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First electric school buses deployed in Texas; 3 Blue Bird buses

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The first zero-emissions electric school buses in the state of Texas were recently received by Everman Independent School District. The three buses, manufactured by Blue Bird Corporation, started transporting students this school year. Blue Bird now has more than 300 electric school bus units already delivered or on order.

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New York City Council passes bill mandating all city school buses be electric by 2035

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The New York City Council passed a bill mandating that the city’s school bus fleet be fully electric by 1 September 2035. Of the 960 currently managed by the City, 885 would still be need to be converted from diesel to electric as the City had previously committed to converting 75 school buses.

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Crowley to build and operate the first all-electric US tugboat to serve Port of San Diego; eWolf

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Crowley Maritime Corporation will build and operate eWolf, the first all-electric powered harbor tugboat. tons of diesel particulate matter, and 3,100 metric tons of CO 2 versus a conventional tug. tons of diesel particulate matter, and 3,100 metric tons of CO 2 versus a conventional tug.

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Exelon to electrify 30% of utility vehicle fleet by 2025; 50% by 2030

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Exelon Corporation today announced that its six electric and gas utilities will continue advancing transportation electrification to benefit customers and communities by taking major steps to electrify its fleet of vehicles.

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Daimler Truck and Cummins enter strategic partnership for medium-duty commercial vehicle engines

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We are now freeing up these funds to focus them on the technologies that are crucial to our long-term corporate success in the transformation of our industry. With the changeover to Euro VII, we would have to invest considerable resources in the further development of our medium-duty engines.

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Thriev adding 20 BYD e6 electric cars to London fleet

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Thriev , a company offering zero-emission, chauffeured cars to corporate and private users in London, is adding 20. BYD e6 electric cars to the fleet. Last month, the Mayor of London announced that from 1 January 2018, all new taxis would have to be zero-emission capable in order to gain an operating licence. Earlier post.).

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New battery-electric MINI to be variant of core 3-door model

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The BMW Group announced that the new battery-electric MINI will be a variant of the brand’s core 3-door model. This fully electric car will go into production in 2019, increasing the choice of MINI powertrains to include gasoline and diesel internal combustion engines, a plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) and a battery electric vehicle.

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