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New Flyer introduces first 60-foot hydrogen fuel cell bus in North America

Green Car Congress

Representatives from two major transit Authorities—Alameda County Transit (AC Transit) of California, and Metro Transit of Minneapolis, Minnesota—participated in the vehicle’s debut and demonstration. Vanner is providing two DC to DC Converters for 24VDC. New Flyer of America, a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc.,

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

The city has provided incentives for the purchase of both EVs and charging ports, the installation of heat-pump water heaters , and the installation of solar and battery-storage systems. Converting a gas appliance to a heat pump, for example, would draw 4 to 6 kW, while an L2 charger for EVs would be 12 to 14 kW.

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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

The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Grid sourced electrical energy used to recharge the bus batteries will be augmented with solar energy collected with panels procured and installed under this project. Minneapolis-St. Link Transit, Washington: $2,925,000.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

Andy Frank and Mark Duvall of EPRI , I spoke to the need to fund battery research and demonstration vehicles. Afterward several members of Congress went outside for test drives in a plug-in hybrid brought to Washington by Cal-Cars. On the state level, Minnesota became the first state in the Union to pass plug-in hybrid legislation.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. If youre interested in converting your Prius, see the information at How To Get a Plug-In Hybrid. EnergyCS/Clean-Tech, May 2005 EnergyCS Los Angeles County, CA info@energycs.com 4. Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius. Full-size photo.

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