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Why Electric Buses Are the Healthy School Choice

Blink Charging

What makes school bus fumes especially dangerous is that they often end up making their way into the vehicle cabins , schoolyards and playgrounds, and residential neighborhoods. The EPA is expecting to award at least another $500 million in funding under the 2023 CSB rebate program and a further $400 million via grant funding.

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The Niro has an EPA rated fuel economy of between 49 and 53 miles per gallon, depending if equipped with 16-inch or 18-inch wheels, which delivers a driving range of up-to 588 miles. The front wheels (all-wheel drive is not available) are driven through a 6-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

It has now received a Certificate of Conformity for the Semi from the EPA. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5 However, heavy-duty electric trucks from traditional makers have started to hit the market. Publicity magnet Tesla said it delivered its first battery-electric Semi tractor on December 1.

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PHEV Energy Bill

Plug In Partners

Priority given to recently closed facilities or facilities in danger of closing SEC 133 Inclusion of Electric Drive in Energy Policy Act of 1992 Adds PHEVs, hybrids, and Neighborhood Electric Vehicles to list of those vehicles receiving credit under Epact fleet requirements.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. Plug In America makes no representations as to the workmanship, creditworthiness, or any other attributes of the companies listed or of their products or services.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

Green Car Congress

Although not a solid comparison due to drivecycle differences, the new Chevy Spark EV is EPA-rated for electricity consumption of 0.28 As a visual cue, the pure battery-electric version only has the recharging port; an i3 with the range extender will also have a fueling port on the front quarter.). seconds, and 0 to 60 km/h in 3.7

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

The EPA requirements are that commercial vehicles will have to be 40% electric by 2035. They could do three, four runs a day without a problem, without having to recharge. When will they need to go higher than 1,000 volts? I’m pretty convinced that’s a 2035 problem. So those vehicles will probably go electric pretty quickly.