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EPA announces $1B in grants for electric school buses and heavy-duty vehicles

Baua Electric

The Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program will support the adoption and deployment of eligible Class 6 and 7 electric vehicles while also funding charging infrastructure and workforce development and training.

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Head of the hybrid MPG class Hybrid Efficiency Efficient, but not quick The 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid running on 87 octane is the class leader in fuel economy. The Green Zone mode automatically switches to EV mode through navigation and driving history when driving in residential neighborhoods, past schools and hospitals.

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PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

Green Car Congress

Funded by Pennsylvania’s share of the settlement with Volkswagen Group of America, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)is committing funding for a range of clean energy transportation projects on our roads, at schools, and at marine ports and airports. million settlement with Volkswagen. Multi-county. Camp Hebron, Inc.:

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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

Creative Greenius

I went to Detroit last month and found myself in neighborhoods that looked like they had been attacked by enemy forces, had lost their battle and had now surrendered and in most part been abandoned. But not this Creative Greenius who says – like how it happened or not, Detroit offers a clean slate. photo by Galliani (c).

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CA’s solar tax supporters are trying to run a “wealthy vs disadvantaged” narrative: It doesn’t have to be

Teslarati

Affordable Clean Energy for All , a coalition of groups that include open NEM 3.0 Affordable Clean Energy for All , a coalition of groups that include open NEM 3.0 Kathy Fairbanks, a spokeswoman from Affordable Clean Energy for All, highlighted this recently. takes from the disadvantaged and gives to the wealthy. .

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Heavy-Duty EV Manufacturer Proterra Receives $20M Investment from MK Energy and Infrastructure

Green Car Congress

The neighborhood-friendly EcoRide BE-35 also reduces noise pollution to a fraction of that produced by today’s traditional diesel buses. Funds from the MK E+I investment will also be used to advance Proterra’s clean technology research and to promote policies in support of clean commuting.

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CARB adopts electric truck rule: Advanced Clean Trucks

Green Car Congress

The California Air Resources Board has adopted a first-in-the-world rule—the Advanced Clean Trucks ( earlier post )—requiring truck manufacturers to transition from diesel trucks and vans (Class 2b to Class 8) to electric zero-emission trucks beginning in 2024.

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