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Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

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Ford is opening an E-Transit registration site today for commercial customers ahead of order banks opening by July. To date, more than 450 commercial customers in North America, including 200 top fleets and fleet management companies, have said they’re interested in purchasing the E-Transit.

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Smith Telemetry for EVs Launches at CV Operator Show

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Smith Electric Vehicles is unveiling a new telemetry system specifically engineered for commercial electric vehicles at the Commercial Vehicle Operator Show 2010, Birmingham, England, 13 to 15 April. Smith Telemetry aims to simplify fleet management of commercial electric vehicles, while also reducing costs.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

Fleet Orders · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – 1,800 · City of Chicago - 850 vehicles · Shohomish County, WA - 300 · City of Seattle - 410 · Kansas City, MO - 120 · Capital Metro (Transit agency in Austin) - 165 · ABC Lawn and Pest Control (Austin) - 150 Cities Cities continue to join the Plug-In Partners coalition.

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

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s Puget Sound Clean Cities Petroleum Reduction Project. The project includes 45 E85 and B20 stations, eight propane stations, and 132 electric vehicle recharging sites.

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Smith Delivers First Electric Trucks to Major US Corporations

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Smith Electric Vehicles US delivered the first electric Newton trucks—the largest commercially available battery-electric-powered truck—to four Fortune 500 companies and two utility companies in an event hosted at the Capitol Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington DC. Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L).

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Milbank Manufacturing selects AeroVironments EV charging solutions for national distribution program to expand charging infrastructure

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of Kansas City, Mo., CHAdeMO-certified Level 3 DC EV50-PSand EV50-FS, which recharge vehicles in minutes instead of hours. Milbank builds solutions that move power for the residential, commercial, industrial, utility and transportation sectors. Milbank Manufacturing Co. has selected AeroVironment, Inc. (AV)

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