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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

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Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Batteries that are light, resilient, and low cost in addition to lasting the lifetime of the vehicle.

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Review: 2022 Hyundai Tucson Plug-In Hybrid feels at home with its range

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On a 50-plus-mile loop of the bachelorette party capital of the south, Nashville, the 2022 Hyundai Tucson Plug-In Hybrid gives aid and comfort to drivers who can’t yet commit to going battery-only. Are plug-in hybrids the training wheels of this transitional era?

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Proterra introduces 2nd generation electric bus

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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. The Proterra Solution, the company’s first 40-foot model, weighs less than any other transit bus available today and offers the highest fuel efficiency on the market. Worcester, Mass.;

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Flash Drive: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

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Clean Fleet Report spent a day driving the 2023 Outlander PHEV at a media-only event in Nashville, Tennessee, experiencing highways, country roads, city traffic and some sloppy, muddy driving. The fuel economy is rated at 68 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, when combining electricity and gasoline. The Outlander powertrain.

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Chevrolet to Produce 10,000 Volts in 2011 and 30,000 in 2012; 50-State Availability 12-18 Months After Launch

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DiSalle also confirmed that the Volt will embark on a 1,776-mile “Freedom Drive” leaving Austin 1 June. Nashville, Tenn., The Chevrolet Volt is capable of about 340 miles total driving range, with electricity driving the car at all times. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids. The Drive will stop in Little Rock, Ark.,

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

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The pilot program accumulated over 90,000 miles of real-world testing and resulted in 430,000 package deliveries. by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Rivian’s electric Amazon Delivery Van starts deliveries in San Francisco as testing continues.

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ECOtality installs first DC fast charger in Tennessee

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The stations are able to charge a battery to 80% capacity in under 30 minutes. ECOtality and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store unveiled the first Blink Direct Current (DC) Fast Charger in Tennessee at the Lebanon Cracker Barrel location.

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