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US DOT awards $13.6M to 8 projects to advance fuel cell technology for transit industry

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CALSTART Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority; ElDorado National; BAE Systems; Ballard Power Systems. American Fuel Cell Bus Builds a next-generation fuel cell bus with latest fuel cell technology and demonstrates in transit service in greater Cleveland area for 2 years. Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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History: Electric Cars: The Golden Age

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However, it’s worth noting that battery-powered vehicles have been around for more than a century. Henry Ford, in spite of his interest in building an electric car that prefigured the later, successful Model T. In Cleveland, Ohio, Oliver Frichtle claimed his battery-powered car could make it 100 miles before needing a charge.