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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Fifty-one projects in 39 states will receive a share of the funding.

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Miami commits to putting 100 electric school buses on the road

Baua Electric

Miami-Dade county is one of four school districts selected to receive a total of $33,175,000 through the EPA’s first Clean School Bus Program’s Grants Competition. In addition to those funds, Highland CSB 1, LLC is receiving $30,660,000 to purchase 97 buses for use throughout Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

made EV at its plant in Tennessee the next month. 2 billion for the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant program , which “encourage[s] domestic production and sales of efficient hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles and components of those vehicles”. billion US factory to supply its electric vehicles. . $3

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The redesigned federal EV tax credit and other EV-related measures

Charged EVs

Like fuel economy standards, the new tax credit regime can be seen as a “technology-forcing” regulation. The IRA also extends existing renewable energy tax credits for utilities, which could make EV charging cleaner and cheaper. billion to GM and LG Energy Solution to build battery factories in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.