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PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 34 cleaner energy transportation projects will receive $8,489,844 in Driving PA Forward grants and rebates. Port Authority of Allegheny County: A $1,104,000 grant to replace two diesel transit buses with two new battery electric buses and install two charging stations. Camp Hebron, Inc.:

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Heavy-Duty EV Manufacturer Proterra Receives $20M Investment from MK Energy and Infrastructure

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The EcoRide BE-35 is a fast-charge, 35' battery-electric transit bus that replaces traditional diesel buses. The neighborhood-friendly EcoRide BE-35 also reduces noise pollution to a fraction of that produced by today’s traditional diesel buses. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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FTA awarding $55M to 10 projects deploying battery-electric and fuel-cell buses

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The San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD), the transit provider for Stockton and San Joaquin County in California, will receive funding to purchase five Proterra battery-electric buses and a charging station. The charging station has emergency power generation capability, providing power to the electric bus fleet during power outages.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Without a driveway and a garage, how can I set up charging at home? Will we have a universal standard for charging? What exactly is fast charging? Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And so that's what we call "DC fast charging." And otherwise, it's a single shot.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Without a driveway and a garage, how can I set up charging at home? Will we have a universal standard for charging? What exactly is fast charging? Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And so that's what we call "DC fast charging." And otherwise, it's a single shot.