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New York City adding 70 electric vehicles to fleet; launches EV educational push

Green Car Congress

New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. The Chevrolet Volt is the first electric car being used by the NYPD. Chevy Volt and Navistar E-star are visible in the background.

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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

It’s a series plug-in hybrid like the Chevrolet Volt. It may be a few years before a full fleet of electric fire trucks makes its way to the U.S. Various other companies are currently designing and developing fleets of fully electric emergency vehicles, including golf carts for police and ATVs for search-and-rescue operations.

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Senators take green cars for a spin

Green Cars News

Capitol Hill made for a strange sight earlier this week as it was surrounded by everything from two-seat sports cars to vehicles that resembled golf carts and bucket trucks. The Chevrolet Equinox was also there, powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. All of the cars ran on electricity or biofuels in addition to petroleum.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. The plug-in Priuses are almost doubling the fuel efficiency of Google standard Prius fleet, getting 74 MPG rather than 41 MPG.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, which is expected to sell for $40,000 when it goes on sales in the U.S. " One key move GM is counting on to make the Volt more affordable in China is government incentives, whether they are cash incentives for customers or subsidies for fleet purchases by government agencies. in late 2010.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Photo: General Motors See Also: Feds Say the Volt Wont Save GM Well See a Chevrolet Volt in June Design Under Constraint: How to Build a Streamlined, Mass-Produced Electric Car Stumble ShareThis Claiming that GM has 18 models that get 30 mpg or more is a bit of a false dichotomy. Chevrolet Vapor" sounds more fitting.

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