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AMPLY Power saves up to 40% on energy costs for Tri Delta Transit electric buses

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Using this real-time status allows AMPLY’s system to forecast when the vehicles will be ready-to-go, and once the vehicles are out delivering passengers, AMPLY’s system can track their return state-of-charge battery level and length of time to recharge. For Tri-Delta, this is realizing up to 40% savings on energy rates.

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Electric Vehicles Could be your Solution to the Current Gas Prices

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How does the price of fuel and the price of recharging compare? It found the average price to recharge an EV is $0.15 Add on the lack of maintenance for an EV, and savings go up another $8,000. Electric Vehicle Rebates, Grants, Incentives. How Expensive is Electric Vehicle Maintenance?

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Odyne Systems delivers 7 plug-in hybrid work trucks through the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program

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The Odyne plug-in hybrid drive system reduces fleet operating and maintenance costs, and depending on duty cycle, enables large trucks to obtain significant fuel economy improvements compared to traditional diesel engines. The trucks are used for construction and maintenance of the Marshfield utility grid. Manufactured by DUECO, Inc.

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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

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The new E-Trikes, which run on an electric motor and rechargeable lithium-ion battery, will be introduced to Metro Manila and other urban centers across the Philippines under a lease-to-own arrangement. E-Trike drivers will save upwards of $5 a day in fuel costs, and the new E-Trikes have the capacity to carry more passengers. million.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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Report finds progress in UK Low Carbon Emissions Bus uptake, but a need to review incentives

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The Government’s Green Bus Fund (GBF) and enhancements to the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) paid on a per liter of fuel basis—which includes an enhancement of 6 pence per km (ppkm) for qualifying LCEB—have been key mechanisms driving the introduction of LCEBs. Existing incentives.

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Workplace EV Charging: Business Benefits and Considerations for Success

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Incentives ease the burden of providing workplace EV charging Government agencies at the country, region, state, and municipality levels typically offer incentives ranging from grants to tax credits to help defray the cost of installing workplace EV charging infrastructure. Many utilities also offer incentive programs for workplace charging.