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Mercedes-Benz and BMW to sell car-sharing JV SHARE NOW to Stellantis

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Portland, Oregon, Denver, Colorado, Columbus, Ohio and Austin, Texas. —Rainer Feurer, Head of Corporate Investments at the BMW Group. Free2move also recently announced the acquisition of Opel Rent, accelerating its growth strategy in Germany and Austria and pushing the transition from rent to mobility provider.

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Hertz adds 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid to rental fleet

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The Hertz Corporation, which includes the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands, has expanded of its Green Traveler Collection car rental fleet to include the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid ( earlier post ) in select cities across the US. All of the Green Traveler cars have fuel efficiency ratings starting at 33+ highway mpg.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Oregon has a Chief EV Officer to promote EV use. Louis, where the reasons for growth in this “New Wave” market include enthusiastic dealer engagement that results in increased community education and awareness, corporate and university outreach and midwestern pragmatism that appreciates the value equation of an EV.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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The Denver Regional Transit District will receive funds for electric vehicles, charging stations, and infrastructure upgrades. Delaware Transit Corporation. Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon. Southern California Association of Governments.

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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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Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000. Denver Regional Transportation District, Colorado: $770,000. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Oregon: $750,000.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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Sierra Nevada Corporation. Oregon State University. University of Colorado, Denver. USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Norway. University of Nevada, Reno. ETH Zurich, Switzerland. University of California, Berkeley. Flyability, Switzerland. Oxford Robotics Institute, United Kingdom. Follow Team. CerberusSubt. Team Explorer.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp. Costar Corporation by Hymotion, October 2006 (Annapolis, MD), contact kliestenfeltz@costar.com Chelan County (WA) Advanced Vehicle Initiative s "Whitebird," by Manzanita Micro, October, 2006. by Hymotion, September 2006 (Ajax, Ontario), contact dhillsmilligan@veridian.on.ca Contact LMirisola@.

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