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New Flyer unveils Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus; first to offer two fuel-cell-electric models eligible for federal funding

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The Xcelsior CHARGE H2 also features regenerative braking while decelerating, which recharges the batteries and reduces energy consumption for extending range. New Flyer currently has significant ZEB orders from major cities including Toronto, Boston, Minneapolis, New York, Portland, and Vancouver.

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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 US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

These include Pacific Gas and Electric, Kansas City Power and Light and Edison Electric Institute , the trade association for IOUs (see quote below). We also encourage you to watch the Bettah video produced by CalCars. This site also links directly to the Plug-In Partners petition. Investor-owned utilities are starting to sign on as partners.

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Xcel Energy and Customer Coalition To Be Among First Users of Electric Transit Connect

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Xcel Energy, a major US electricity and natural gas company, will add two of the 13 vans into its corporate fleet. The company is finalizing agreements with others eligible to participate, including the city of Minneapolis and Hennepin County in Minnesota and the city of Denver in Colorado. The city of Saint Paul, Minn.,

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Pacific Gas & Electric/Bay Area Air Quality Management District, "Sparky," by EnergyCS, July 2006 (San Francisco County, CA) Contact sxtg@. by Hymotion, July 2007 (Sun Prairie, WI), contact Kelly Simonsen ( full-size photo ) San Diego Gas & Electric , Prius by Green Gears (San Diego, CA) July, 2007. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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