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May 22, 2012
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Nissan’s e-NV200 electric van wins prestigious Fleet World Honours eco award

A year before it’s slated to launch to go into production, the Nissan e-NV200 takes the Environment Award at the 2012 Fleet World Honours. Pinboard (MacAaron:tnev)

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May 22, 2012
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The Lawless Rocket Beats 200mph!

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The Lawless Orange County Chopper Rocket, ridden by Larry “Spiderman” McBride, pulled off more than a world record electric drag racing run for a motorcycle, but for electric dragsters of all types by getting better than 200 miles per hour. The Rocket became the first electric drag racing vehicle to break a 6-second quarter mile …
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May 22, 2012
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FedEx Express closes in on goal of 20% improvement in vehicle fleet fuel efficiency years ahead of schedule

FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp., announced that its vehicle fleet was 16.6% more fuel efficient through FY2011 than it was in 2005. The company has a goal of making the vehicle fleet 20% more efficient by 2020. Among the company’s initiatives to improve fuel economy are: Upcoming addition of 87 all-electric trucks to its green …
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