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AC Transit Board greenlights a $108M, 9.5-mile infrastructure project for first Bus Rapid Transit line; diesel-hybrid buses

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AC Transit’s BRT will operate between downtown Oakland and San Leandro—primarily utilizing historic International Boulevard and East 14 th Street. miles) is slated to begin in May 2016 with service expected to begin in November 2017. mile route with stops at raised station platforms. million people who call Curitiba home.

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Ballard’s Protonex subsidiary receives first order for fuel cell system to power commercial UAVs

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meters (27 feet), maximum cruising altitude of 4,250 meters (14,000 feet) and flight distance of more than 600 kilometers (370 miles). A fuel cell propulsion system allows for endurances comparable to an internal combustion engine, but with several added benefits. Specifications include a wingspan of 8.2

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EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

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South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. and 90% of that population lives within 100 miles of the southern border — meaning that there may never be a need for EV infrastructure on the scale that other countries will eventually have. It may be worth noting that Canada has roughly one tenth the population of the U.S.

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Optimal Energy to Introduce Pilot Fleets of Joule EV by 2010, Mass Production by 2012

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Optimal Energy , the Cape Town, South Africa-based company that unveiled the Joule full battery-electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle to the world at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 ( earlier post ), plans to have pilot fleets on the road in South Africa and globally from 2010 onwards, with mass production to start in South Africa from 2012.

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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billion in 2019, according to the International Air Transport Association. But in the United States, domestic and international airfares are expected to move in opposite directions. International airfare departing from the United States is up 10 percent for 2024 compared with 2023, according to Kayak , a travel search engine.

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Tata Takes On Air

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The CityCat model will clock out at 68 mph with a driving range of 125 miles. Nègre has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa. Recently, however, we’ve been getting international inquires. Refueling is simple and will only take a few minutes.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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From an official point of view, COP 15 is to be informed by the most recent report from the UNFCCC’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), published in 2007. Without a clear and ambitious number, the whole agreement will be in danger ” [ 8 ].

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