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Victoria Launches Australias First Trial of Hybrid-Electric Buses; Series and Parallel

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We believe the hybrid-electric bus trial will show how improvements in transport technology can deliver air quality improvements and reduce our carbon emissions. Gavin Jennings, Victoria Environment and Climate Change Minister. Climate control. The trial will assess the performance of the buses in three areas: Financial.

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Toyota Concerned About Market Viability of Plug-ins, Sees Clear Path to Commercialization of Fuel Cell Technology in 2015

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we are going to need extremely low carbon emitting vehicles.the answer to when we are going to need these vehicles s probably sooner and quicker, so its going to be within the next decade, and that’s going to create a substantial challenge.we Earlier post.). The appeal of electric vehicles is likely limited to shorter urban use ,” he said.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). The Omori factory currently produces NiMH cells.

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