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Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

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The battery locomotive charged at the rail yard and recharged during the trip through regenerative braking. A fleet of second-generation FLXdrives will be commercialized and could enter supply chain routes in the next few years. The California pilot program was part of a $22.6m-illion

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Volvo Car Corporation begins production of the Volvo C30 Electric for leasing customers in Europe

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The Volvo Car Corporation has begun production of the C30 Electric ( earlier post ); initial deliveries to leasing customers, mainly companies, authorities and governmental bodies, will take place immediately after the summer. The car is recharged from a regular household power socket. A full recharge takes about 7 hours.

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More than 100 Blue Bird electric school buses have been ordered so far; Cummins electric drive

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More than 100 electric school buses, powered by a Cummins fully electric drivetrain, have been ordered to date from Blue Bird Corporation, a school bus manufacturer highly focused on alternative fuel technologies. —Phil Horlock, president and CEO of Blue Bird Corporation. Earlier post.)

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Volvo to Deliver 10 C30 Electric Vehicles to Göteborg Energi; First Elements of Test Fleet

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Volvo Cars and energy company Göteborg Energi signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation in the area of electrical vehicles and recharge infrastructure. Recharging the C30 BEV pack via a household supply (230V, 16A) will take about eight hours. The battery in the C30 BEV is designed and developed in the US by EnerDel, Inc.,

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Blue Bird just got its single largest electric school bus order yet

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Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) got the single largest order of electric school buses to date from the second-largest public school system in the US. The Los Angeles Unified School District ordered 180 electric school buses, adding to the 26 Blue Bird electric school buses it already has in its fleet.

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Azure Dynamics selects Lotus for assembly support for Transit Connect Electric

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Azure Dynamics Corporation has selected Lotus Lightweight Structures, a division of Group Lotus plc, to provide assembly support for the Transit Connect Electric for the European market. On a full charge, Transit Connect Electric has a range between 80 km/50 miles and 130 km/80 miles depending on auxiliary power usage and drive cycle.

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First fleet of 100 Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell electric vans covers 650,000 km in customer use; more model variants planned

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The 100 battery-driven electric Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL vans ( earlier post ) in use in Berlin and Stuttgart have covered 650,000 km (404,000 miles). The batteries of Vito E-CELL vans are recharged at these locations outside of operating hours. Power supply is via charging stations at fleet depots. Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL.

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