Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

PECO is expanding its fleet with new natural gas and hybrid electric models. The utility is participating in a national consortium that recently was awarded a federal stimulus grant to purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the company is buying more trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well. PECO serves 1.6

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PHEV Fleet Philadelphia Stimulus 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2010

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) presented the preproduction plug-in all-electric walk-in van (WIV) chassis at the 2010 National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show. FCCC initiated our all-electric project well before stimulus money and federal grants were available for alternative-power transportation projects.

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Corporation All-Electric North America Batteries 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Morgan Olson LLC launched the next generation vehicle with new exterior and interior body styling for the all-electric walk-in van (WIV). The all-electric chassis also was initiated before stimulus money and federal grants were available for alternative-fuel transportation projects.

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All-Electric Alternative Fuels Vehicles Federal Grant 239

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s ’s power generation, he said.

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