Ami Cholia
Ami Cholia is co-editor of AltTransport. Follow her on Twitter @amicholia.
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While Florida’s Republican governor returned federally allocated high-speed rail money, calling it a “waste of taxpayer funds”, Californis is only too happy to ask for it.
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With the arrival of the Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF, several questions about the cars’ battery life, costs, performance, etc have risen over the past couple of months. Turns out, skeptics were asking those same questions about hybrids when the Toyota Prius launched 11 years ago. And based on most surveys, the car’s been doing remarkably well over the years.
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Speed Limits On The Autobahn, New York’s Budget Allots $8.5 Billion For Transportation, California Wants All Of Florida’s High-Speed Rail Money
- by Ami Cholia
Speed Limits On The Autobahn, New York’s Budget Allots $8.5 Billion For Transportation, California Wants All Of Florida’s High-Speed Rail Money. All that and more in today’s transportation news.
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Cars / Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles To Cross 1 Million By 2015: Study
- by Ami Cholia
While electric vehicles aren’t as ubiquitous as we’d like yet, a new study by Pike Research finds that the cars will reach a “critical mass” in the next few years and cross the 1 million unit threshold for the first time in 2015.
Read more »Responding to increasing gas prices, President Barack Obama outlined a plan to reduce the United States’ reliance on foreign oil, including a proposal to buy only alt-fuel cars for the entire federal fleet by 2015.
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NASA Tests Chicken Fat As Fuel, Obama To Unveil Green Federal Fleet, New Hampshire To Ban Ethanol
- by Ami Cholia
NASA Tests Chicken Fat As Fuel, Obama To Unveil Green Federal Fleet, New Hampshire To Ban Ethanol. All that and more in today’s transportation news.
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High-Speed Rail
Scott Walker Now WANTS The High-Speed Rail Funds He Rejected In The First Place
- by Ami Cholia
Less than half a year after rejecting federal funds to build a high-speed rail connecting Milwaukee to Madison, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is now asking for at least $150 million from the feds to upgrade an existing Milwaukee-to-Chicago passenger line.
Read more »While Toyota has resumed limited production of three hybrid models, including the Prius, Lexus HS250h and Lexus CT200h, the company told its main suppliers that production in the country will not start till at least April 11.
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Electric Vehicles
Tesla Roadsters Have Traveled 10 Million Miles And Saved 500,000 Gallons Of Gas
- by Ami Cholia
Tesla may not have sold more than 1,500 Roadsters worldwide, but those cars have saved about 500,000 gallons of gas so far and cut about 5.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.
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Is Amtrak The Problem With High-Speed Rail, Best Cities For Bike Commuters, Toyota: No Japan Output Till April 11
- by Ami Cholia
Is Amtrak The Problem With High-Speed Rail, Best Cities For Bike Commuters, Toyota: No Japan Output Till April 11. All that and more in today’s transportation news.
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