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UPS Deploys 200 More Hybrid Delivery Trucks

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Before this latest deployment, UPS was operating 50 hybrid electrics in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix. The HEV fleet features two different size vehicles from Workhorse Custom Chassis and Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and a hybrid power system from Eaton Corporation. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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Delaware Transit Corporation. The Delaware Transit Corporation will receive funds to purchase of battery electric buses with supporting equipment and infrastructure to replace diesel buses that have exceeded their useful life. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation.

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NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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million to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Ga.) million to Georgetown University (Washington, DC) for The Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology; and. million to Georgetown University (Washington, DC) for The Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology; and. Herrick Laboratories; $11.6

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. In the U.S.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

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DC Fast charging is not compatible. Dodge was most recently the performance division of the old Chrysler Corporation. The onboard 7.4 kW inverter will take 2.5 hour with a 120 volt, Level 1 charger for a full charge. A Level 2, 240 volt charger, found at public charge stations and, commonly, in homes will take 7.5 Expectations Met?

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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General Motors Corporation. General Motors Corporation. KEMET Corporation. Production of DC bus capacitors including soft wound film and stacked film capacitors necessary for electric drive system power electronics. State of Colorado State of Georgia Fort Collins, CO Boulder, CO Atlanta, GA. Brownstown, MI.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Costar Corporation by Hymotion, October 2006 (Annapolis, MD), contact kliestenfeltz@costar.com Chelan County (WA) Advanced Vehicle Initiative s "Whitebird," by Manzanita Micro, October, 2006. Progress Energy Corporation by Advanced Vehicle Research Center , with Hymotion kit, July 2007 (Raleigh, NC), contact Mike.Ligett@.

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