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

Green Car Congress

Lextran, the transit authority in Lexington, Kentucky, will receive funding to purchase five Proterra battery-electric buses, one charging station and one maintenance area charging system. The two agencies serve Berks and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania. Lextran, Transit Authority of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. The cost of electricity, the cost of gasoline, how many miles, how much maintenance, etc. And otherwise, it's a single shot.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. The cost of electricity, the cost of gasoline, how many miles, how much maintenance, etc. And otherwise, it's a single shot.