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Chevrolet purchasing and retiring up to $5M in carbon credits to help 11 colleges pay for efficiency projects

Green Car Congress

Chevrolet is purchasing carbon credits worth up to $5 million to help 11 colleges in the US pay for energy efficiency-based carbon reductions. This helps ensure campuses can continue to receive funding from companies’ carbon purchases long after Chevrolet completes its carbon-reduction initiative next year.

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New Flyer selected for the State of Oregon Transit Bus Cooperative Agreement

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Since 1997, New Flyer has delivered nearly 450 buses in the state of Oregon, including the recent delivery of 40-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE buses delivered to Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) in Portland. Earlier post.). Tri-Met welcomes its first battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit bus.

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Ford names first markets for the Focus Electric

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Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Portland, Ore.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.;

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Hyundai, Kia nonetheless below prison force next settling lawsuit over automobile thefts

Baua Electric

Sean Kane, founder and president of Protection Analysis and Methods, a suppose tank and recommend for motor car protection, filed a petition to NHTSA extreme hour to compel the protection company to reexamine the rule of thumb “in the wake of a continuing surge of Hyundai/Kia automobile thefts.”

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Motor Cables and High Current Posts

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

The instructions for the AC kit tell you to slide the motor speed control box through the two-inch hole that was cut in the wall between the engine compartment and the rear luggage compartment. In my haste, I added a computer grommet to the hole which made it just a bit too small to slide the motor control box through. It did not.

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Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

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Nissan Motor Co., In addition, Nissan’s “No Charge to Charge” program in the United States provides free access to selected charging stations for two years with the lease or purchase of a new Nissan LEAF in numerous cities including Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle. The company achieved a 22.6%

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materials and a simple fan shroud.

DIY Electric Car

As my parts have arrived in good condition, I have progressed from selecting, purchasing to installing the electronics for my conversion (phase 3). My next step was to create a shelf within the motor compartment. Next I mounted the switching box on the far left of the motor compartment, with the controller next to it.

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