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Indianapolis plans to add 425 PHEVs and BEVs to municipal fleet by 2016

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The City of Indianapolis will upgrade 425 non-police-pursuit sedans in its muncipal fleet to plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles by early 2016, cut the size of the fleet by 100 vehicles, and save $8.7 The City will replace 100 vehicles by the end of this year and 425 vehicles by the beginning of 2016. million over ten years.

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UPS collaborating with Workhorse to deploy 50 electric trucks; rivaling acquisition cost of conventional; no subsidies

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UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. The company is collaborating with Workhorse Group, Inc.

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DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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estimated that with conversion by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and upgrading, the wet waste resource availability in the United States could be converted to jet fuel that is equivalent to about 24% of the U.S. demand in 2016. Among their findings: The estimated minimum fuel selling prices were $1.22/gasoline Skaggs et al.

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US Navy’s 2015-2016 solicitation for biofuel blends now posted

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The US Defense Logistics Agency-Energy (DLA-Energy) has posted the Rocky Mountain/West Coast/Offshore (RMW) solicitation ( SPE600-15-R-0711 ) on behalf of the US Navy for fuel deliveries from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016. Turbine Fuel, Aviation JP8. Turbine Fuel, Aviation JP5. Fuel Naval, Distillate F76.

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President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget Request provides $5.34 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE). billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. Within the $10.7

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New UMTRI paper reviews major advantages and disadvantages of battery-electric and fuel-cell vehicles

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A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Among their findings: A note on fuel pricing and cost per mile. mp and a fuel price of $2.35

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DOE seeking input on analysis methodology and assumption for estimating total cost of ownership of future advanced vehicle technologies

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Error bands indicate technology uncertainties (red solid lines) and fuel price uncertainties (green dashed lines).Click suppliers of batteries, fuel cells, motors, power electronics, etc.); Fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles. Alternative fuels from biomass. Click to enlarge. Hybrid electric vehicles.

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