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car2go pulls plug on car-sharing service in San Diego, Minneapolis/St. Paul

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Those locations include: New York City, Portland, Columbus, Seattle, Denver, Austin, Washington DC, Calgary, Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver. car2go is currently offering pricing deals at these other locations.

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EEI encourages utilities to spend at least 5% of fleet acquisition budgets on plug-ins

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The paper encourages investor-owned electric utilities to meet an industry-wide goal to spend at least 5% of annual fleet acquisition budgets on plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and technologies. of the vehicles purchased by electric utilities in the last five years were equipped with plug-in technology. The 5% ask is a starting point.

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Maven deploying its first all-electric shared-use fleet in Austin; 20 Chevy Bolts

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Maven will leverage Austin’s Plug-in EVerywhere network of EV chargers, including Electric Drive, Austin’s downtown smart mobility showcase complete with a DC Fast Charger and solar kiosk. Pricing starts at $229 per week plus taxes. Pricing starts at $229 per week plus taxes.

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Pike Research forecasts US plug-in vehicle penetration rates to be highest in smaller states

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Pike Research forecasts that annual sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) will reach 358,959 vehicles by 2017, representing a compound anual growth rate (CAGR) of 43% between 2011 and 2017. Hawaii, which typically has among the highest gas prices in the nation, will be the top state, with PEVs representing 6.3% Salt Lake City, UT.

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Boeing Faces Tricky Balance Between Safety and Financial Performance

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The subject has taken on new significance after news accounts, including a report in The New York Times , that Boeing workers opened and then reinstalled the panel, known as a door plug. The plug tore away from the Alaska plane shortly after takeoff from Portland, Ore. Lately, Boeing appoints C.E.O.s

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. The more suppliers you have, the more competition you have, which means the pricing and performance from those suppliers are going to be better. What happens when we plug in 1.2-megawatt

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Mitsubishi to begin offering customers test drives of North American spec i-MiEV in November

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Mitsubishi is positioning the North American i-MiEV electric vehicle as the most affordably-priced mass-produced EV available in the US. Battery ventilation fan. To exhaust the conditioned air that circulates around the battery pack. Click to enlarge. Subjective impressions.

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