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EPA to award up to $5M for projects to reduce diesel emissions at ports

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EPA will fund: Verified Exhaust Control Technologies: up to 100% of the cost of eligible verified exhaust control technologies. Verified/Certified Engine Upgrades: up to 40% of the cost (labor and equipment) of eligible engine upgrades. Certified Engine Repower: up to 40% of the cost (labor and equipment) of an eligible engine repower.

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EcoDual achieves EPA compliance for natural gas conversions of heavy-duty diesel engines under CAFC rule

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EcoDual , LLC, a provider of dual fuel natural gas conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance for installing its systems on 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. The EcoDual system achieved its EPA compliance under this rule.

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EPA to award up to $4M for projects to reduce diesel emissions from port fleets

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EPA will fund: Verified Exhaust Control Technologies: EPA will fund up to 100% of the cost of eligible verified exhaust control technologies. Verified/Certified Engine Upgrades: EPA will fund up to 40% of the cost (labor and equipment) of eligible engine upgrades.

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EPA to award up to $5M to reduce diesel emissions at ports

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Summary of what EPA will fund: Verified Exhaust Control Technologies: EPA will fund up to 100% of the cost of eligible verified exhaust control technologies. Verified/Certified Engine Upgrades: EPA will fund up to 40% of the cost (labor and equipment) of eligible engine upgrades.

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Audi survey finds more than half of US drivers would support government initiative to spur diesel vehicle sales

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A poll conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Audi of America found that a majority of American drivers would support government initiatives aimed at spurring clean diesel vehicle sales in the US. Audi believes there are a variety of viable alternative fuel solutions, including electric, but diesel is readily available today.

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Senate Energy Bill Contains $3.8B for Natural Gas Vehicle Conversion and Purchasing, $400M for Plug-in Vehicle Deployment

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On Tuesday, US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid released the “Clean Energy Jobs 5 and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010”—the latest version of the energy bill to emerge from the Senate. The bill directs the federal government to count electricity used to refuel a plug-in electric drive motor vehicle as an alternative fuel.

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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long term clean energy goals for the US, and in that context has established multi?year As described in multiple DOE reports, the main barriers to widespread PEV commercialization are the cost; performance and life; and abuse tolerance of high?energy Specifically: the current cost of high?energy DE-FOA-0000988 ). defined mid?to?long