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President Obama calls for push on natural gas vehicle adoption and new technology

Green Car Congress

In remarks made at UPS in Las Vegas, Nevada, President Barack Obama urged getting more natural gas vehicles on the road. So now one of these trucks can go from Long Beach all the way to Salt Lake City. If more of these brown trucks are going green, more city buses should, too. That’s a great start.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

The stations will allow the fleets to lower their costs by buying fuel in bulk, access federal motor fuel excise tax credits, refuel at the times most convenient to their schedules, and model successful use of propane to nearby peers. South Coast Air Quality Management District’s UPS Ontario-Las Vegas LNG Corridor Expansion Project.

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Mercedes eSprinter first drive: here’s the deal – it’s a van, but it’s electric

Baua Electric

Mercedes also said that it managed to drive from Las Vegas to Long Beach, a 275-mile trip (albeit mildly downhill), on a single charge. Conclusion The long and the short of this whole review is that my experience driving the Mercedes van just felt very normal , and that’s exactly what’s needed for the commercial market.