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Electric vehicles of the future

January 30, 2012
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Blogging from the TRB Annual Meeting, The City Fix looked at the European experience with electric vehicle car-sharing and personal rapid transit.

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CTA to install electric vehicle charging stations

December 16, 2011

The Chicago Transit Authority (IL) will install four electric vehicle charging stations at a park-and-ride lot for use by car-sharing vehicles.

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Paris rolls out electric car-sharing

December 8, 2011

Building on the success of its bicycle-sharing program, the City of Paris introduced a car-sharing scheme on Monday with a fleet of all-electric cars.

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Utah to test wireless electric bus

November 18, 2011

The University of Utah will test an electric bus that recharges without plugs or wires thanks to a $2.7 million FTA TIGGER III grant.

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Say bonjour to Autolib

October 4, 2011

Paris launched its car-sharing program Autolib with a fleet of electric Bluecars over the weekend. Officials hope to have 5,000 cars available by 2013.

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Nonprofits test car-sharing market

October 3, 2011

As companies like Zipcar have popularized car-sharing, some localities are testing nonprofit models to expand the reach and scope of these programs.

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MBTA to test plug-in hybrid pickups

September 29, 2011

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is testing 10 plug-in hybrid electric pickup trucks as part of a national test with Chrysler.

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German combo bus-train hybrid uses new propulsion technology

September 28, 2011

Looking like bus rapid transit vehicle on steroids, the German AutoTram is described as a fully electric, zero-emission light-train on wheels.

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Flint proposes solar farm to power alternative fuel facility

August 31, 2011

Flint’s Mass Transportation Authority (MI) announced plans to build a solar farm to power a new hydrogen, propane, and electric fueling station.

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Hamburg’s hydrogen buses log 2 million kilometers

August 22, 2011

Since 2003, the number of hydrogen fuel-cell buses in Hamburg has grown from a single prototype to three dozen, and they have logged over 2 million km.

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