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UPS Deploys 200 More Hybrid Delivery Trucks

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Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville. The HEV fleet features two different size vehicles from Workhorse Custom Chassis and Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and a hybrid power system from Eaton Corporation. Before this latest deployment, UPS was operating 50 hybrid electrics in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix.

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Azure Dynamics signs HEV/EV sales/service agreements with 76 additional dealerships

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Azure Dynamics Corporation has signed agreements with 76 additional dealerships to represent Azure’s products including the Transit Connect Electric and the Balance Hybrid Electric in key markets across North America. The new agreements bring the total number of dealerships in the Azure program to 103.

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Xcel Energy and Customer Coalition To Be Among First Users of Electric Transit Connect

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Xcel Energy, a major US electricity and natural gas company, will add two of the 13 vans into its corporate fleet. The company is finalizing agreements with others eligible to participate, including the city of Minneapolis and Hennepin County in Minnesota and the city of Denver in Colorado. The city of Saint Paul, Minn.,

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Cummins Demonstrates Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power System

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The Cummins APU incorporated hybrid power electronics, system controls, and balance-of-plant components combined with SOFC modules supplied by Protonex Technology Corporation. Caine Finnerty, vice president, SOFC Operations, Protonex Technology Corporation. Earlier post.).

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ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics progressing in their algal biofuels partnership; preliminary results from lifecycle analysis

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ExxonMobil is progressing in its partnership with Synthetic Genomics (SGI) ( earlier post ) to explore algae biofuels.

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USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

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Delaware Transit Corporation. Metro Transit (Minneapolis–St. City of Fort Collins (CO). City of Lawrence / Lawrence Transit. Connecticut Department of Transportation. Golden Empire Transit District. Hawaii Department of Transportation. Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. Missoula Urban Transportation District.

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ExxonMobil, MIT and Synthetic Genomics team publishes results of LCA on algal biofuels; potential for large reductions in GHG

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At the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit in Minneapolis, Dr. Michael Matturro, Corporate Programs Laboratory Director for ExxonMobil, provided a brief overview of the scope of the work. As part of the program, ExxonMobil formed a strategic research and development alliance with Synthetic Genomics Inc., Craig Venter. Earlier post.).

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