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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Description. City of Fairfield. 746,456.

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GM: Putting 1M Plug-ins on the Road Will Require a Plug-In Ecosystem

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In addition, he said, the marginal sources that would handle the upswing from vehicle charging are “ significantly cleaner ” than the national average. Linguistically, they’re talking about “plug-ins” rather than quibbling about plug-in hybrids vs. extended range EVs. EPRI sees the charging infrastructure as a pyramid.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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It can do this with little disruption to the way homes and industry purchase and use energy today. We can set a goal to have every new vehicle purchased be a PHEV. Virtually any car, truck or bus can be made or redesigned as a long-range PHEV. The so-called Extended Range Electric Vehicle or EREV or BEVx.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

↓ ↑ report 4 jzj 11:02AM (4/13/2009) Ernie, indeed I have spoken to engineers: they are quite concerned regarding the future of EVs in various non-coordinated low-use environments pulling a tremendous amount of power at the same time. Beware of businessmen trying to make a fortune with the wish to shift to cleaner propulsion!