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Geely raises $400M via Green Bonds sale to develop and produce TX5 range-extended electric London taxis

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Green bonds—the funds from which are exclusively applied to finance new and existing green infrastructure projects—were developed as a new investment channel in 2007, with the first few issuances by multilateral development banks, and have grown rapidly in the global market. million (US$25.4 million (US$67.5-million)

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WiTricity extends recent funding for a total of $52M

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The company envisions a not-too-distant future when dynamic charging will support moving vehicles (from taxi queues to roadways), and autonomous vehicles and robots will charge without human intervention. WiTricity’s technology enables a hands-free and efficient charging experience for EV drivers.

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Omnitek Engineering selected for diesel-to-gas drayage truck conversion demo at Port of Seattle

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The project has a goal of meeting 2007 EPA emission standards for particulate emissions by 2017 for all drayage trucks serving the Port’s marine container terminals, estimated at more than 2,000 vehicles.

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NYC Goes EV

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billion in stimulus grants to the industry. In 2007, the administration announced a plan to replace the city’s 13,000 taxis with conventional hybrid cars by 2012. The city’s overall emissions that year totaled 53.3 million metric tons, according to a previous PlaNYC study. roads by 2015 and has provided $2.4