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UPS Deploys 200 More Hybrid Delivery Trucks

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UPS has expanded its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles with the deployment of 200 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks in eight US cities. Before this latest deployment, UPS was operating 50 hybrid electrics in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix. The hybrid system uses a parallel, pre-transmission design.

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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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The City of Jackson, MS will receive funds to purchase new diesel electric hybrid buses to replace aging diesel buses that have reached their useful life expectancy. The City of Nashua will receive funds to purchase new hybrid electric vans to replace aging vehicles and related charging infrastructure. New Jersey Transit Corporation.

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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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Among the findings of the study, published as an open-access paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters , was that battery electric vehicles with large battery capacity can produce two to three times as much air emissions damage as gasoline hybrid electric vehicles, depending on charge timing.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Corporate sponsorship for the RAR ( www. EVJerry traveled with the RAR caravan as an advance scout vehicle in the All American “Spirit of DC”. This converted Toyota Prius is another type of Plug-in --a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle).