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Pennsylvania DEP awards nearly $517,000 in clean diesel grants

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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) awarded $516,637 in clean diesel grants to four organizations. The replaced school bus averages six miles per gallon and uses approximately 1,100 gallons of diesel fuel each year.

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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The expansion will include on-site fueling stations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. By 2017, our goal is to reach one billion miles driven by our alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. In 2012, the growing fleet drove 49 million miles, a 43 percent increase compared to 2011.

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Penn State Li-ion battery design could charge an EV in 10 minutes; asymmetric temperature modulation

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Penn State researchers have developed a lithium-ion battery that charges at an elevated temperature to increase reaction rate but keeps the cell cool during discharge, showing the potential to add 200 miles of driving range to an electric car in 10 minutes.

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2010 Prius Plug-in Hybrid Makes North American Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show; First Li-ion Battery Traction Battery Developed by Toyota and PEVE

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Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Demonstration Program Vehicle 002. The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) made its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. If you do an EV with a 200-mile range, you have a long charge time, it's very expensive.” New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Click to enlarge.

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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UPS is working to meet its goal of logging one billion miles with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet by the end of 2017, using a Rolling Laboratory approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions to meet the unique needs of route-specific driving environments.

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Ballard to supply New Flyer Industries with next generation power module for fuel cell bus

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The module will be utilized in a next-generation New Flyer Industries fuel cell bus that will be sent to Altoona, Pennsylvania for testing and qualification prior to being deployed into revenue service under the US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) National Fuel Cell Bus Program. million miles) in revenue service.

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Testing Finds Proterra Electric Transit Bus Achieves More Than 20 mpg Diesel Equivalent

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Simulated test phases ranged from 7 stops per mile and a top speed of 20 mph during the central business district phase to 1 stop and a top speed of 40 mph during the commuter phase. Calculated diesel equivalent fuel economy for each phase was: 21.35 mpg on the central business district phase, 17.55 mpg on the arterial phase and 29.23

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