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787 Dreamliner sets speed and distance records for its weight class; 20% more fuel efficient

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The sixth 787, ZA006, powered by General Electric GEnx engines, departed from Boeing Field in Seattle at 11:02 a.m. Following an approximately two-hour stop for refueling in Dhaka, the airplane returned to Seattle on a 9,734 nmi (18,027 km) flight. The airplane landed at 5:29 a.m.

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

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Seattle; and Washington, D.C. The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.;

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Tesla Model 3 Battery

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2018 Tesla Model 3 Extended Range Battery Modules. I'm in Seattle suburb of Carnation, WA. Four individual modules, well balanced, 100.5V, 100.5V, 92.4V, 92.4V. all four at this one price A friend tore apart a module, I purchased the insides and have decided I don't want to use it. link] I am not able to ship.

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Proterra Catalyst electric bus sets records at Altoona in efficiency, gradeability, weight and acceleration

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grade, unprecedented in this test by an electric bus, making it an option to serve metropolitan areas with challenging topography in West Coast cities, including San Francisco and Seattle. The bus is powered either by an advanced Lithium Titanate fast-charge energy storage pack or an NMC extended range energy storage system.

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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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Headquarters: Phoenix, AZ Manufacturing: Phoenix, AZ and Northern California Deployment: Portland, Salem, Eugene and Corvallis, OR; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, TN. Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. Project locations. Technology. General Motors. Ford Motor Company. $30.

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

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Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. The City of Seneca and Oconee County will purchase 35' Proterra Catalyst zero-emission extended-range battery electric buses to the nation's first all-electric transit bus system.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT and Rally

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More range. We were curious, when invited to Seattle to drive the 2024 Mustang Mach-E, what exactly what we would learn. Charging More range There are two ways to charge, with the most common plugging into either a home or public charger, the other is through regenerative motor braking. minutes for the standard range battery.

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