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

Green Car Congress

It would also fund stationary fuel cells to provide primary and emergency back-up power for the bus maintenance and storage facilities. AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. Link Transit, Washington: $2,925,000. Solar PV system installations range from 5kW to 20kW.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

0:00 / 4:40 Battery power for Chrysler The Circuit will be a purely plug-in car - there will be no gas tank or gasoline engine at all - with an expected range of 150 to 200 miles on a full charge. A Fiat-based battery powered small car is slated for production shortly after the Circuit, according to Chryslers viability plan.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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