greencarcongress.com - 12/28/2008
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The City of Burbank, California has been selected as a national test market for a new hydrogen fuel cell plug-in hybrid bus, designed and fabricated by Colorado-based Proterra (formerly Mobile Energy Solutions).
The Proterra bus. Click to enlarge.
The prototype will be ...
California Regulators Could Kill Plug-in Hybrid Conversions
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The California Solar Initiative - CSI
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How California Could Affect Car Choices
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Richard Stuebi: California Dreamin'
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Proterra electric bus gets over 20 MPGe in tests
autobloggreen.com 5/6/2009 — The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute at Penn State just had the chance to put the Proterra electric bus through some fuel economy tests in Altoona, PA and it was there that the Altairnano -powered people mover generated some head-turning miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) numbers. After ...
New California Cars Display Smog, Global Warming Scores
ens-newswire.com 1/6/2009 — Environment News Service: As of January 1, every 2009 model year and newer car built for sale in California will be required to carry a label that clearly ranks the vehicle's environmental impact. A vehicle's certification level can be found under the ...