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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). WestSmart EV@Scale: Western Smart Plug-in Regional Partnership for Electric Vehicle (EV) Adoption and Infrastructure at Scale. Helping America’s Rural Counties Transition to Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles. Zero Emission Freight Future. Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition.

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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

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Researchers Dana Rubin and Evelyne St-Louis, two recent graduates of the University of California, Berkeley’s master’s program in city and regional planning, analyzed 98,901 rebates issued to Californians buying or leasing low-emission vehicles from the inception of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project in 2010 through March 2015.

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

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This project will begin to fulfill Mountain Rides' goal of moving from diesel powered buses to cleaner, cheaper, easier to maintain battery electric buses. St Louis Metro Transit will receive funds to replace older model diesel buses with battery electric city transit buses in the St Louis region. 1,450,000. .

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