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MECA emissions inventory & air quality modeling shows potential benefits of national cleaner trucks initiative at CARB limits

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ppb in the east (Atlanta, GA). The objective of the emission impact analysis was to respond to EPA’s request for comments as to the merits of reducing NO x emissions from heavy-duty trucks by 50 to 90% as outlined in the 6 January 2020 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) of the CTI. ppb in the west (San Bernardino, CA) and 4.9

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Southern chapters embrace EV inclusion

Electric Auto Association

EV Club of the South NDEW event in the Atlanta area. These chapters included EV Club of the South in Atlanta, as well as the Central Florida Electric Vehicle Association (CFEVA). “It For many years, it has primarily included older white men in the tech, telecommunications, power, or other leading businesses in and around Atlanta.”.

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More than 1,000 fuel stations offering E15 in US

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E15 is cleaner and cooler burning fuel that works well for cars model 2001 and newer and typically saves up to 10 cents per gallon. Many of these are in major metropolitan areas including: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

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Southern chapters embrace EV inclusion

Electric Auto Association

EV Club of the South NDEW event in the Atlanta area. These chapters included EV Club of the South in Atlanta, as well as the Central Florida Electric Vehicle Association (CFEVA). “It For many years, it has primarily included older white men in the tech, telecommunications, power, or other leading businesses in and around Atlanta.”.

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This legacy school bus maker just delivered its 1,000th electric school bus

Baua Electric

Meriweather Schools, which is southwest of Atlanta and has 2,400 pre-K to 12th grade enrolled students, got eight Jouley electric school buses in total. The Jouley school buses are Meriweather Schools’ first electric buses, and they’ll replace some of its current fleet of 46 diesel school buses.

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USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

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FTA’s Low-No Program supports transit agencies in purchasing or leasing low- or no-emission buses and other transit vehicles that use technologies such as battery electric and fuel-cell power to provide cleaner, more efficient transit service in communities across the country. Broome County (NY). Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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Ford and Georgia Tech partner on hydraulic hybrid school bus conversion

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Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the bus for the project. We expect our research will lead to cleaner, more efficient school buses that will help school districts like APS significantly reduce fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions. —Michael Leamy.

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