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New fleet customers for XL Hybrid’s plug-in hybrid upfit for Ford F-150 pickups

Green Car Congress

XLP will provide a 50% improvement in miles driven per gallon for major fleets across the United States, as well as significant reductions in CO 2 emissions. Southern California Edison (SCE); and Tampa Electric (TECO). Three of the latest companies that intend to add XLP F-150s to their fleet include the City of Long Beach, Calif.;

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What EV has the Best Bang for the Buck?

Clean Fleet Report

Bronson, Tampa, FL With some 43 new battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) debuting in the U.S. with a sticker price under $30k, the trade-off is less range; the Leaf will only get you about 149 miles per full charge, making it perfect for short commutes or jaunts around town but not so good for road trips.

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

Charged EVs

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?” Now Tampa Bay EV owners can start getting range delivered. Hey, Alexa, charge my car 50 miles.”

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

Green Car Congress

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. million in funds to approximately 120 energy projects within seven program areas. HEATS: High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage ($37.3

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

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

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. Now the "Spirit" is busy promoting plug-ins at America’s schools. On this leg of the trip we on the PHEV3A team have been focusing on stopping at schools.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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Energy efficiency of passenger transportation modes. The plan notes that rail is already among the cleanest and most energy-efficient of the passenger transportation modes. Florida Corridor (Orlando, Tampa, Miami). Source: DOT. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The plan identifies two types of projects for funding.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

Baua Electric

The bill then prohibits wind turbines within 1 mile of the Florida coastline or Intracoastal waterways. It will also ban them within all state waters, extending three nautical miles from shore on the Atlantic Ocean and nine nautical miles on the Gulf of Mexico side. So what’s the point of this straw man ban, anyway?

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