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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

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Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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APTA: public transportation ridership up 5% in first quarter 2012

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Nationally, light rail (modern streetcars, trolleys, and heritage trolleys) ridership increased 6.7% Twenty-five of twenty-seven light rail systems reported ridership increases. Louis, MO (8.2%). in the first quarter of 2012. Overall, heavy rail ridership increased by 5.5% nationwide. nationwide.

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CleanFUEL USA Secures $12.9 Million from US DOE for 100+ Propane Refueling Stations

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The first station will be installed in Atlanta followed by Chicago, Houston, Denver and Sacramento. The second phase will target 14 cities (Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Antonio/Austin, Oklahoma City, St. school buses, shuttle buses, medium and light duty trucks, etc.),

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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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These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. City of Chicago, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. Total DOE award: $14,999,905.