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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. The project will replace 190 older diesel school buses with hybrid electric school buses to be used in school districts throughout Kentucky. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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By late summer, the Federal Railroad Administration will begin awarding the first round of grants. A future HSR/IPR (high-speed rail/intercity passenger rail) network using new diesel or electric power can further enhance rail’s advantages. Pacific Northwest Corridor (Eugene, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver BC).

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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Or they’re saying you have to buy [up to] two electric buses to replace every diesel bus because of this battery behavior impact. It’s in the pavement at a bus stop in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington. Economically irrational.