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Porsche and UP.Labs to build startups tailored for Porsche’s business

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For example, these could involve predictive maintenance, supply chain transparency or digital retail. The startups will be minority owned by Porsche, with the option to purchase them entirely after three years. The startups’ focus will revolve around Porsche’s core activities. Above all, we strive for new sources of innovation.

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How BYD’s EV batteries will soon power up tens of thousands of electric motorcycles

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Since its inception in 2016, Ampersand has built the largest electric motorcycle fleet in East Africa. Their current fleet of thousands of electric motorcycles has demonstrated the significant benefits of electrification to the local population, including cost savings on fuel and maintenance, improved air quality, and enhanced public health.

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UPS to invest $130M in > 700 natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; > $1B invested in alt fuels since 2008

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This $130-million dollar investment in CNG capacity for 2018 builds on previous UPS investments of $100 million dollars in 2016 and $90 million dollars in 2017. Carlton Rose, president, global fleet maintenance and engineering for UPS. UPS is a catalyst for wide scale adoption of natural gas vehicles. Plainfield, Ind.; Edgerton, Kan.;

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Cummins Westport lands major transit fleet orders for natural gas engines from LA and San Diego

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CWI) is supplying engines for two of the largest natural gas transit fleet orders in North America to date, with combined orders of more than 900 ISL G engines. liter engine to be deployed in 2014 and 2015, with an option to purchase an additional 350 buses in 2016 for both its own fleet and contract operators.

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New York plug-in car sales up 74% April-June with introduction of rebate

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The Drive Clean Rebate provides New York residents with a rebate of up to $2,000 for the purchase of a new plug-in car from participating dealers. For the first half of 2017, New York saw 4,209 EVs sold, a 61% increase from the 2,609 sold in the same period in 2016. Last week Governor Cuomo announced the availability of $2.2

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Lightning Hybrids secures order for 35 hydraulic hybrid systems from Kiessling Transit

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Lightning Hybrids, developer and manufacturer of hydraulic hybrid systems for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses ( earlier post ), announced an agreement with Kiessling Transit to supply 35 hydraulic hybrid systems. The sale marks Lightning Hybrids’ largest order to date. —Tim Reeser, president and co-founder, Lightning Hybrids.

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Ballard providing ten 30 kW fuel cell modules to UpPowerTech; expanding into China’s Guangxi Province

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Ballard Power Systems has signed a purchase order from Shenzhen UpPower Technology Co., UpPowerTech), a leading fuel cell bus systems integrator in China, for the supply of 10 FCveloCity-MD 30 kW fuel cell power modules to be integrated by UpPowerTech into clean energy buses manufactured by Gaungxi Yuanzheng New Energy Co.

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