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ArticlesNovember 17, 2011

BCI Opens Chinese Facility, Focuses on North American Growth

While buses for all its worldwide subsidiaries will be built in China, the Australian-based bus manufacturer plans on completing Altoona testing and opening a final assembly plant in the U.S. to meet Buy America requirements.

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Newsby StaffNovember 16, 2011

Clean Energy partners in Mid-Atlantic

Quarles Petroleum Inc. operates approximately 125 fueling stations that serve its commercial vehicle fleet customers in strategic urban areas of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and North Carolina.

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2011

Azure to deliver 5 Ford Transit electric vehicles to W. Michigan U.

University already operates 38 conventional Transit Connect vans. The university has other electric, hybrid and flex-fuel vehicles in its service fleet.

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Newsby StaffOctober 20, 2011

Maryland MTA to purchase hybrid vehicles

Fifty-seven new hybrid buses are scheduled to arrive between October 2011 and March 2012. The agency plans to have an all hybrid fleet by 2018.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2011

Daimler to deliver 12 Orion VIIs to N.Y.

This marks the third consecutive order placed by CNYTRA. In 2009, 18 Orion VII CNG buses were delivered to Syracuse, N.Y.

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Newsby StaffOctober 17, 2011

LaHood to step down after Obama’s term

While he did not give a reason for leaving the Administration, he did say that he is looking into opportunities in the private sector. LaHood served as an Illinois Republican congressman for 14 years.

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Newsby StaffOctober 12, 2011

Proterra consolidating operations in S.C.

The move brought an additional set of advanced research and manufacturing jobs to South Carolina, as the company works to increase production capacity in their newly expanded manufacturing footprint.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

Gillig's CNG option logs best MPG ever at Altoona

Engineers were able to obtain this result while also incorporating unique design features that provide better maintenance accessibility and a relatively lightweight bus.The tank system will be on display in Booth #4013.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

BAE launches HybriDrive for artic buses

The hybrid-electric propulsion system saves an additional 10-20 percent on fuel for bus fleets, which doesn’t include the other 10 percent in fuel savings made possible through a new idling function.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

Proterra signs contract with Fla.'s StarMetro

To deliver three new EcoRide zero-emission transit buses and a charging station to the Tallahassee, Fla.-based agency per an FTA grant.

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