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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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Connecticut Department of Transportation. The Connecticut Department of Transportation will receive funds to purchase new electric buses to support the CTfastrak Bus Rapid Transit Service. Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). 3,723,712.

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Tesla Autopilot probe upgraded by NHTSA to examine emergency vehicle collisions

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The agency cited numerous crashes, including ones in Culver City and Laguna Beach, California; Norwalk, Connecticut; Cloverdale, Indiana; West Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Cochise County, Arizona; Charlotte, North Carolina, Montgomery County, Texas; Lansing, Michigan; and Miami, Florida.

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NHTSA launches Tesla Autopilot investigation over crashes with emergency vehicles

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” The NHTSA cited crashes in Culver City and Laguna Beach, California; Norwalk, Connecticut; Cloverdale, Indiana; West Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Cochise County, Arizona; Charlotte, North Carolina, Montgomery County, Texas; Lansing, Michigan; and Miami, Florida.

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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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Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000. 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. The largest PV installation in Georgia.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut). Electric Power Research Institute (Charlotte, North Carolina). (Watertown, Massachusetts). Porous Transport Electrodes for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers, $450,000. De Nora Tech, LLC (Concord, Ohio). Praj Industries Ltd. Pune, India). Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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EV Chargers for All!

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Several states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Virginia have also passed “ right to charge ” laws that allow renters at single or multifamily dwellings to install EV Level 1 and 2 chargers on their rental premises, but the tenants are responsible for all installation costs.