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CPKC orders 3.6MW of Ballard fuel cells for expansion of hydrogen locomotive program

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Ballard Power Systems received an order for additional fuel cell engines from Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). —Dr Kyle Mulligan, AVP Operations Technology CPKC is the combination of two historic railways: Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS). These eighteen, 200 kW fuel cell engines (3.6

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Alliance AutoGas launches 5300-mile, 12-city Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride with converted F-150

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Supported by partners, Clean City Coalitions and corporate sponsors, Alliance AutoGas is embarking on a 5300+ mile, 12-city, cross-country road trip—the Alliance AutoGas Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride —with its record-setting propane autogas F-150.

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Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

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It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. The zero-emission E-Transit was designed with insight from 30 million miles of customer telematics data showing that the average commercial van drives 74 miles per day.

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Advocating electric in the heartland

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Kansas City EAA chapter members challenge government regulation as part of their efforts to support clean energy. Sure, if you have a Tesla with a 300-mile range and you’re using the highways, it’s a different story.” When the meetings are in person, it gives me an excuse to go to Kansas City.”

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Smith Electric Vehicles expands US manufacturing with facility in South Bronx; New York state incentive program for commercial fleet EVs

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Smith will manufacture the battery electric Newton, its medium-duty vehicle with a range of up to 150 miles at the new facility beginning in 2012. A package of city and state incentives of approximately $11 million will augment Smith’s private investment.

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Lightning Systems battery-electric heavy-duty Ford Transit showing 61 MPGe city, 66 MPGe highway

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Last month, Lightning Systems announced that it has developed a hydrogen fuel cell version of the LightningElectric developed in partnership with several industry partners that will extend the range of the vehicle to more than 200 miles.

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Enova Systems Shows Ze, Outlines Planned Improvements in School Bus Plug-in Hybrid Drive

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Engineered specifically for urban delivery routes and service/maintenance operations, the Enova Ze plug-in step van drive system offers a range of up to 150 miles per charge and can reach a top speed of 65 mph. 10 per mile—significantly less than the average of $.24-$.48 48 per mile in a comparable diesel vehicle.

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