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Orange EV offering on-road electric terminal truck

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Orange’s T-Series is the only terminal truck solution that qualifies for financial incentives through Drive Clean Chicago (DCC). Through the Drive Clean Chicago program, CMAQ funds are paid directly to Orange EV to reduce customer purchase price.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Geographical distribution of Clean Cities Recovery Act awards. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Click to enlarge. Total DOE award: $15,000,000. Total DOE award: $14,999,905.

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TransLink buys 15 electric Nova Bus LFSe+; Chicago CTA approves buying 600 diesel Nova Bus LFS

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Nova Bus also announced that the Chicago Transit Board approved the purchase of up to 600 new, 40-foot diesel LFS buses from Nova Bus. The long-range battery-electric buses can travel between 340 to 470 km on a single charge. The CTA expects first prototypes in the coming months with deliveries beginning in early 2022.

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EPA Requirement Keeps Electric Buses Out Of Low-Income Schools

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Low-income school districts don't always own their own school buses, which means they won't qualify for a grant to buy electric buses.

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United purchasing 15M gallons of renewable jet fuel from AltAir Fuel; Honeywell’s UOP Green Jet

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United has collaborated with AltAir Fuels since 2009 and has agreed to buy 15 million gallons of lower-carbon, renewable jet fuel over a three-year period, with the option to purchase more. AltAir will produce low-carbon, renewable jet fuel and other renewable products.

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2023 Los Angeles Auto Show Recap -- Stepping in the Right Direction

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Even if a particular auto show is bringing a mass of car-buying humanity through the door during public days. There's something to be said about clean lines. If the LA show was an indicator that the industry is moving in a positive direction, we'll know better next year in Chicago and New York.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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It was manufactured in small volumes by Exxon, appeared at an electric vehicle show in Chicago in 1977, and served briefly as a coin cell battery. They asked company cofounder Nikola Marincic to turn the slurries into cylindrical cells, like the kind someone might buy for a flashlight. The first iteration, developed by M.