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UC Riverside engineers to “referee” CARB heavy-duty truck emissions program

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University of California, Riverside (UCR) environmental engineers will soon serve as referees in California’s drive for heavy-duty trucks to meet the state’s tailpipe emission standards. The referee program will provide testing services for vehicles potentially operating with tampered emissions control systems and/or testability issues.

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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University will receive funds to purchase zero-emission electric buses, which will replace diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful life. Iowa City Transit. City of Rochester. Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). The Transit Authority of the City of Omaha (Metro).

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

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. Alabama A&M University. FY2017 Low-No projects. Description. 1,000,000.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Ohio State University. Iowa State University. University of Pittsburgh. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Penn State University Park. University of Washington, Seattle. West Virginia University Research Corporation. The Research Foundation for the SUNY Stony Brook University.

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Mn/DOT assessing potential for mileage-based user fee to replace fuel tax; Battelle conducting technology assessment

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These funding sources support construction and maintenance of the highway system. The state of Oregon conducted a similar study completed in November 2007 and Iowa, Nevada and Texas are among several states currently researching mileage-based user fees. For the technology component of the Mn/DOT work, Battelle will conduct a $4.1-million

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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responder and vehicle maintenance technician training; develop. The Mid-America Collaborative for Alternative Fuels Implementation project will focus diversifying transportation fuel options in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. University, North. University of Central. Metropolitan Energy. Center, Inc. 500,000.

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