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APTA reports record public transportation usage in US in 2013; growth outpacing population and VMT growth

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While vehicle miles traveled on roads (VMT) went up 0.3%, public transportation use in 2013 increased by 1.1%. Since 1995 public transit ridership is up 37.2%, outpacing population growth, which is up 20.3%, and vehicle miles traveled (VMT), which is up 22.7%. Bus ridership increased by 3.8%

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BoostEV is an on-demand mobile EV charging network, like UberEats for hungry EVs

Charged EVs

The company’s modular, portable system—called the Roadie—is designed to make DC fast charging mobile. I want an extra 100 miles, 50 miles.” If you’re a hundred miles away from where they’re located, they may be a fee. So, right now, if you said, “Well, Josh, how quickly can you expand to the Tampa/St Pete, Florida area?”

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A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Wants to Visit Your School

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 06, 2009 – The "Spirit of DC's" on the road again on its Sun Belt Grand Finale from San Francisco to Washington, DC. The plug-in hybrid vehicle the “Spirit of DC" was designed to run on electricity alone for about 10 miles before reverting back to acting like an ordinary hybrid.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Florida, Tampa). Routing Over 660,000 miles of transmission line exist within the. Wafer-Level Sub-Module Integrated DC/DC Converter The University of Colorado team will develop and demonstrate. The overarching goal of. the project will provide heating and cooling to electric. Pacific Northwest. National Laboratory.

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