Items Tagged with "Electric Vehicles"
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Meijer and Walgreens Unveil Plans to Install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Meijer Inc. unveiled its first electric vehicle charging station, while Walgreens announced plans to include charging stations in 18 stores in the Houston area.Meijer unveiled its first electric charging station at its store in Warren, Mich., which like future stores has tw
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Best Buy to Retail Ford's Portable Electric Vehicle Recharger
The electronics retail giant will also offer consumers consultation and installation services through its Geek Squad subsidiary.Ford and Best Buy are partnering to retail the automaker’s portable electric vehicle recharger system for its Focus Electric.The electronics retail giant will also of
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Duane Reade Tests Zero Emission Delivery Trucks
As a big step toward improving fuel efficiency standards and achieve lower carbon dioxide emissions, Duane Reade is partnering with Smith Electric Vehicles for its delivery fleet.With the Newton zero-emission, all-electric medium-duty commercial trucks to its delivery fleet, Duane Reade is the first
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UPS Buys 130 Hybrid Trucks
UPS Inc. has purchased 130 hybrid electric vehicles, which will go into service next year.Thirty of the package delivery trucks will roll out in New York and New Jersey, and 100 will be deployed in California, UPS said in a statement.The company has acquired two different sized vehicles from Freight
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Electric Vehicles to Surpass 5 Percent Market Share in the U.S. by 2017
Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) combined will represent 3.1 percent of worldwide auto sales by 2017, with the U.S. outpacing overall global adoption, according to Pike Research Thanks to higher penetration rates in the United States, HEVs and PEVs will account fo
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Research: Consumer Interest in Plug-in Electric Vehicles Declines
This year will be an important test of the commercial viability of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), according to a study that indicated a decline in consumer interest.Consumer interest in purchasing PEVs has gradually declined over the past two years, according to Pike Research, which conducted its
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Retailers and Suppliers Commit to Support Electric Vehicle Deployment
Seventy companies -- including Gap, Price Chopper, Starbucks, Ikea, Frito-Lay, Ciff Bar, Seventh Generation and Ben & Jerry’s -- that have pledged to facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles in the northeastern United States, according to the Transportation and Climate Initiative (T
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