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Veolia Transportation converting 300 of its US taxis to propane autogas; launching Baltimore’s first propane autogas taxi fleet

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The company has also installed an autogas fueling station in Baltimore to serve 50 Checker and Yellow taxis. With the price of propane autogas averaging $1 per gallon less than gasoline, vehicle conversions and fueling infrastructure are particularly cost-effective for fleets such as ours at Veolia. billion passenger trips per year.

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NDEW 2022 steps it up

Electric Auto Association

More than 100 EV enthusiasts with 40 EVs came together in the parking lot of solar company Robco Electric , where two booths were staffed to answer questions about charging station and rooftop solar installation procedures. NDEW event in Denver. NDEW event on Kauai in Hawaii. Coming soon: NDEW wrap-up to the south and east. Sign Up.

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Hydraulic Hybrid Systems and EMI Partner to Target Fleet Retrofit Market; First Retrofit Underway

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This system is designed and engineered to be installed in fourteen hours, including all controls and wiring harness, by a certified installer. The first conversion of the partnership is already underway, a MY 2002 CNG Chevrolet HD 2500 provided by Denver International Airport.

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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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The largest PV installation in Georgia. Install photovoltaic capacity to generate “green” hydrogen: Install multiple PV modules at its Central Maintenance Facility in Hayward. An additional manual charging station would be installed at Operations Base. Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

Imagine the Siri voice or the Alexa voice; it’s like that, but rather than being an AI that you’re having a conversation with, it moves all the functionality of the computer from the mouse. And I would have had to do a lot more work to find specialists who would install it on my computer for me.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp. Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org.

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