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million federal stimulus grant to build electric trucks. FedEx will evaluate the performance of the eStar vehicle in its fleet as it operates in the Los Angeles area. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fleets. e-Star Quick Specs. 80 kWh Li-ion pack. 70 kW, 300 N·m (221 lb-ft) motor. Max speed: 50 mph (80 km). Range: 100 miles (161 km).
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should promise to order 50,000 fleet vehicles of the first viable plug-in hybrid — that would be just the stimulus the carmakers need. (clip) The Bush administration is backing the technologies that go into plug-in hybrids, but languorously. Instead, the U.S.
FTA stimulus funds covered 100% of the cost of the vehicles. McDonald Transit manages numerous vehicle fleets across the nation; the Azure Dynamics buses will be its first hybrids in service. Votran expects delivery in the fourth quarter 2009 and will integrate the buses into its county-wide paratransit service.
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Eligible diesel vehicles, engines and equipment include buses; medium- or heavy-duty trucks; marine engines; locomotives; and non-road engines or vehicles used in construction, handling of cargo (including at a port or airport), agriculture, mining, or energy production.
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The President may be currently abroad experiencing the horror of European ramps, but his government has been busy at home ordering the very cars its stimulus program has helped to fund.
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.” Adam Jonas listed several risk factors for the stock in the note, which include price cuts, weakening or expiration of EV incentives, excess capacity in China, residual value risks, and fleets cutting EV concentration. Fleets offer a few advantages, including a large boost to orders for EV makers.
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