Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

New Flyer of America has received a new contract from Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) for 17 battery-electric, zero-emission Xcelsior CHARGE NG forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses. RTD provides transportation in the Denver metro area, delivering nearly 33 million annual bus rides on 124 routes.

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Denver Colorado Climate Change Extended Range 199

Electric Auto Association

MARCH 4, 2022

The Lucid Air is lauded for efficiency BY Gordon Hrodda, Member of Denver Electric Vehicle Council. Efficiency can be expressed in miles per kilowatt-hour or kwh (common in US; higher is better), or kwh per mile (often done in Europe; lower is better). With a monster battery, efficiency can drop from 5 miles per kwh to around 3.

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F-150 Miles Denver MPH 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;

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Michigan 2012 Ford Lithium Ion 363

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The A3 e-tron BEV pilot program will run in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Denver markets throughout the year and provide actionable feedback and telematics data to Audi engineering teams in the US and Germany. This marks Audi’s first foray into the rapidly developing US electric vehicle landscape. Earlier post.).

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Audi Electric Vehicles Batteries Battery 244