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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Description. City of Fairfield. 746,456.

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Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell Fleet Passes 1M-Mile Mark In Project Driveway

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Behr-Getz was chosen to participate in Project Driveway because she would likely purchase a fuel cell vehicle out of concern for the environment and to reduce the nation’s use of petroleum. Feedback and learning from the Equinox fuel cell is being shared with the Volt development team.

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Goal!

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It’s creating a new vehicle called an extended-range electric vehicle." A nother goal of the campaign was to create a legislative environment which helped buyers make the jump to this new revolution in transportation. The Volt is not a hybrid, and it’s not a plug-in hybrid.

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

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CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM consumer electronics the battery is in the same environment as people and automatically temperature controlled. ” Discharge was carried out at the rate of 30C.

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Electric Vehicle Glossary: The Complete list of Electric Car Related Terms

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Leasing the battery saves the upfront purchase cost of an electric vehicle. This new service provides battery swapping options that offer a solution to address shorter-range issues of an EV. Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV) : Read Series Hybrid. Also called (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) EVSE.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Global company, heavy manufacturing, heavily unionized work environment, their brand is strong, we had a chance to benchmark them. Build better products. Click to enlarge. I think Caterpillar does a fantastic job.

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GM: Putting 1M Plug-ins on the Road Will Require a Plug-In Ecosystem

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The most important place for utilities to engage is to help vehicle purchasers who are their customers and rate payers get the charging equipment installed as conveniently and as quickly as possible. Linguistically, they’re talking about “plug-ins” rather than quibbling about plug-in hybrids vs. extended range EVs. Mark Duvall.

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