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Daimler, Blue Bird, IC Bus introduce electric school buses at NAPT

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Three major school bus manufacturers—Daimler subsidiary Thomas Built Buses, Blue Bird and Navistar subsidiary IC Bus—introduced battery-electric school buses at the recent National Association for Pupil Transportation Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio (NAPT).

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ARPA-E awards $32M to 10 new projects to improve connected and automated vehicle efficiency

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Vehicle demonstration will leverage the Smart City infrastructure in Columbus. Using look-ahead information on traffic and road grade, the team will optimize the powertrain operation by managing combustion engine output, electric motor output and battery state of charge in this hybrid application. Michigan Technological University.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

vehicles splattered all over YouTube videos  most of which are retrofitted Toyota Prius cars  this baby is actually what we in the auto industry like to call a light truck, a category that includes big pickups, vans and SUVs. In the 1990s, Waters led development of the battery pack for General Motors Corp.s Yep, a truck.

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