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New report showcases innovative finance tools to electrify truck, bus fleets; TCE Toolkit

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To ensure and accelerate the transition, we must move beyond the set of traditional mechanisms that have been used to assist one-to-one replacements of trucks and buses, such as grant programs providing basic buy-down payments. The TCE framework builds upon and complements traditional Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analyses.

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Dayton RTA Adding 10 Gillig Hybrid Buses

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Dayton RTA used two-thirds of the stimulus money it received in spring, 2009, to buy buses, offsetting the cost of fleet replacement and reducing the agency’s budget deficit. RTA purchased the hybrids along with a package of several 40-foot diesel and medium-duty buses at a total cost of $13.3

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

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Nine United States regions will receive 4,600 free chargers for public and private use through the ChargePoint America program, funded in part by $15 million in stimulus funds administered by the Energy Department. From the article: “The goal is to make it easier for consumers and communities to get started with E.V.’s.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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The automotive industry is living proof that private companies will rarely change their behaviors without a significant stimulus to that change, and furthermore one that needs to be mandated. Power plant capital costs. Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 Source: EIA.

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NYC Goes EV

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Many things in your life haven’t changed since 2010 but one thing certainly has: You won’t need to buy gas in order to drive. billion in stimulus grants to the industry. This Tesla is one of a number of electric cars coming on the market. Imagine it is 2013 in New York City. Electric Options. roads by 2015 and has provided $2.4

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Tesla stock: Morgan Stanley pumps the brakes and lowers PT ahead of earnings

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Excess Capacity in China Morgan Stanley said its Chinese team noted sales cannibalization, increased battery capacity and inventory, and the expiration of “certain local stimulus measures” as reasons Tesla may feel the heat. Hertz planned to buy 100,000 Teslas, for example. Hertz planned to buy 100,000 Teslas, for example.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

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However, its overall merits are open for debate after a study by UC Davis transportation economist Christopher Knittel questioned the implied costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. His analysis found that the programme is paying nearly 10 times the projected price of carbon credits per ton in the best-case scenario.