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Volvo to deliver plug-in hybrid buses w/ fast overhead recharging to Hamburger Hochbahn as part of development partnership

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The company has now entered into a development partnership with Volvo Bus Corporation for electric hybrid buses, and will operate three vehicles on regular service routes in the hanseatic city from the end of the year. The goal is clear: from 2020 we will only order buses with pollutant-free drives. Earlier post.).

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Volvo Buses officially launches the all-new plug-in Electric Hybrid bus

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Hamburg, Luxembourg and Stockholm will implement the new bus system in 2014 and 2015. They will allow us to reduce energy consumption, air pollution, climate impact and noise, which are some of the biggest challenges facing large cities worldwide. —Håkan Agnevall, President Volvo Bus Corporation.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

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The members of the coalition are American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corporation, Southern Company, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.- Austria, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta also signed up. March 14, via CleanTechnica. – March 10, Politico.

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