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£30M Fund for Low Carbon Buses in the UK; New GM-Allison Hybrid Buses in London

Green Car Congress

Bus operators and local authorities will be able to bid for funding toward the additional cost of buying a LCEB. New hybrid buses in London. Five of the GM-Allison-equipped buses are with the East London Bus Group where they will carry passengers on the 276 route between Newham General Hospital and Stoke Newington.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

Charged EVs

Steve Cotton: If you buy a new lead-acid battery today, I’d say 80 to 90% of the lead that’s in that battery came out of old batteries, probably dating back to multiple uses. If you buy a new lithium battery today, almost none of the minerals came from a prior battery. But right now, used lead-acid batteries are a commodity.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Steve Cotton: If you buy a new lead-acid battery today, I’d say 80 to 90% of the lead that’s in that battery came out of old batteries, probably dating back to multiple uses. If you buy a new lithium battery today, almost none of the minerals came from a prior battery. But right now, used lead-acid batteries are a commodity.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

As he sees it, the prevailing narrative in the West is that China’s advances in EV manufacturing are somehow illegitimate, the products of a government that has unfairly subsidized its auto industry while forcing its citizens to buy its domestic products. GM sends tens of thousands of made-in-China Chevys to Mexico and other markets.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. GM is touting other features as well. Photos: GM, Segway purr about PUMA Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNETs Green Tech blog. by JayWes April 8, 2009 6:32 PM PDT No But GM is. E-mail Martin.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

New York 2009: Mercedes E250 Bluetec concept would get 28/39 city/hwy rating Breaking - Zero Motorcycles unveils the Zero S [w/Video] GM and Segways PUMA live reveal Hyundai to offer plug-in hybrid in U.S. Motor Trend Magazine has extensive coverage of all cars online including road tests, free videos, buying guides, etc.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. Car buyers were less enthusiastic.