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XL Fleet and eNow partner to electrify refrigerated trailers

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XL Fleet Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, XL Fleet will supply battery and power electronics systems for the first 1,000 units of eNow’s new electrified refrigerated trailer solutions. XL Fleet will provide battery and power electronics systems for eNow’s innovative electrified refrigerated trailer solution.

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Solaris Bus in Polish second-life battery consortium

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and TAURON Polska Energia will implement a project titled “Second Life ESS” with the aim to create a prototype system to store electric energy based on retired electric bus batteries. Solaris launched its first electric bus back in 2011. It means that soon almost 80% of bus fleet in this city are going to be battery-electric buses.

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Neste, NuStar expand renewable fuel hub in Northern California

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NuStar handles and stores a significant proportion of the total low-carbon fuels volumes utilized in California, including nearly 27% of renewable diesel, 18% of ethanol, and 6% of biodiesel.

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Audi names vehicle networking strategy Audi connect; expanding functions in summer 2011

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With the applications we presented at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early 2011, we will contribute significantly to shaping the networked world of the future. For instance, photos taken with a GPS cell phone can be stored in the navigation system, which can then show the coordinates for the location of the photo.

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US Foodservice acquires WVO company to reduce environmental impact of its fleet

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US Foodservice-Columbia will relocate the WVO assets to a new “tipping station” at the Lexington distribution center to store waste oil for processing and blending into biofuel. The tipping station will be operational by late 2011, and be able to convert 5 million pounds of waste oil into 400,000 gallons of bio feedstock each year.

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Report: BYD to test market e6 EV in US in 2011

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Stella Li, BYD’s senior vice president and head of its US operations, said the holdup was caused by BYD’s efforts to make the car roomier, especially its rear-seat area that was cramped thanks to a beefy battery pack that needs to be stored under the seat.

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3 Norwegian operators order 7 more Solaris electric buses

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Four Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses will be included in the Norgesbuss operator fleet from Oslo. LE electric, from which the company began the development of electric buses in 2011. The energy needed to power the vehicle will be stored in 160 kWh Solaris High Energy batteries. The Urbino 8.9

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