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King County Metro to begin testing electric buses that can travel more than 140 miles on a single charge

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At that distance, the battery-powered buses could satisfy about 70% of Metro’s bus routes, reducing air and noise pollution throughout the region. Short-range buses at Metro’s Bellevue Base can now fully recharge in much less time, which has made operations more efficient.

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Volvo to deliver plug-in hybrid buses w/ fast overhead recharging to Hamburger Hochbahn as part of development partnership

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The goal is clear: from 2020 we will only order buses with pollutant-free drives. Charging stations at the respective termini of the routes provide for the necessary recharging. sbaar pantograph for ultra-fast recharging. In Gothenburg, Volvo has been working with Opbrid’s B?sbaar Earlier post.).

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UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom

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UNCTAD predicts that some 23 million electric vehicles will be sold over the coming decade: the market for rechargeable car batteries, currently estimated at $7 billion, is forecast to rise to $58 billion by 2024. It has also contributed to environment degradation, landscape damage and soil contamination, groundwater depletion and pollution.

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California has spent more than $1.2B on cleaning up school buses; additional $1.8B slated over next 5 years

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A report published by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), in consultation with the California Energy Commission (CEC), shows California investments to clean up old, polluting school buses have already exceeded $1.2 The Legislature has appropriated an additional $1.8

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Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

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illion grant from the California Air Resource Board (CARB) awarded to Wabtec, BNSF and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The battery locomotive charged at the rail yard and recharged during the trip through regenerative braking. The California pilot program was part of a $22.6m-illion

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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This technology could reduce electricity/energy bills, pollution from power plants, risks of blackouts, the need for new power plants, and pollution from power plant generation. rechargeable battery?technology?that Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc. is developing a?rechargeable technology?that the cost of energy storage?by

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Cracow signs $40M order for 50 Solaris electric buses

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The design of the articulated buses will be adapted to two recharging modes: by means of a 4-pole roof-mounted pantograph placed above the first vehicle axis; or using a plug-in charger. ski Avenue)—a region of the city where the air pollution limits are exceeded the most, said Cracow mayor Jacek Majchrowski.

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