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UPS Purchases 130 Hybrid Electric Vehicles

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The HEV fleet features two different size vehicles from Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and a hybrid drive system from Eaton Corporation. The 130 hybrids all will be deployed next year, with 30 going to New York and New Jersey and 100 to California.

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Sunoco Idles Eagle Point Refinery; Will Evaluate Feasibility of Using it to Produce Alternative Fuels in the Future

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is indefinitely idling all process units at its Eagle Point refinery located in Westville, New Jersey in an effort to reduce losses in its refining business at a time when a recessionary economy, weak demand for refined products, and increased global refining capacity have created margin pressure on the entire refining industry.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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In addition to providing clean transportation for children, school bus electrification programs will add $6 billion to the economy and create 46,000 job years. An indicative survey by the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance of its 24 members, who operate more than 1.3 million fleet vehicles in the U.S. With approval from the U.S.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. West Virginia University Research Corporation. Develop and demonstrate technologies to enable a downsized, boosted, lean, low temperature gasoline combustion engine system that improves fuel economy while meeting emissions requirements. HRL Laboratories, LLC.

Vehicles 150
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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Delaware Transit Corporation. Delaware Transit Corporation will receive funding to purchase Proterra 35' Catalyst E2 battery electric Buses, serving Wilmington and Sussex County. Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation. The new buses will be used on routes that connect residents to employment opportunities.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. NJ Transit, New Jersey: $250,000.

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Utilities Are Taking an EV-industry Leadership Role

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California , the world’s fifth largest economy, has been driving the United States’ electric vehicle adoption and zero emissions policies for decades. For example, utilities in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Massachusetts are planning projects of about US$25 million each. California as the EV Leader.