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LADOT partnering with GMV and ViriCiti for e-bus management and maintenance

Green Car Congress

To meet the unique demands of these new zero-emission buses, LADOT is partnering with GMV Syncromatics and ViriCiti to develop a fleet management and maintenance system which will provide real-time dispatch and bus status information.

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car2go carsharing expands to Seattle

Green Car Congress

Members will be able to locate a car via a smartphone app, via the car2go vehicle finder on the car2go website, by calling the customer call center, or simply by finding an available car on the street, anywhere within the 42-square-mile car2go Home Area, where members can pick up or drop off a car.

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INL Cuts Total Fuel Use 20% in 4 Years; Increased Use of Biodiesel, E85

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Modernizing the fleet also cuts fleet maintenance costs—a separate savings amounting to thousands of dollars annually. INL bus routes have been streamlined this year, reducing the total number of routes while eliminating many of the old start-and-stop patterns that wove through residential neighborhoods. Mass transit improvements.

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BYD delivers first all-electric automated side loader refuse truck to city of Palo Alto

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The electric refuse truck has 76 miles of range and requires only two to three hours maximum to fully charge. The truck will operate on a variety of service routes in the community from urban to residential neighborhoods including streets with steep inclines. —Andy Swanton, vice president of truck sales for BYD Heavy Industries.

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Mercedes-Benz launches vehicle data analytics project with City of Boston to help improve uneven roads

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It is well known that not all neighborhoods and communities use Boston 311 at the same rate, yet 311 is a major driver of how some City resources are allocated. —Stefanie Costa Leabo, the City of Boston’s Chief Data Officer The City of Boston maintains 2,000 lane miles of roadway.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

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There are many operations that take place behind the scenes (which passengers rarely see), including maintenance, baggage handling and aircraft movement. Each bus can travel approximately 230 miles on a charge, and it takes four hours to fully recharge the bus.

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SoCal Edison white paper shares data about PEV usage and charging

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Because “early adopters” tend to cluster in the same neighborhoods and adding a plug-in vehicle is like adding another house to the circuit, in terms of load, SCE developed an operational strategy to upgrade distribution circuits. The rest of the work was required under the regular infrastructure upgrade and maintenance schedule.

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