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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that Columbus, OH has been selected as the winner of the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge. As winner of the Challenge, Columbus will receive up to $40 million from US DOT and up to $10 million from Paul G. Earlier post.) Allen’s Vulcan Inc. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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FTA awards almost $16.6M to coordinate fuel cell bus research

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Develop and conduct in-service testing for a next generation Buy America compliant fuel cell bus in Chicago’s RTA fleet. DC/DC Converter Development Program. CTE will use the funds to develop an 18 kilowatt DC-DC converter that will interface with equivalent fuel cell systems and traction battery systems with greater efficiency.

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Kenworth Receives Largest Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order Yet

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San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, DC. GVW) will be deployed to Albuquerque, Boston, Cincinnati, Columbus (Ohio), Jacksonville (Fla.), Knoxville, Las Vegas, Missoula, New Orleans, and Seattle, joining CCE’s fleet of 120 Kenworth 12-bay hybrid delivery trucks.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Bristol, TN Columbus, GA. Production of DC bus capacitors including soft wound film and stacked film capacitors necessary for electric drive system power electronics. Outfitting of a high-volume manufacturing facility to build DC Bus Capacitors for the electric drive vehicle industry. Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets.

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