Remove Battery Remove Gas-Electric Remove Grant Remove Power
article thumbnail

CleanSpark, Inc. and ReJoule awarded $2.9M second-life EV battery grant with support from Ford

Green Car Congress

million grant to CleanSpark, Inc., a diversified software and services company, and ReJoule, a battery diagnostics and optimization company. The grant is slated to be deployed over the next 30 months. The underlying goal is to deploy second life batteries from electric vehicles for use in a microgrid application.

Grant 221
article thumbnail

Anaheim Transportation Network receives $5M to further all-electric transit operation; partners with AMPLY Power

Green Car Congress

The Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) was awarded a $5-million grant to advance its effort to become California’s first all-electric transit operator. ATN has partnered with AMPLY Power for the management of the charging operations from system design, installation, equipment purchases, operations and maintenance.

article thumbnail

Santa Clara VTA partners with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to charge 34 electric buses with solar-powered microgrid

Green Car Congress

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will install an innovative clean energy microgrid and EV fleet charging system with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to help power the agency’s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet, following a grant that was awarded for the project by the California Energy Commission this week.

Solar 374
article thumbnail

BNSF and Wabtec commence battery-electric locomotive pilot test in California

Green Car Congress

BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec began testing battery-electric locomotive technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, California. As BNSF seeks ways to further reduce its environmental impact, the advancement of battery technology offers some possible solutions.

article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

The project selections were approved as part of the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and supporting equipment and facilities. By retrofitting the garage to service electric buses, the agency will also lower pollution in the surrounding community.

Grant 199
article thumbnail

CEC awards LADOT $6M to install solar and storage microgrid and EV charging to power 100+ electric buses

Green Car Congress

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6-million grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging systems in the United States that will be powered by a solar and storage microgrid. LADOT will deploy 1.5

article thumbnail

Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

Green Car Congress

The FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive is a defining moment for freight rail and will accelerate the industry toward low- to zero-emission locomotives. illion grant from the California Air Resource Board (CARB) awarded to Wabtec, BNSF and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.