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

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Over the period of that program, fuel cell lifetimes (in transit operations) have more than doubled while costs have declined by 50%. million) and the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), two non-profit organizations that are responsible for developing and managing projects as part of the National Fuel Cell Bus Program.

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Winnebago, Motiv unveil all-electric healthcare vehicles

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The Mobile Lung Unit features: The world’s first portable, battery-powered, full-body, 32-slice CT scanner, BodyTom, featuring an innovative internal drive system that can be easily transported. Motiv Power Systems all-electric/zero-emissions EPIC chassis, removing the need to idle an engine.

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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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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. It would also fund stationary fuel cells to provide primary and emergency back-up power for the bus maintenance and storage facilities.

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