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King County Metro putting Proterra electric buses into service

Green Car Congress

The 38-seat prototype buses have a composite body and can travel 23 miles or more between charges. The prototype buses are expected to get the equivalent of 15 miles per gallon more than a regular hybrid bus. million federal grant. Batteries take 10 minutes or less to fast charge. Metro is pursuing $3.3

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8 Reasons Government Grants Should Include Funding for Level 1 Charging Infrastructure

EV Adoption

But as I outlined in my recent article, How Many EV Charging Stations Will $10 Billion Buy for America? , miles of range per day , which at 22 hours = 77 to 143 miles per day. If you just look at when an EV is parked at home overnight (7 pm to 7 am) — that = 42 to 78 miles. Level 1 can typically add between 3.5

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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The near-term investment strategy seeks to: Advance new express high-speed corridor services (operating speeds above 150 mph (241 km/h) on primarily dedicated track) in select corridors of 200-600 miles (322-966 km). (As The merit-driven process will result in federal grants as soon as late summer 2009. Earlier post.)

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

However, because of the duty cycle used by the Postal Service, which generally amounts to only about 18-20 miles per day on a fixed route, these vehicles are being built without the range extender seen on the concept. My local post office is about 5 miles from my house, so could possible fit the range requirements.

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