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Plug Power, Charlatte America deliver fuel cell cargo tuggers for FedEx at Albany International Airport

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Plug Power Inc. The ground support vehicles were built by Charlatte America and operate using Plug Power’s zero-emission ProGen hydrogen fuel cell system. The ground support vehicles were built by Charlatte America and operate using Plug Power’s zero-emission ProGen hydrogen fuel cell system.

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PHEV Day 162 - Saturday, 21 March 2009. Memphis, Tennessee - the 47th State Visited

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Cheers PHEV3A'rs, EVADC'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All, The run from Little Rock, AR to Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, 21 March 09, was one of leisure on Hwy 70, allowing one to occasionally view Interstate 40 off to the left and North with its hectic traffic clipping along and playing dodge-truck! for 74; 57.0 for 105; 55.9

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DOE awarding $7+ million to four hydrogen and fuel cell projects, including fuel cell delivery trucks

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FedEx Express ($3 million DOE investment): Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., Plug Power and Smith Electric Vehicles will join FedEx in this project. . Fuel cell durability has doubled and the amount of expensive platinum needed in fuel cells has fallen by 80% since 2005. 900,000 DOE investment): Located in Allentown, Pa.,

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DOE awards $98M in tax credits to automakers and suppliers for clean technology manufacturing

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MAP is now producing plug-in hybrids, hybrids, EcoBoost, and full battery electrics for the global marketplace—all from the same assembly line. The awards are made through the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program (48C Program). The awards are made through the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program (48C Program).

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $139 million in federal funding for 55 projects across the country that will support new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies (DE-FOA-0002197, earlier post ). Selected projects under this funding opportunity will be managed by VTO. Project description. Federal share. Marquette University.

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A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Wants to Visit Your School

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around America (PHEV3A) tour with "EVJerry" Asher driving started last year on Earth Day, in front of the Nation’s Capitol. The plug-in hybrid vehicle the “Spirit of DC" was designed to run on electricity alone for about 10 miles before reverting back to acting like an ordinary hybrid.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

Roger Duncan gives Campaign Update The Plug-In Partners National Campaign has now been underway for six months. We would like to take this opportunity to report on our efforts to demonstrate to automakers that a market for plug-in hybrid vehicles exists in the United States today. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX.,