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VIA Motors launches Chicago voucher program for fleet and businesses for extended range EVs

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VIA Motors announced a voucher program for Chicago-area fleet and business owners that will reduce the initial costs of owning a VIA Motors extended range pickup truck, extended range electric passenger van, or extended range electric cargo van. VIA VTRUX offers up to 40-mile battery range and.

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Lyft and GM’s Express Drive expands to Colorado and California; adds Bolt EV

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Launching in San Francisco in the summer of 2016 and in Los Angeles by the fall, Express Drive’s California members will have access to vehicles from the largest electric vehicle fleet in ridesharing, including the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and the extended-range electric 2016 Chevrolet Volt. and Baltimore.

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“Truth in 48” Audi diesel rally embarks from LA to NYC

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The team is driving the 2014 Audi A6 TDI and 2014 Audi A7 TDI sedans ( earlier post ), with the 2014 Audi Q5 TDI as a support vehicle; the goal is to demonstrate the extended range and fuel economy provided by Audi diesel technology.

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DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

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University of Illinois at Chicago. Scalable Ultra Power-Dense Extended Range (SUPER) Inverter. $1,250,000. University of California, San Diego. Strategies to Enable Lean Electrolytes for High Loading and Stable Li-S Pouch Cells. Development of a High-Rate Lithium-Air Battery using a Gaseous CO 2 Reactant. Cummins, Inc.

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5 Top Destinations for a Spring Break EV Road Trip

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If you have an electric vehicle, vacations may include more planning, but the extended ranges available from many new EVs and an expanding charging infrastructure are making trips like these easier to take. The great American road starts in Chicago and takes you through cities like St.

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

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The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Availability of the Focus Electric will expand in 2012 to the remaining 15 launch markets as production ramps up. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Richmond, Va.;

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win!

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