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

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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. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). The Port Authority of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, PA, will receive $5.1

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Illinois Governor launches EV fast-charging network, currently US’ largest

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Through the Chicago-Area EV Infrastructure Project, 26 fast-chargers have been installed, with 73 total fast-chargers planned. The installations, managed by 350Green, were performed by Chicago-based JNS Power & Control Systems. Before plugging in to one of the Tollway’s fast-chargers, drivers must purchase a payment card from 350Green.

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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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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. City of Chicago, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. Total DOE award: $14,999,905.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Navistar, Inc.

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Proterra to deliver 3 electric transit buses and charging station to StarMetro in Florida

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The contract stems from a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant received by StarMetro to pursue fast-charge, electric transit buses and charging stations. Six other urban transit agencies received similar FTA grants. Chicago Transit Authority; and Fresno Area Express (FAX) in Fresno, Calif. Earlier post.)

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TTAC at the Races: 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 Preview

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CHICAGO – NASCAR is back in Chicago. Instead, NASCAR drivers are driving on the same streets that residents of Chicago use daily. This year’s NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 follows an inaugural edition of the event that was dubbed by most observers to be generally successful despite biblical rains. As in street course.

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Getting Wet and Wild With NASCAR in Chicago

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In the case of NASCAR’s Grant Park 220, there were a lot of firsts. It was the first time Chicago has hosted a street race for a major racing series in the modern era – and while we’re on the topic of firsts, what’s billed as the first-ever American auto race took place on the streets of the city and nearby Evanston in 1895.

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