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Report Finds That Urgent Changes in Transport Financing Required to Enable More Sustainable Transportation Globally

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The report assigns the blame for much of the observed failure in transport to the financial framework from which policies, programs and projects draw resources. The report outlines key steps in financing reform: Analyze impacts; Shift existing resources towards a sustainable direction; Add funding where resources are still lacking; and.

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Nikola secures $41.9M award to build six heavy-duty hydrogen stations in CA

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.” As per company spokesperson Dan Passe, the California funds will cover about 50% of the total cost of constructing the six hydrogen stations, with Nikola and Voltera financing the remaining portion. award to build six heavy-duty hydrogen stations in CA appeared first on TESLARATI. The post Nikola secures $41.9M

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President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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Sustainable transportation. Sustainable transportation funding requests include: Vehicle technologies. alternative fuel vehicle community partner projects, which are new competitively-awarded projects to build strategically-placed, high-impact, community-scale demonstrations of alternative fuel vehicles.

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Uber plans to launch EVs in a market that Tesla is eyeing for its next factory

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Uber announced today that it has plans to launch a fleet of 25,000 electric vehicles in India, a country where Tesla could soon end up as years of speculation of the electric automaker building a new production facility there could culminate in the company’s newest location by the end of the year.

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ADB Transport Forum: shift to greener transport in Asia key to global sustainability; investment of $2.5T needed by 2020

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Asia must scale up sustainable transport development or face a bleak future of congested roads, pollution, ill health and economic damage, which could have ripple effects around the world, the third ADB (Asian Development Bank) transport forum heard earlier this month in Manila.

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Lucid signs agreement with Saudi Arabia for 155k unit capacity manufacturing facility

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The agreements not only solidify the plans for the manufacturing plant, which is Lucid’s first outside of the United States, but also locks in funding, financing, and incentive plans to make the project possible. billion in aggregate over the next 15 years to build the facility in Saudi Arabia, it said.

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Neuron Energy and Urja Mobility join for innovative battery leasing solutions – ET Auto

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This strategic alliance signifies a significant stride towards enhancing sustainable transportation solutions, especially in the last-mile delivery sector.Neuron Energy is renowned for its comprehensive range of electric mobility solutions, encompassing lead-acid, advanced lithium-ion, and cutting-edge sodium-ion technologies.

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