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Mn/DOT assessing potential for mileage-based user fee to replace fuel tax; Battelle conducting technology assessment

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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will recruit 500 people from Wright and Hennepin counties to take part in research to test technology that could someday be used to collect a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) in lieu of a gasoline tax. These funding sources support construction and maintenance of the highway system.

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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The tool, built by ZappyRide , shows the total cost of ownership via incentive information, fueling costs, maintenance costs, and a plethora of other EV information. ZappyRide has been building this type of calculator for nearly 5 years and is quickly becoming the authority among EV data providers.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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The Accelerating Alternatives for Minnesota Drivers project will provide safety and technical assistance and training related to Plug-in Vehicle (PEV) and natural gas fueling infrastructure; establish the Minnesota Natural Gas. vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. Project lead. Description.

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Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

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Xcel Energy provides the energy that powers millions of homes and businesses across eight Western and Midwestern states: Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Xcel Energy will also build, own, and operate a limited number of public fast charging stations where gaps are identified.

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FTA awarding $55M to 10 projects deploying battery-electric and fuel-cell buses

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Sunline Transit Agency, in partnership with the Southern California Association of Governments, will receive funding to build and deploy five hydrogen electric hybrid fuel cell buses. BAE Systems, Ballard Power Systems and ElDorado National will team up to build the new zero-emission buses. Louis County in northeast Minnesota.

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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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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. 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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Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

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In 2009, the State Department issued a Presidential Permit authorizing the construction, operation and maintenance of the 36-inch diameter Line 67 pipeline extending between the US-Canada border near Neche, ND and the first US mainline shut off valve or pumping station in the United States. Enbridge US Mainline West as of August 2014.

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