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Electric bus market and trends 

Electric Vehicles India

Transport sector is responsible for 23% of CO2 emissions. The transport sector is responsible for approximately 23 % of total energy-related CO2 emissions in the world. High storage batteries are required for the mobility of the electric bus, which requires high recharging time and is expensive. Electric bus market and trends

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. It is reminiscent of the early 1900’s, when steam, electric, diesel, biomass, and gasoline power options competed on a level playing field for consumers’ attention. We have oil!

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. In addition to Smart Grid City, another major EV/V2G initiative is unfolding.

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The French are coming. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The batteries can be recharged in six hours or to 80 per cent capacity in 30minutes using a fast charge system. The PROLOGUE puts the internal combustion engine up front and runs on diesel, while the RC uses petrol with the electric motor going at the back. It has four doors, four seats and a compact length of 3.48m.

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