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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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Colorado Department of Transportation. The Colorado Department of Transportation on behalf of Avon Transit in Avon, CO, will receive funds to purchase new electric buses, which will replace diesel vehicles that are reaching the end of their useful life. The Bi-State Development Agency (Metro Transit) serving the St.

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

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. State of Colorado Department of Transportation. FY2017 Low-No projects. Description.

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

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Colorado State University. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). VoICE-MR: Vocation Integrated Cost Estimation for Maintenance and Repair of Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV). Greatly Reduced Vehicle Platinum Group Metals Content Using Engineered, Highly Dispersed Precious Metal Catalysts. 350,000.

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DOE to Award $41.9M in Recovery Funds to Spur Growth of Fuel Cell Markets

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million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to 13 projects to accelerate the commercialization and deployment of fuel cells and to create jobs in fuel cell manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and support services. Anheuser-Busch (St. Louis, MO). The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $41.9

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