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Seattle fire department retrofits several ambulances with XL Hybrids system; city ordering more

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In just nine months with the hybrid-electric ambulances, the Seattle Fire Department has achieved a 23% increase in miles driven per gallon and a 19% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing fleet emissions is a key goal for the city as outlined in Mayor Ed Murray’s Drive Clean Seattle Initiative.

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Ford and City of Seattle Team on EVs

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Ford Motor Company and the City of Seattle are working together to help prepare the city for the operation of electric vehicles. Continued tax incentives as well as an easy charging station permitting process are both considered keys to electric vehicle acceptance in Seattle and across the country.

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Electrify America to install 2,800 charging stations at workplaces and multi-unit dwellings across US

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Electrify America LLC announced it will install more than 2,800 workplace and residential charging stations by June 2019 in 17 of the biggest metropolitan areas in the United States. The companies have committed to install 35% of all multi-family and workplace sites in California in designated low-income or disadvantaged community areas.

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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

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The company’s powertrain is built around Plug Power’s ProGen family of fuel cells specially modified for aviation use. The airplane, nicknamed Lightning McClean, took off at 8:41am PST from Grant County International Airport (KMWH) and flew for 15 minutes, reaching an altitude of 3,500 MSL. Deliveries will start in 2025.

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LA is building out 10,000 streetlight EV chargers, under brighter LEDs

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The 25-foot cables are installed in existing poles 10 feet off the ground, which can lower installation costs by 70% while reducing the potential for vandalism, damage, or injuries from tripping over cables, according to AmpUP and EVSE. Los Angeles is expanding an infrastructure project to put EV chargers in streetlight poles.

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Amazon finds utility approvals to be the biggest EV charging infrastructure bottleneck – Charged EVs

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One site in Seattle took 18 months. Amazon claims to have deployed 12,000 EV charging stations around the world, and it has found that slogging through the permits, approvals and logistics of installing the power lines and infrastructure is by far the hardest part of the process—installing the actual chargers is far easier.

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BP to Install 45 Ecotality Blink DC Fast Charging Stations

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a partner in The EV Project, will install ECOtality’s Blink electric vehicle (EV) DC Fast Chargers (480 volt 3-Phase AC input)—unveiled at the Business of Plugging In 2010 conference—at 45 BP and ARCO locations. BP Products North America Inc., The project is funded with a $114.8

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