Proterra introduces 2nd generation electric bus
Green Car Congress
MAY 6, 2014
Proterra’s current electric bus, the EcoRide BE35, is a 35-foot, low-floor composite body transit bus built upon a battery-electric vehicle architecture.
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FTA awarding $55M to 10 projects deploying battery-electric and fuel-cell buses
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
The San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD), the transit provider for Stockton and San Joaquin County in California, will receive funding to purchase five Proterra battery-electric buses and a charging station. San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD). Lextran, Transit Authority of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government.
DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund
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JULY 10, 2019
Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Louisville, Colo. “DUSST”: NREL’s Low Maintenance Soiling Station, $50,000 Atonometrics Inc., Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. Tustin, Calif. Tempe, Ariz.
Maxwell Technologies introduces ultracapacitor-based engine start module for commercial trucks and other heavy vehicles
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JUNE 16, 2011
The new product, designed to complement batteries, was first displayed in March at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY. Unlike batteries, which produce and store energy by means of a chemical reaction, Maxwell ultracapacitor products store energy in an electric field. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.
Walmart showcases WAVE tractor-trailer at MATS; micro-turbine range extended electric vehicle with 45.5 kWh Li-ion pack
Green Car Congress
MARCH 28, 2014
Walmart showcased its Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience (WAVE) at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky. Turbines are also appealing because of their few moving parts, low maintenance requirements and lighter weight. At that time the turbine will automatically start and begin charging the batteries.
Honda-Led Research Team Devises Method to Control Growth of Nanotubes with Metallic Conductivity
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OCTOBER 1, 2009
in conjunction with researchers at Purdue University and the University of Louisville, has developed a method for controllably growing carbon nanotubes with metallic conductivity. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Fuel Cells Hybrids Nanotech. Source: Honda RI. Click to enlarge. Science Vol. 116 - 120 doi: 10.1126/science.1177599.
How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries.
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