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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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The City of Tucson will receive funds to purchase electric buses with dedicated charging stations and provide maintenance and first responder training for the new technology. Lextran will receive funds toward the design and construction of a covered storage area and the incremental cost of additional zero emission vehicles.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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These improvements will all be made in the hopes of driving down the cost of solar energy. HiTek Services will focus on optimizing reflector array, or heliostat, designs in order to reduce the cost of using heliostats in a solar field. Albuquerque, NM – up to $4.3 A more efficient power cycle will help produce more electricity.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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.& It asserts that automobiles have effectively shaped the design of many modern cities, with developed nations paying the highest costs by having to maintain an infrastructure and boasting more drivers per capita. & Those were the more sensational aspects. Meanwhile, EVs will likely increase specific forms of air pollution (e.g.