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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

Hybrid and fully electric vehicles are already available for a variety of commercial and personal uses. It may be a few years before a full fleet of electric fire trucks makes its way to the U.S. Still, slow fleet turnover means most vehicles on the road will run on gasoline and diesel for decades to come.

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Centre, Maharashtra govt plan to expand PM Suryoday scheme in the state | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Through an aggregator model in the pilot phase, the Solar2EV project hopes to accrue demand for 1 lakh electric two-wheelers, 70,000 electric three-wheelers and 30,000 passenger EVs by end-2025.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

The 25 experiments address four global megatrends—explosive population growth; an expanding middle class; air quality and public health concerns; and changing customer attitudes and priorities—challenging today’s transportation model and limiting personal mobility, especially in urban areas. Fleet insights, US.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. The plug-in Priuses are almost doubling the fuel efficiency of Google standard Prius fleet, getting 74 MPG rather than 41 MPG.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is building fleet charging stations in Portland and Phoenix. They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla. My personal criteria for an EV is 80/80 MPH/miles range, but thats because drivers either go 80 or stopped around here.