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Moscow adding another 115 ultra-fast charging stations for electric buses

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The charging stations are unified; they are suitable for the charging of the electric buses by different manufacturers. Modern lithium-titanate batteries are used as energy storage devices in the electric buses. 2021 the city Government refused to purchase diesel buses. Thus, they can work in any weather all year round.

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KAMAZ opens center in Moscow to make electric buses

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The city plans to purchase another 1600 electric buses over next few years, with the goal of replacing the diesel fleet. Now, Russia-based heavy-duty truck vehicle manufacturer KAMAZ has opened a center to produce electric buses in Moscow. This May they will be launched to the streets of Moscow.

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CEC awards Proterra $3M toward electric bus manufacturing plant; Foothill Transit orders 13 more buses

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded a $3-million grant to leading battery-electric bus manufacturer Proterra as one of 46 transportation, energy storage, biogas and efficiency projects receiving a total of $83.7 The manufacturing facility will benefit economically distressed communities throughout the San Gabriel Valley.

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1000?? Electric Bus Hits the Roads of Moscow

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Moscow is to purchase 600 more electric vehicles next year. Electric vehicles will account for about 40% of all surface transportation fleets. More than 2,200 electric buses are expected to be purchased by the end of 2023, representing a 600-unit increase. Nearly 40% of the bus fleet should be electric at this stage.

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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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These projects, selected through a highly competitive process by the Department of Energy (DOE), are intended to accelerate the development of US manufacturing capacity for batteries and electric drive components as well as the deployment of electric drive vehicles. billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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BCG Report Expects Battery Costs Will Constrain Widespread Market Adoption of Fully Electric Vehicles, Absent a Technology Breakthrough; Forecasts 26% of Major Market New Cars in 2020 To be Hybrid or Electric

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The study, a companion to one released in January 2009 that analyzed the technical and cost tradeoffs of competing alternative power-train technologies, addresses the two principal variables in BCG’s analysis of the developing market for electric cars: the technical attributes and the costs of lithium-ion batteries for electric-vehicle applications.