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South Bay Bicycle Coalition Scores $240,000 Grant! Huge Grassroots Victory for Brand New Bike Group

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South Bay Bicycle Coalition members including Redondo Beach Councilman Steve Diels, with County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas and County Department of Public Health Staff upon awarding of the grant. That's South Bay Bicycle Coalition Chairman, Todd "Elvis" Dipaola rocking the shades. And it’ll be worth it.

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Consortium Seeks Stimulus Funding for DME-Electric Hybrid Buses

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A consortium is seeking US stimulus funding available through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program to convert 20 hybrid diesel-electric buses to hybrid dimethyl-ether (DME)-electric propulsion.

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New report showcases innovative finance tools to electrify truck, bus fleets; TCE Toolkit

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To ensure and accelerate the transition, we must move beyond the set of traditional mechanisms that have been used to assist one-to-one replacements of trucks and buses, such as grant programs providing basic buy-down payments. To date, traditional government grant programs have helped fleet owners replace diesel trucks with cleaner ones.

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Enova Announces 16 Unit Hybrid School Bus Order; Initial Deployment of Federal Stimulus Dollars for School Buses

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This deployment represents the initial large scale utilization of US Department of Energy grants for clean school buses. This interest should continue to grow as more tax credits and incentives become available to ease the transition to hybrid school buses.

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EV Project collects more than 24 million miles of EV operating data since inception

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These white papers will be available to the public at www.theevproject.com. ECOtality is the project manager of The EV Project, a public-private partnership funded in part by the US Department of Energy (DOE) through a federal stimulus grant and made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

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Federal Transit Administration Has Awarded $6.7B in Recovery Act Funds To Nearly 600 Transit Providers

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billion transit stimulus money to states and local communities. grants totaling more than $6.7 billion have been made available for transit improvements throughout the country. grants totaling more than $6.7 billion have been made available for transit improvements throughout the country. Since 17 Feb.,

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Oregon opens first phase of West Coast Electric Highway

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Spaced at roughly 25-mile intervals along the southern Oregon I-5, the AeroVironment charging stations are available at locations in Cottage Grove, Rice Hill, Roseburg, Canyonville, Wolf Creek, Grants Pass, Central Point, and Ashland. Earlier post.). Each location has two charging stations including one DC fast charger.

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