estimated that the cost to replace 9,740 diesel buses with battery-powered electric buses, as well as the cost to procure chargers and build-out electrical connections for the chargers, is $4.04

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How To Make Sure EV Infrastructure Is Energy Efficient

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A report from the Congressional Research Service found that, despite the higher emissions produced during the battery manufacturing process, the life-cycle emissions of a battery-powered electric vehicle are significantly lower than those produced by gas-powered vehicles.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Capital District Transportation Authority, New York: $3,520,000. Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program. New York City Transit Department of Subways, New York: $2,000,000.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. in New York Stock Exchangecomposite trading. Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , drivers, may also developplug-in electric models as U.S.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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That would be the Dodge Circuit, a car that Chrysler unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January and which is now prominently displayed at the New York Auto Show. A Fiat-based battery powered small car is slated for production shortly after the Circuit, according to Chryslers viability plan. 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. must create a strong electric car industry. The answer may lie in Silicon Valley.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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told the New York Society of Security Analysts that Xerox was determined to develop “the architecture of information” to solve the problems that had been created by the “knowledge explosion.” He used Superpaint to make a videotape called “Vidbits” that was later shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

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