Electric delivery vehicles put into service in Washington
the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner speaks during a news conference where Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. presented keys to the world's largest battery-electric powered commercial delivery and work trucks to several Fortune 500 Companies on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 28, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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