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Penske Truck Leasing joins CharIN to promote electric commercial vehicle charging standards

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Penske Truck Leasing has joined the Charging Interface Initiative ( CharIN ), a worldwide industry alliance focused on promoting Combined Charging System (CCS) as the global standard for charging electric vehicles (EVs) of all types. Penske Truck Leasing is the first in its industry to join the CharIN organization.

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DOE to Award $41.9M in Recovery Funds to Spur Growth of Fuel Cell Markets

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million in cost-share funding from industry participants in addition to the Federal money. million will support immediate deployment of nearly 1,000 fuel cell systems for emergency backup power and material handling applications (e.g., Funded projects include stationary, portable and specialty vehicle applications.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program. Red Rose Transit Authority – RRTA, Pennsylvania: $2,450,000. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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The World’s Most Popular EVs Aren’t Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles

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Exact figures on industry sales are hard to pin down; yet The New York Times quoted experts saying Americans bought roughly 500,000 e-bikes in 2020, compared to about 210,000 plug-in automobiles. Industry analysts expect that uptick in adoption to continue. All three classes limit a motor's go-power to 750 watts, or 1 horsepower.