Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

The company will immediately convert buses in nine markets to 20% biodiesel (B20) as a first step toward the company's goal of converting its entire bus fleet to B20 over the next five years.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2014

They also offer greater efficiency in converting AC to DC power and in operating the electric traction drive during vehicle use. Applied in an EV, WBG materials could cut electricity losses by 66% during vehicle battery recharging, the DOE says.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Conventional solar cells with silicon semiconductors can harvest more photons, and thus are more efficient at converting sunlight into electricity. The team included engineers at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, as well as Tianjin University and Zhejiang University in China. So researchers devised a set of solutions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

IC Corporation, the nation’s largest school bus manufacturer, will build 19 plug-in hybrid school buses to be used in 11 states as part of a consortium organized by Advanced Energy, a Raleigh, N.C.-based based nonprofit corporation. The Austin Independent School District has agreed to purchase one of the buses.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2023

Additional charging is through regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. It has announced it’s building of a vehicle and battery manufacturing plant in Raleigh, North Carolina. An exciting beginning with more to come VinFast has no intention of waiting that long.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. If youre interested in converting your Prius, see the information at How To Get a Plug-In Hybrid. Progress Energy Corporation by Advanced Vehicle Research Center , with Hymotion kit, July 2007 (Raleigh, NC), contact Mike.Ligett@.

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