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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

Driivz

They weigh more than 10,000 pounds and include tractor-trailers and other freight trucks, school and public transit buses, delivery trucks, utility vehicles (including waste disposal), construction vehicles, and shuttles. Delivery vans, commercial-use vans, and pickup trucks are considered light-duty vehicles.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

Includes replacement of lighting fixtures, control systems, and roof upgrades at selected facilities. Ultra-light Zero Emissions Buses: Replaces two of Flint MTA diesel buses with advanced all-electric Zero-Emissions GTB-40 buses from Fisher Coachworks. Material is being financed and procured through the New York Power Authority.

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

Green Car Congress

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

Green Car Congress

Use of a higher efficiency paint-curing process, a new waterborne two-component primer material and “dry-booth” paint overspray technology will eliminate water used to capture paint particulates, which is one of the few remaining landfill waste streams in the manufacturing process. million dollars. Source: Honda North America.

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Headless Body In Topless Bar

Creative Greenius

Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, I read the New York Daily News after my parents were done reading it. All three of the newspapers I used to relish reading to start my day are now like a dear friend with terminal cancer who you behold physically wasting away to the point where it gets painful to look.