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The article I read was about "Green Vehicles". The information in this article was very to the point, supported with working links, as well as tables with data and comparisons. It also provided plenty examples as well diving into multiple topics such as Animal Transport, as well as even human powered vehicles. I also feel like this article tries its best to be neutral in terms of vocabulary usage. Facts are almost everywhere referenced with appropriate links, including ones that can help the reader find some background knowledge about the topic. Some of the sources however, appear to be biased. For example, one is called "Ford Fusion wins 2013 Green Car Of The Year", which obviously shows how this could lead to misleading information as the source is biased towards Ford Fusion. One conversation I saw there was in the section "Criticism", as it clearly showed the timeline of people arguing about the topic and discussing its pros and cons.

"Battery Electric Vehicle" edit[edit]

Chattanooga, Tennessee operates ninezero-fareelectric buses, which have been in operation since 1992 and have carried 11.3 million passengers and covered a distance of 3,100,000 kilometres (1,900,000 mi), they were made locally by Advanced Vehicle Systems. Two of these buses were used for the 1996 Summer Olympicsin Atlanta.[1][2]

Beginning in the summer of 2000, Hong Kong Airportbegan operating a 16-passenger Mitsubishi Rosaelectric shuttle bus, and in the fall of 2000, New York City began testing a 66-passenger battery-powered school bus, an all-electric version of the Blue Bird TC/2000.[3]A similar bus was operated in Napa Valley, Californiafor 14 months ending in April, 2004.[4]

The 2008 Beijing Olympicsused a fleet of 50 electric buses, which have a range of 130 km (81 mi)with the air conditioning on. They use Lithium-ionbatteries, and consume about 1 kW⋅h/mi (0.62 kW⋅h/km; 2.2 MJ/km). The buses were designed by the Beijing Institute of Technology and built by the Jinghua Coach.[5]The batteries are replaced with fully charged ones at the recharging station to allow 24-hour operation of the buses.[6]

In France, the electric bus phenomenon is in development, but some buses are already operating in numerous cities.[7]PVI, a medium-sized company located in the Paris region, is one of the leaders of the market with its brand Gepebus(offering Oreos 2Xand Oreos 4X).[8]

In the United States, the first battery-electric, fast-charge bus has been in operation in Pomona, Californiasince September 2010 at Foothill Transit. The ProterraEcoRide BE35 uses lithium-titanate batteriesand is able to fast-charge in less than 10 minutes.[9]

In 2012, heavy-duty trucks and buses contributed 7% of global warming emissions in California. [10]

In 2014, the first production model all-electric school bus was delivered to the Kings Canyon Unified School District in California’s San Joaquin Valley. The bus was one of four the district ordered. This battery electric school bus, which has 4 sodium nickel batteries, is the first modern electric school bus approved for student transportation by any state.[11]

In 2016, including the light heavy-duty vehicles, there were roughly 1.5 million heavy-duty vehicles in California.[12]


"Electric Vehicle" edit[edit]

The first all-electric school bus in the state of California pausing outside the California capitol building in Sacramento.

Over 9000 Londoners may die early every year from toxic air. Transport is a major contributor to the problem, so the city plans to become Europe’s ultra-low-emissions vehicle capital and achieve zero transport emissions by 2050. A government-funded scheme is helping London’s boroughs install over 1000 charge points across the city by the end of 2020.[13]

The same technology is used to power the Mountain View Community Shuttles. This technology was supported by the California Energy Commission, and the shuttle program is being supported by Google.

Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, head of the Centre of Automotive Researchat the Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciencesin Germany, said that "by 2025, all passenger carssold in Europe will be electric or hybrid electric".[14]

  1. ^ Downtown Electric Shuttle Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  2. ^ Success Stories Archived 20 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Solectria Develops an All Electric Version of the Blue Bird TC2000 Archived 4 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Electric School Bus. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  5. ^ UNDP donates electric buses to Beijing Olympic Games. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
  6. ^ BIT Attends the Delivery Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games Alternative Fuel Vehicles with its Pure Electric Bus Archived 6 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ (in French) http://avem.fr/index.php?page=bus
  8. ^ "PVI, leader de la traction électrique pour véhicules industriels". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  9. ^ Proterra Launches First Deployment of All-Electric, Zero-Emission Buses by Major Transit Agency Archived 30 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Chandler, Sara; Espino, Joel; O’Dea, Jimmy (2016). "Delivering Opportunity: How Electric Buses and Trucks Can Create Jobs and Improve Public Health in California". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ "New All-Electric School Bus Saves California District $10,000+ Per Year". CleanTechnica. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  12. ^ Chandler, Sara; Espino, Joel; O’Dea, Jimmy (2016). "Delivering Opportunity: How Electric Buses and Trucks Can Create Jobs and Improve Public Health in California". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ "Shibboleth Authentication Request". eds.b.ebscohost.com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  14. ^ Helena Spongenberg (2008-08-27). "EUobserver / EU states plug in to electric cars". Euobserver.com. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
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