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EPA announces $46M for latest Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of grant funding to implement projects which reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. Virgin Islands) will accept applications requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds. Applicants may apply until 16 March 2021.

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EPA announces ~$44M in DERA funding to reduce emissions from diesel engines

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of grant funding to implement projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. EPA anticipates awarding approximately $44 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) grant funding to eligible applicants.

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

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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. AVTA is committed to having an all electric fleet by 2018.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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made EV at its plant in Tennessee the next month. 3 billion in long-desired (and, to this author’s mind, sorely needed) enhancements to the United States Postal Service’s fleet electrification efforts: $1.29 Honda announced just days ago that it has struck a deal with Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution to build a $4.4

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

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The IRA also provides a 30% tax credit for installing charging infrastructure—a huge sweetener for fleets that are considering going electric. There’s $1 billion in funding for a Clean Heavy Duty Vehicles rebate program, which is designed to help states, municipalities, Indian tribes and school districts to electrify bus and truck fleets.