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Evatran completes 1500+ hours of wireless charging trials with fleets

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The first participants included Google, Hertz Rent-a-Car, Duke Energy and Clemson University, with installations in the Spring of 2012. The last of the Apollo Program Plugless units will be installed next month at UC Davis and the City of Sacramento.

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Motiv Power Systems to power 13 electric school buses in California pilot

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MotivPower Systems, in partnership with Type-A school bus manufacturer Trans Tech, is bringing electric school buses to the Sacramento, California region. The 13 buses will go to Elk Grove Unified School District and Twin Rivers Unified School District.

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Neste rebranding its renewable diesel fuel: “Neste MY Renewable Diesel”

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Fleets that use Neste’s renewable diesel include, amongst others, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Carlsbad and the County of Sacramento. Companies such as Google and UPS have also been reducing their carbon footprint with Neste MY Renewable Diesel.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Investors in RelayRides included Google Ventures and GM Ventures. as well as 600 universities throughout the country.

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BMW to partner with Coulomb Technologies in Boston; Coulomb offering new cloud-based service plans, new dual-port charging stations

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A fleet of more than 1000 BMW ActiveE vehicles will provide further valuable insights into the everyday use of the vehicle. The ActiveE will be available for lease in the metropolitan markets of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, New York and Boston as well as the state of Connecticut beginning in Fall 2011.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). AutoShare , Prius, Hymotion, September 2007 (Toronto, ON, Canada).

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