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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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City of Tucson. The City of Tucson will receive funds to purchase electric buses with dedicated charging stations and provide maintenance and first responder training for the new technology. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon. Capital Area Transit System. Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

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Nissan Enters into EV Partnership with City of Houston

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To that end, the city intends to add 25 electric vehicles this year, bringing to 40 the total number of plug-in cars in the city’s fleet. Houston is one of 14 cities that have joined the Clinton Climate Initiative C40 in a commitment to make their cities more electric vehicle-friendly. Washington D.C.,

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DOE Closes $1.4B Loan Agreement with Nissan to Support Production of LEAF and Batteries

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Nissan has formed more than a dozen partnerships in the United States, in markets including State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County and San Diego in California, Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., Nissan LEAF, a five-passenger sedan, will be available for private and fleet customers. Washington DC, Seattle, Raleigh, N.C.,

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13 environmental groups urge USPS to select plug-ins for next-generation delivery vehicles

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The USPS fleet travels more than 1.3 If an electric model is selected, the USPS fleet would be the largest electric vehicle fleet in the world. The USPS intends to retire this fleet in coming years, and to replace the vehicles with Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs). Oregon Environmental Council.

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Nissan, Pima Association of Governments and ECOtality to Partner on EVs and EV Charging Infrastructure for Tucson Area

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Nissan; the Pima Association of Governments ( PAG ), which represents the Tucson, Arizona region; and ECOtality are forming a partnership to promote the development of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network in the area. Nissan will introduce EVs in the United States in 2010 and will mass market EVs globally two years later.

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Renault-Nissan Alliances Forms EV Partnership in Phoenix Metro Area; Beginning of a Phoenix-Tucson EV Charging Corridor

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In March, Nissan announced a similar partnership with ECOtality and the Pima Association of Governments, in the Tucson, Ariz., ECOtality plans to link the Phoenix and Tucson Metro areas by implementing strategic fast-charge stations along Interstate 10 (I-10) to create the first implementation of an EV Corridor in North America.

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Friday, 4 Dec 09. And the "Spirit" is on Target for Florence, Pinal Cty, , then on-ward to Parker, La Paz Cty and to Yuma, Yuma Cty Thereafter

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And EVJerr's blogging from Tucson with a couple sites to hit -- the popular bookstore, Bookman's is installing two e-vehicle chargers at two sites and one in Phoenix (See Arizona Daily Star, Thursday, 3 Dec "Ground broken for e-vehicle chargers" article by Dan Sorenson). New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania.