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Since September, an electric garbage truck has been running a 60-mile route through Chicago, offsetting 2,688 gallons of diesel and 23 tons of carbon dioxide a year. An electric school bus now transports kids in California. Both contain Motiv Power Systems’ modular powertrain that can be built into vehicles from existing diesel-truck manufacturers.