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Article Evaluation
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
Chattanooga, Tennessee operates ninezero-fare electric buses, which have been in operation since 1992 and have carried 11.3 million passengers and covered a distance of 3100000 km, they were made locally by Advanced Vehicle Systems. Two of these buses were used for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Beginning in the summer of 2000, Hong Kong Airport began operating a 16-passenger Mitsubishi Rosa electric 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. A similar bus was operated in Napa Valley, California for 14 months ending in April, 2004.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics used a fleet of 50 electric buses, which have a range of 130 kmwith the air conditioning on. They use Lithium-ion batteries, and consume about 1 kWh/mi. The buses were designed by the Beijing Institute of Technology and built by the Jinghua Coach. The batteries are replaced with fully charged ones at the recharging station to allow 24-hour operation of the buses.

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

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

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

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.

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

"Electric Vehicle" edit
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.

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 Research at the Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences in Germany, said that "by 2025, all passenger cars sold in Europe will be electric or hybrid electric".