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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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Sacramento will round out the previously announced list of Apollo participants including Bosch Automotive Service Solutions, Duke Energy, Google, DTE Energy, and The Hertz Corporation. Evatran plans to have over twenty installations as part of the Apollo Trial Program.

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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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The hybrid conversions were produced in Charlotte, N.C. The converted hybrids were developed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Eaton Corporation, which provided the hybrid-electric systems ( earlier post ). over the past six months. John Formisano, vice president, Global Vehicles, FedEx Express.

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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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AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. City of Santa Clarita, California: $4,620,000. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, California: $4,466,000. City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000.

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FedEx boosts fleet with hybrid-electric trucks

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The hybrid conversions took place in Charlotte, North Carolina over the last six months and were developed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Eaton Corporation. The vehicles are expected to go into service in California, and primarily across San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Sunnyvale, California). Bright Silicon Technologies (San Francisco, California). Kairos Power (Alameda, California). Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). Marrone Bio Innovations (Davis, California). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington).

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BMW Announces National Adaptive EV Charging System Expansion

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That’s progressive-corporate speak for charging vehicles when the demand for electricity is lower to ensure less energy is wasted. But we’ve seen some underhanded corporate shenanigans and a lack of support for these kinds of services in the past. & There are certainly some good ideas here. .&

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hybrid Center at the University of California-Davis : under Prof. Check out past CalCars news , or subscribe to our low-traffic PHEV newsletter at right: Copyright  2003-08 California Cars Initiative, an activity of the International Humanities Center | Site Map. See also Hymotions comments on the subject.

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