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

Green Car Congress

The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Grid sourced electrical energy used to recharge the bus batteries will be augmented with solar energy collected with panels procured and installed under this project. Denver Regional Transportation District, Colorado: $770,000.

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Campaign Begins

Plug In Partners

Plug-ins could be recharged by plugging into a standard wall socket, delivering “electric” gallons of gas for about 75 cents a gallon at prevailing electric rates. Oil imports and the dark cloud they cast over this country requires dramatic and immediate attention,” says Frank Gaffney, President, Center for National Security Policy.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp. James Morrison, 2009 Toyota Prius by Hymotion/Green Car Company (Bellevue WA) October 2008contact Peak Oil Garage. South Coast Air Quality Management District #2 August 2006, by EnergyCS (Los Angeles County) State of Colorado Energy Office by Hybrids-Plus, Sept. or (800) 262-1984 x211.

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