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UPS Deploys 200 More Hybrid Delivery Trucks

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The 200 new hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) join roughly 20,000 low-emission and alternative-fuel vehicles already in use and have been deployed in Austin, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville. The hybrid system uses a parallel, pre-transmission design. Earlier post.).

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Volvo Car Corp. demonstrates autonomous driving in traffic jams; traffic jam assistance system ready for production in 2014

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As another step toward autonomous driving systems, Volvo Car Corporation is demonstrating a new traffic jam assistance system. —Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research and Development of Volvo Car Corporation. Slow-moving queues are part of urban commuting. Earlier post.).

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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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New Jersey Transit Corporation. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will receive funds for infrastructure upgrades to support its current battery electric bus fleet at a maintenance facility in Philadelphia, PA. Connecticut Department of Transportation. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

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

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The study, which was funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Electric Power Research Institute, the Heinz Endowment, the National Science Foundation, and Toyota Motor Corporation, also examined a hypothetical case with increased wind power.

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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. In the U.S.

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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

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Corporate sponsorship for the RAR ( www. EVJerry traveled with the RAR caravan as an advance scout vehicle in the All American “Spirit of DC”. The EVADC chapter became the lead sponsor of an EVducational Tour, called the "Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America.