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NREL report on electric bus demo at Foothill Transit finds Proterra fuel economy >8x higher than CNG on same line

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However, because Foothill Transit operates its BEB and CNG bus fleets differently, the efficiency results presented are not an apples-to-apples comparison. An apples-to-apples comparison of fuel cost—i.e., Foothill Transit installed two charger heads at its charging station to avoid downtime for charger unavailability.

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Hamburg putting its first Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid buses into service

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Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrids under the German “NaBuZ demo” scheme to promote sustainable bus systems for the future. As on the earlier fuel cell buses, the two stacks are installed on the vehicle’s roof. Three more buses are to follow next year. Earlier post.).

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AMPLY Power offers EV fleets guaranteed uptime and zero charging challenges

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Fleet charging management may not be the most glamorous segment of the EV industry, but it is emerging as an extremely important component of the future EV ecosystem. As commercial fleets electrify, they are finding that they need expert help to design, install and operate their charging infrastructure.

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Daimler demos self-driving snow removal trucks; premiere of Remote Truck Interface

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Specifically, this means that a convoy leader chooses a random unit from a fleet of available semitrailer combinations and defines this as the lead truck. It is towed as a semitrailer and powered independently of the tractor unit by a six-cylinder engine from Mercedes-Benz installed at the rear of the semitrailer.

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OLA Electric Scooter Ownership Blog - Dark Knight

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EV shift, will come as a wave of EV 2w,3w /4w fleet, then last adoption will be. I may add ,there is no comparison of “biking be it simple bike or ebiking” to eScooter ,I would prefer biking any day over eScooter any day. 4w of-course. It was sedate-slow, update.

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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid

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The production plug-in hybrid has a number of key changes from the 125 prototype demo units that were deployed in the field for testing and customer feedback. The demo units defaulted to EV mode. The compact Li-ion battery pack is installed under the rear luggage area. L/100km equivalent and 4.8 L/100km, respectively.

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