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New York City adding 70 electric vehicles to fleet; launches EV educational push

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The Administration is also working towards the use of electric vehicles in the City’s fleet of more than 13,000 yellow taxis. As part of its selection as the supplier of New York City’s Taxi of Tomorrow, Nissan is working with the City and taxi owners on a pilot program to study the use of zero-emission electric vehicles as taxis.

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GE and Chesapeake Energy to partner on infrastructure to speed adoption of natural gas as transportation fuel; CNG, LNG and home refueling

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GE and Chesapeake Energy Corporation have agreed to collaborate to develop infrastructure solutions that will help accelerate the adoption of natural gas as a transportation fuel.

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DOE to issue $35M funding opportunity for hydrogen and fuel cell technology; Class 1-2 fuel cell plug-in hybrids

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Fiber-reinforced composite pipes may be a viable option to reduce the cost and complexity of hydrogen pipeline installation. DOE is seeking novel approaches to reduce the cost of fiber-reinforced composite pipeline for hydrogen delivery.

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IDTechEX sees battery swapping as winner in 2- and 3-wheeler markets of Asia-Pacific

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Personal cars and taxi fleets in China are now adopting this technology as well with ambitious targets set by companies for rolling out their own swap station networks. IDTechEx research suggests that on average, decoupling the cost of the battery from the electric vehicle can reduce the purchase price of EVs by 20%.

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The Kiwi business journey to Carbon Zero

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They installed telematics devices to monitor kilometres travelled as ‘business use’ as well as driver behaviour. The installation of a pool booking system was completed and pooled fleets were adopted in main city centres to provide mobility solutions to those staff needing a vehicle to get around. . Step 4: Charging and infrastructure.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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I’m not against that and we should be exploring it but there are a lot of challenges—the primary one being the cost of these vehicles and there are infrastructure issues as well ,” cautioned Heywood. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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million to install three hydrogen fueling stations in the cities of Mountain View and Cupertino (both in Santa Clara County), and Foster City (San Mateo County). 300,000 to install and assess the performance of a smart-grid enabled fast-charging electric vehicle charging network. Linde, LLC, will receive $4.5 Hydrogen Frontier, Inc.,