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Chevrolet to begin selling Spark EV in Maryland

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The Spark EV delivers an EPA-estimated combined city/highway 119 MPGe fuel economy equivalent and 82 miles of EPA-estimated combined city/highway range. The Spark EV is also sold in California and Oregon, where sales totaled 1,145 in 2014. seconds.

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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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Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. This project will upgrade the replacement buses to hybrid technology.

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