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Azure Dynamics announces sales of 29 Transit Connect Electrics

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Azure is a provider of electric drive technology for light to medium-duty commercial fleet vehicles in North America and is the first authorized provider of electric and hybrid electric solutions on Ford’s light-and medium-duty commercial vehicles. Boyer Ford in Minneapolis, MN. Harris Ford in Lynnwood, WA (2 units).

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Cummins Demonstrates Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power System

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The demonstration, held at Cummins Power Generation facilities in Minneapolis, leveraged development supported by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Caine Finnerty, vice president, SOFC Operations, Protonex Technology Corporation.

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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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The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Grid sourced electrical energy used to recharge the bus batteries will be augmented with solar energy collected with panels procured and installed under this project. Minneapolis-St.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

These include Pacific Gas and Electric, Kansas City Power and Light and Edison Electric Institute , the trade association for IOUs (see quote below). This site also links directly to the Plug-In Partners petition. Investor-owned utilities are starting to sign on as partners.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Rybak of Minneapolis , 2007 Prius by Hymotion , Oct 2007 (Minneapolis, MN), contact sustainability@ci.minneapolis.mn.us. Austin Energy by Hymotion, March 2007 Same as above (2 vehicles), contact mark.kapner@austinenergy.com. Full size photo Four County EMC , 2007 Prius by Hymotion, Oct 2007 (Burgaw, NC), contact Dan Allen.

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