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Electric shuttles to start service in south Sacramento

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SacRT began piloting the service in February 2018 in partnership with the Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation using compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. Electrify America fully subsidized the costs of the shuttles, the DC fast-charging infrastructure to support them, and the retrofit costs. —Richard Steinberg.

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California, 7 states and DC commit to faster transition to zero-emission trucks and buses; next step is formal agreement

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The Statement of Intent comes as the California Air Resources Board (ARB) holds its first meeting to consider a proposed Advanced Clean Trucks regulation that would establish sales and reporting requirements for zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. We need to design a regulatory program that gets to the heart of this problem.

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Electrify America announces $200M additional investment for ZEV infrastructure and education in California

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Additionally, the company will direct $25 million of the $200 million investment for an initiative in the City of Long Beach and the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles (Long Beach-Wilmington), for a “Green City” program. This represents the third of four investment phases as part of its 10-year commitment of $800 million in the state.

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

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The buses will operate on the 88 Penn route, linking downtown with East End neighborhoods. A $254,191 grant to purchase, install, and maintain two DC fast chargers at a Burger King at 4100 New Falls Road, Bristol. million for DC fast charging and hydrogen fueling. Giant Eagle, Inc.: Beaver County. Valley Waste Service, Inc.:

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CMU demo’ing Autonomous SRX in Washington this week

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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) this week will demonstrate the CMU advanced Autonomous Cadillac SRX in Washington, DC. In the case of the Washington, DC, demonstration, an engineer will be on hand to take the wheel if required.). Resources. The other two images in the second row show those of an urban street.

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Why Electric Buses Are the Healthy School Choice

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The World Resources Institute , a sustainability advocacy group, says at the end of the second quarter in 2023, there were just under 6,000 committed electric school buses in the United States. The tradeoff is in the budget: while faster, DC fast chargers require more power and are more expensive to install.

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What Is a Charge Point Operator (CPO)?

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In addition, CPOs also find themselves supporting an increasing variety of charger types made by different suppliers to address varying charging use cases, including Level 2 AC chargers for home, MDUs, workplaces, fleets, and destination charging, and Level 3 DC ultrafast chargers for public charging on the road.