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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

Green Car Congress

UPS is working to meet its goal of logging one billion miles with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet by the end of 2017, using a Rolling Laboratory approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions to meet the unique needs of route-specific driving environments. At UPS, we own our fleet and our infrastructure.

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

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The pilot program accumulated over 90,000 miles of real-world testing and resulted in 430,000 package deliveries. Finally, deliveries in production models of the Rivian EDV are set to expand to over 100 cities in the U.S. Finally, deliveries in production models of the Rivian EDV are set to expand to over 100 cities in the U.S.

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The EV Curveball

Revenge of the Electric Car

As a new driver, learning on the roads of Kansas City, I pass by Suburbans and Tahoes on a daily basis. made me realize the huge impact that these big SUV’s have on our environment and our country. Very simply, the Tucson travels far enough for my daily needs (about 50 miles), and it can travel up to highway speeds (75+).

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What Is Hyperloop? And What Does It Offer?

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It might be able to transport passengers at speeds of up to 700 miles per hour in floating pods that race along inside gigantic low-pressure tubes, either above or below ground. The pods should be able to travel at speeds of up to 750 miles per hour as a result of this. Hyperloop is currently being developed by a number of companies.

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London Bus Operator Deploying Smith Electric Vans as Support Vehicles

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We are committed to a cleaner, safer environment and to reducing our carbon footprint. Its lithium-ion batteries deliver top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h), a range of up to 100 miles (161 km) on a single charge and can be recharged from flat to full in 6-8 hours. The electric vans are simply another step towards this goal.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Expanding established propulsion systems into a volume manufacturing environment. ETEC and its partner Nissan will demonstrate up to 5,000 Nissan electric vehicles with a 100 mile range and deploy up to 12,500 Level 2 and 250 Level 3 chargers. gross vehicle weight) with a 100 mile range. UQM Technologies, Inc. Chrysler LLC. $70.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Gudmundur Arnason, sponsored by Icelands National Energy Authority, Prius by Amberjac/EnergyCS, August 2007 (Akureyri, Iceland), contact gudmundurarnason@simnet.is ( full-size photo ) City of Toronto , Prius, Hymotion, August 2007 (Toronto, ON, Canada). Contact Nikki AT aminorjourney DOT COM, [link].

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