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Boston Public Schools Puts First 20 Blue Bird Electric Buses in Operation

Electric Cars Report

Blue Bird Corporation, the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, has delivered its first batch of 20 electric school buses to Boston Public Schools (BPS). School officials and local government leaders hail the groundbreaking pilot program as the largest electric school bus deployment in the Northeast.

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First 2014 BMW i3 Electric Car Delivered To Buyer, In Boston

Green Car Reports

As of Friday, May 2, it''s official: the 2014 BMW i3 electric car is now on sale in the U.S. In a small ceremony inside the BMW of Boston dealership, the first retail buyer of an i3 took delivery of his keyfob yesterday afternoon.

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Let’s Dance! Boston Dynamics & BTS Do The Hyundai K-Pop Boogie (Video)

CleanTechnica EVs

Professionally choreographed by Monica Thomas, the 77-second video masterpiece depicts Boston Dynamics‘ Spot robots dancing in unison, punctuated by BTS vocals.

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Nissan, EVgo add Boston-to-DC fast chargers; BMW adds charging to national parks

Green Car Reports

Nissan is making it easier for electric-car owners to travel between the Boston area and Washington, D.C. The automaker has partnered with EVgo to add a network of nine charging sites along Interstate 95, with a total of 50 stations, each equipped with two fast-charge plugs.

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Factorial Opens New Manufacturing Facility to House Largest Solid-State Battery Line in the US

Electric Cars Report

Massachusetts-based solid-state battery technology company Factorial Energy has opened its new battery manufacturing facility in the Boston suburb of Methuen, Mass. The state-of-the-art facility represents a significant step in scaling up the production of Factorial’s innovative solid-state battery technology for EVs.

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BRABUS, Boston-Power and Protean Electric team to deliver high-performance EV and hybrid cars based on Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Green Car Congress

The BRABUS 4WD Full Electric. Boston-Power, Inc. earlier post ) and Protean Electric ( earlier post ) are working together to provide the lithium-ion battery systems and electric in-wheel motor solutions for two new advanced BRABUS vehicles based on the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Click to enlarge.

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Battery Maker Boston Power Gets $250 Million Investment From China

Green Car Reports

Tesla CEO Elon Musk''s announcement that the firm is planning to build a battery ''gigafactory'' confirmed something we all knew would happen eventually--more electric cars means greater demand for batteries.

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