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Proterra sells seven battery-electric transit buses to Nashville MTA

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US-based Proterra Inc recently announced the sale of seven battery-electric buses and an electric charging station to Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (Nashville MTA). and delivered to Nashville this year. The buses are slated to be built at Proterra’s manufacturing facility in Greenville, S.C.

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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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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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San Francisco selects BAE Systems Series-ER for 68 transit buses for Green Bus Zones

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Buses can now switch to battery power from a combustion engine, temporarily eliminating diesel emissions when they cross the threshold of a green zone. With Series-ER, buses are programmed using global positioning software to turn off the bus engine once it enters the green zone and operate solely on electric battery energy.

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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.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Nissan provided a list of the top 15 markets in the US for the Nissan LEAF battery-electric vehicle. Nashville, home of Nissan Americas headquarters and the plants that assemble both LEAF and its battery. Electric (Battery) Sales' Top 15 LEAF market year-to-date in 2013. Source: Nissan Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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2013 Nissan Leaf: Driven Through Tennessee Countryside

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After our quick drive of a 2013 Nissan Leaf before the New York Auto Show in late March, we were finally able to spend some extended time with the updated electric car outside Nashville. Our initial impressions remain the same: The Leaf is a perfectly normal, competent compact five-door hatchback that happens to run on a battery-electric.'

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