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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

The stations will provide additional CNG fueling in cities and along the Interstate corridors that pass through Kansas City – East to West on I-70 and North to South on I-35. New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

Green Car Congress

The near-term investment strategy seeks to: Advance new express high-speed corridor services (operating speeds above 150 mph (241 km/h) on primarily dedicated track) in select corridors of 200-600 miles (322-966 km). (As South Central Corridor (Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Little Rock). Earlier post.)

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Vehicle manufacturers do not share that when they’re selling vehicles, so [fleet operators] are buying vehicles and as soon as winter comes around, they’re getting [only] 60 miles out of a vehicle. It’s in the pavement at a bus stop in the middle of a residential neighborhood. And we’re like, “Yeah, that’s the point.” You don’t see it.