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California Energy Commission awards more than $2.5M for clean transportation projects

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will receive $1,211,370 to design and install a new system to pre-process solid food waste for use in two existing anaerobic digesters at a solid waste facility in Chino. The digesters will use the waste to produce biomethane to be converted into renewable compressed natural gas fuel. Big Valley Ford, Inc.,

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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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This grant would allow ConnDOT to upgrade the upcoming purchases of buses and would fund the incremental cost of a hybrid bus compared to a conventional bus. AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. Hybrid Electric Buses Incremental Costs: For the incremental cost of making transit buses hybrid electric.

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California Energy Commission awards $9.6M to 8 projects on electric vehicles, natural gas and biofuels

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If used in a light duty passenger vehicle, the powertrain will cut emissions by the same percent as it displaces 575 gallons of petroleum yearly. Each battery pack that goes into a light-duty electric vehicle is expected to reduce petroleum use by 575 gallons per year and reduce the resulting greenhouse gas emissions by 72 percent.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

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By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. I would never have thought of that. And the thing is, you end up owning it. Think about that.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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By contrast, the last time BYD executives traveled to the Detroit auto show they rented a suburban house to save the cost of hotel rooms. This attention to costs is one reason that BYD has made money consistently even as it has expanded into new businesses. tons of carbon dioxide. More More brazen than Madoff?

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