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ICCT quantifies the EV charging infrastructure gap across US markets

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Shades of red indicate that less than 50% of the needed charging has been installed through the end of 2017, while blues indicate that more than 50% of charging needed in 2025 was in place by 2017. In addition, market expansion, economies of scale, and improved charging technologies will promote higher utilization of chargers.

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Junkyard Find: 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit 4-Door

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The closest I'd come was a '77 two-door in Denver , but then I hit pay dirt in a Northern California yard last week. The factory idiot lights must have been insufficient for one of this car's early owners, because these aftermarket gauges have been installed. Behold the November 1974 date of manufacture on the build sticker!

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Hydraulic Hybrid Systems and EMI Partner to Target Fleet Retrofit Market; First Retrofit Underway

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This system is designed and engineered to be installed in fourteen hours, including all controls and wiring harness, by a certified installer. HHS says that its system is expected to deliver at least a 40% improvement in fuel economy made possible through regenerating braking energy that is then used during acceleration.

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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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The largest PV installation in Georgia. Install photovoltaic capacity to generate “green” hydrogen: Install multiple PV modules at its Central Maintenance Facility in Hayward. An additional manual charging station would be installed at Operations Base. Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000.

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Study concludes US will not meet Renewable Fuel targets with ethanol as primary biofuel

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The study was presented as an invited paper at the 2010 annual meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association in Denver, CO and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Also, there are only about 2,000 E85 fuel pumps in the United States, and it took more than 20 years to install them.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

Creative Greenius

In a still repressed economy during an era when “no new taxes” is the mindless mantra that forces cutbacks and the elimination of educational programs and resources, the only place the dollars are going to come from are nontraditional, innovative sources. The on-stage banner heralding the ribbon cutting event @ ECHS.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.