Remove Charging Remove Georgia Remove Grant Remove Wind
article thumbnail

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Fifty-one projects in 39 states will receive a share of the funding.

Purchase 191
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The largest PV installation in Georgia.

Emissions 256
article thumbnail

First drive in the Kia EV9: The three-row electric SUV many consumers have been waiting for

Baua Electric

Granted, that’s for the bare-bones RWD Light trim with only 230 miles of range, but still – that’s a solid start for the amount of interior space, quality materials, and advanced tech you get in this SUV. Remember – the EV9 is on an 800V platform capable of 210 kW peak charge power and replenishment in 24 minutes.

Kia 52
article thumbnail

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

Green Car Congress

The grants will go to projects in 17 states. of Georgia). This technology uses a novel architecture that has potential for very high energy density because it decouples the two functions of capacitors: charge separation and breakdown strength. Georgia Institute of Technology. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity.

Carbon 249
article thumbnail

John Brooks Slaughter: Courageous Advocate for Diversity in STEM

Cars That Think

Now Slaughter was facing a shift in political winds that threatened that support. I visited schools in Mississippi, North Carolina, and Georgia, and I established relationships with some of the scientists at Howard University ,” an HBCU in Washington, D.C. House of Representatives’ science subcommittee on research and technology. “I

article thumbnail

Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

on a path to reducing emissions more than 40% below 2005 levels, per a Princeton University analysis of the measure’s impacts : expanded tax credits for EVs, batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. billion for supporting charging infrastructure. Overnight EV charging at an apartment building. and a third).