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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Electric school buses equipped with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology also have tremendous potential as “batteries on wheels” that can store electricity and provide it to the grid or to buildings when needed. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules.

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Fighting Climate Change with Clean Energy

EV Match

According to the Solar Energy Industries Association , community solar “refers to local solar facilities shared by multiple community subscribers who receive credit on their electricity bills for their share of the power produced. It’s an easy way to add clean energy to the grid and reduce fossil fuel consumption.

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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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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. This grant would allow ConnDOT to upgrade the upcoming purchases of buses and would fund the incremental cost of a hybrid bus compared to a conventional bus.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

Cars That Think

The 260-kilometer, 320-kilovolt high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, based on technology from Hitachi Energy , in Zurich, marks a milestone in an ongoing transformation of the European power grid: It will plug into the first truly dynamic multiterminal HVDC network in Europe. grid research and advocacy consortium.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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Axion Power said this first $400,000 purchase order is part of a $475,000 total purchase order, that will be used in the commissioning of Norfolk Southern’s NS-999 ( earlier post ). We’re not throwing stones or rocks at lead acid battery industry. Earlier post.) There are some things it can’t do. —Tom Granville.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

Paul Gioupis: I started off in the EV industry in 1998. I started bringing these vehicles to fleets in New York, New Jersey and California. What’s your vehicle purchasing schedule?” And they assigned us every bit of capacity that was available on the grid. We’re in Southern Cal Edison territory.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The biggest obstacle for those who would prefer an alternative has been lack of purchasable plug-in electric vehicles since 2003 when auto manufacturers ceased production of plug-in EVs like the GM EV1, Honda EV Plus, and Toyota RAV4-EV. A full recharge draws a maximum of 28 kilowatt hours of electricity from the grid. www.bmwusa.com.

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