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Odyne Systems delivers 7 plug-in hybrid work trucks through the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program

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Communities and utilities receiving the new technology were partially funded under the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program jointly administered through the Wisconsin State Energy Office and the US Department of Energy Wisconsin Clean Cities Program. The trucks are used for construction and maintenance of the Marshfield utility grid.

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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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Closer to home, the federal fuel economy standards require the average fleet fuel economy of OEMs that sell vehicles in the USA to be 35.5 Without the CAFE standard and stimulus monies to promote green vehicle tech, the industry would not be headed toward a greener horizon. mpg by 2016. Power plant capital costs.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

Last week, the Obama administration announced new fuel economy standards for automobiles that provides some incentives for electric cars. billion in stimulus grants to the industry. On the Grid. The study also considered how much strain electrical vehicles might put on the city’s electrical grid. Or No Cars?

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Stimulus Bill Provides Major Increase in Plug-in Vehicle Purchase Credit Program

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The $787-billion stimulus bill (HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) that emerged from the joint House-Senate conference committee this week provides funds for a large range of transportation-related projects. The alternative motor vehicle credit is not allowed against the alternative minimum tax. Department of Transportation.

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