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Study finds propane school buses significantly decrease NOx emissions compared to diesel

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According to a study commissioned by the Washington, DC-based Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), NO x emissions measured from propane autogas school buses were substantially lower than those measured from diesel school buses.

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Electrify America to more than double its current EV charging network by end of 2025

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Electrify America is the largest, open DC (Direct Current) Fast Charging network in the US. Both initiatives are part of a global announcement today by the parent company Volkswagen Group to substantially increase public charging infrastructure in North America, Asia and Europe.

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Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

EV Adoption

Last year I wrote an article — Electric Vehicles Have Lower Well-to-Wheel Emissions in All 50 States and DC Than Gas-Powered Vehicles — looking at “well to wheel” from the US Department of Energy and my own analysis of EV sales and source of electricity by state. times the number of EVs than households in West Virginia.

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GreenPower delivers its first electric school bus in Arizona

Baua Electric

kW and DC fast charging rates of up to 85 kW. In August 2022, GreenPower Motor Company moved into an 80,000-square-foot factory in West Virginia, where it manufactures the Type D BEASTs and other electric school bus models. It features an aluminum body on a high-strength steel truss chassis.

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Maxwell supplying ultracaps to ABB for hybrid version of Philadelphia rail energy recuperation system

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When decelerating or braking, a traction vehicle (train, tram or trolleybus) is feeding the regenerated braking energy back into the DC power network. ERS is a modular, IGBT-based inverter system installed at the DC substation and connected in parallel with the existing diode rectifiers that can be scaled according to the customer’s needs.

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EPA Awards $16.8M in Recovery Act Funds to Clean Up Underground Petroleum Leaks

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4,674,000 to Virginia. 1,643,000 to West Virginia. $ 607,000 to Washington, DC. The latest awards are: $6,163,000 to Pennsylvania. 3,712,000 to Maryland.

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EV Readiness Index Study shows which U.S. States are most prepared for an electrified future

Teslarati

All fifty states, including Washington DC, were assessed. Mississippi, North Dakota, and West Virginia were the states with the worst EV penetration, scoring 0.09 West Virginia – 12.50 – 1, 1, 4, 3, 3. It scored a perfect 5 out of 5 in terms of EV penetration as it has a 2.99 Hawaii at 2.20 percent, 0.10

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