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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. State of Colorado Department of Transportation.

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How Rural Towns Can Prepare for EV Charging And Why Do It

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For example, the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has done precisely this for rural towns in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. Offering Incentives to Businesses and EV Buyers/Owners As with any emerging technology, some of the birthing pains involve substantial up-front costs.

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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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Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board?

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board?

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The grants will go to projects in 17 states. This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 of Colorado-Boulder, Univ. University of Colorado-Boulder. per gallon. NREL, UCSD, Univ.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

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million) grant from the UK government, and $21.4 Now we have a test flight program through two flight prototypes in two countries, the US and the UK, which is actually quite significant because the regulatory environments are very different, so we had to go through both countries’ regulatory environments to get things done.