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UPS Deploys 200 More Hybrid Delivery Trucks

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Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville. The HEV fleet features two different size vehicles from Workhorse Custom Chassis and Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and a hybrid power system from Eaton Corporation. Before this latest deployment, UPS was operating 50 hybrid electrics in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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Meet the recipients of the 2022 IEEE medals, service awards, honorary membership, and corporate recognition. IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corp. For contributions to the development of rare earth-iron-boron permanent magnets for use in high-efficiency motors, generators, and other devices.”

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Azure Dynamics announces sales of 29 Transit Connect Electrics

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Azure Dynamics Corporation announced 29 new Ford Transit Connect Electric sales, including 8 units in Europe and 21 units in North America, which includes a 3-unit reorder from Johnson Controls, Inc. Metro Motors Ltd in Port Coquitlam, BC (2 units). Boyer Ford in Minneapolis, MN. Mission Valley Ford in San Jose, CA (2 units).

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Ford, Chevy and Buick-GMC-Cadillac dealerships promote throughout 4 states

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At Penske, he was once an segment vp of Cleveland and Minneapolis and labored as a basic supervisor. Sturdy is proprietor of Sturdy Car Vending, a privately owned automobile promoting and advertising corporate in Birmingham, Ala. promoting Common Motors manufacturers. The automobile store on Feb.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Lyft Lyft offers rides on two wheels or four and tells you transit options as well If there was any question about the changing landscape, General Motors’ $500 million investment in the ride sharing company Lyft. During the pandemic operations were shut down and it is now more focused on on corporate programs. In the U.S.

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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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Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000. Solar Panel Installations at DTC facilities: Retrofits Delaware Transit Corporation facilities with solar panels, which will generate cost savings through fossil fuel energy reductions. Minneapolis-St.

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Xcel Energy and Customer Coalition To Be Among First Users of Electric Transit Connect

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Ford Transit Connect Electric is a collaborative effort between Ford Motor Company and Azure. Xcel Energy, a major US electricity and natural gas company, will add two of the 13 vans into its corporate fleet. An initial van will be delivered in late 2010 with the remaining 12 vans scheduled for delivery in 2011.