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Enterprise Rent-A-Car brings EVs to 11th SoCal location; introduces EV owners discount program

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Enterprise and the SBCCOG have a history of working together on sustainable transportation initiatives, including the SBCCOG’s Local Use Vehicle (LUV) project. Our industry’s future depends on keeping passenger vehicles—and the fuels required to power them—economically viable and socially acceptable.

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GM and SAIC Promote Fuel Cell Propulsion Technology

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Group (SAIC) launched SAIC’s Shanghai Brand Fuel Cell Vehicle, powered by GM’s fourth-generation fuel cell propulsion technology. This follows the government’s call for the creation of a sustainable transportation system. In Shanghai, General Motors Corp. and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Earlier post.).

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At the EV Crossroads

Clean Fleet Report

When this publication began in 2006 commercially available electric vehicles were a novelty; the idea of a mainstream EV was part of a vision of a sustainable transportation system of the future. In a few short years the launch of the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt moved us closer to that vision becoming reality.

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PIP Declares Victory

Plug In Partners

PHEV s allow for optimization of readily available clean-energy resources and represent a sustainable transportation solution that can be delivered today. The Chevy Volt , a plug-in electric car, will have the battery power to take most American drivers to and from work every day without using any gasoline at all.

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FTA Report on Worldwide H2 Bus Demonstrations Finds Better Than Expected Performance and Strong Customer Acceptance; Challenges Remain

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The US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has published a report summarizing interviews with participants in the hydrogen-powered buses trials underway in more than 20 cities around the world from 2002 to 2007. Many transit agencies were surprised and favorably impressed with the steady progress made in fuel cell reliability.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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This effort builds on a productive partnership of public agencies to make progress in attaining a clean, sustainable transportation sector. million to retrofit five heavy duty electric trucks using a Siemens pantograph system, in which an overhead wire transmits electric power to a vehicle.