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GM’s Maven and Uber to pilot flexible car-sharing offer

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Insurance coverage is included in the cost of every lease for a weekly price of $179 plus taxes and fees. Maven recently expanded its Maven City car sharing to Los Angeles. There are no additional fees if a driver utilizes the vehicle for personal use. with more on the way. with more on the way.

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Nestlé Waters North America adds 155 new medium-duty propane autogas trucks to delivery fleet

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The new medium-duty delivery trucks, added to the company’s existing autogas fleet of 30 Ford trucks of the same model, will also help the company save on maintenance and fuel costs. Propane autogas, a domestically produced fuel, costs the company an average of $1 per gallon, versus their $2 per gallon cost of diesel.

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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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The team’s control architecture will communicate with users via the app, providing suggestions for altering departure times, routes, and/or modes of transport to reduce energy consumption, without increasing the time or cost of the trip. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Mayor Menino Adds Boston

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The cost of charging the battery of a PHEV is estimated to be just 50-75 cents per gallon equivalent. Arlington, TX Austin, TX Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Boulder, CO Corpus Christi, TX Dallas, TX Denver, CO Fort Worth, TX Irvine, CA Los Angeles, CA Madison, WI Philadelphia, PA Salt Lake City, UT Seattle, WA Wenatchee, WA Become a Partner today.

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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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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, California: $4,466,000.

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Campaign Begins

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EV world NATIONAL COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO URGE AUTOMAKERS TO PRODUCE PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES WASHINGTON, D.C.—January Such a vehicle could reduce gasoline consumption for the average American by 50 percent to 70 percent and reduce automobile emissions well in excess of emissions that might result from the additional use of power plants.