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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Composite body electric buses: Replace conventional diesel transit buses with 35-ft composite body electric transit buses.

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Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

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It also finds that, while relying on subsidies for electric or hybrid vehicles is politically attractive, it is an extremely expensive and ineffective way to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the near term. Second, the tax credits give a significant boost to diesel vehicles. —Morrow et al.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

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My goal was to head north to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, then west to Fargo, ND, and back to Detroit via Iowa. Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative. In 1955, the local dairy switched from horses to electric milk floats. Even at that young age, John was impressed.

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Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

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Several LCFS programs are under development or in consideration in other regions: Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Clean Fuels Standard. The Midwestern Governor’s Association represents Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Midwestern Governor’s Association.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV A Stand-Out Electric Sedan Not all auto manufacturers are abandoning sedans for SUVs; some are even growing their stables of what for decades was the most popular car in America. Hyundai gets electricity. The 361-mile all-electric driving range is very appealing in the RWD model.

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