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Minneapolis and Ford want 66 electric, plug-in hybrid cars locally by 2010

Hey look, a plug-in vehicle partnership without Nissan-Renault. No, seriously. This time, the location is the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where local governments want to work with Ford to get 66 electric and hybrid vehicles on the road by sometime in 2010. Other partners include Xcel Energy and local nonprofits. The local government are offering to build a charging network, with charging stations in public areas and at destination locations like the Twins ballpark, for and with Xcel. Money for the project would come from Ford ... Read more →

Twin Cities buses inch into B5 territory Sebastian Blanco

Minneapolis and Ford want 66 electric, plug-in hybrid cars locally by 2010 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Twin Cities buses inch into B5 territory 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Twincities.com has up an AP mini-story on city busses in St. Paul and Minneapolis that will soon be running on a little bit of biodiesel added to their diesel fuel. The busses will start using B5 this summer. Minnesota state law requires all diesel fuel sold in the state to be at least B2, so the ...

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