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

Green Car Congress

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 34 cleaner energy transportation projects will receive $8,489,844 in Driving PA Forward grants and rebates. The buses will operate on the 88 Penn route, linking downtown with East End neighborhoods. million settlement with Volkswagen. Camp Hebron, Inc.: Lackawanna and Fulton Counties.

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Heavy-Duty EV Manufacturer Proterra Receives $20M Investment from MK Energy and Infrastructure

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The EcoRide BE-35 achieves 500% greater fuel efficiency than conventional diesel buses and more than 400% greater efficiency than the most advanced hybrid transit buses traveling the roads today, according to the Federal Transit Administration sponsored Altoona, Pennsylvania Bus Testing Center. Earlier post.).

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CMU demo’ing Autonomous SRX in Washington this week

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The car was brought to Washington at the request of Congressman Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania, who participated in a 33-mile drive in the autonomous vehicle between a Pittsburgh suburb and the city’s airport last September.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. gallon gas tank—I can fill up either 40 miles from home or about 40 miles from my destination. Steven Cherry What is a 300-mile range in real life?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. gallon gas tank—I can fill up either 40 miles from home or about 40 miles from my destination. Steven Cherry What is a 300-mile range in real life?

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. The car is no longer limited to 34 miles per hour, all-electric.

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