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Pace purchases 20 Proterra ZX5 electric buses and EV fleet charging infrastructure

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million contract for 20 Proterra ZX5 Max electric transit buses, featuring more than 13 megawatt hours of battery storage energy, and two Proterra megawatt-scale fleet chargers. The company’s fleet of zero-emission, electric transit buses have displaced more than 140 million pounds of CO 2 tailpipe emissions. Proterra 40' ZX5 Max.

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Connecticut selects Allison hybrid-equipped buses for new rapid transit system

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Connecticut has selected Allison Hybrid-equipped buses for the state’s new bus-only expressway system, CTfastrak. The new fleet of 48 hybrid diesel-electric buses will include 30-foot Gillig buses to provide neighborhood circulator service and 40-foot New Flyer buses to operate connector routes.

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Tesla Model 3 fleet chosen as new law enforcement vehicle in Texas county

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A fleet of Tesla Model 3s will now be the patrol vehicles for Dallas County, Texas, law enforcement officers. “Very excited about this one,” Commissioner Elba Garcia said about the acquisition of the Model 3 fleet. It has 315 miles of range, a top speed of 162 miles per hour, and a 0-60 MPH acceleration time of just 3.1

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Ford Mustang Mach-E passes Michigan State Police standards, fleet inclusion to be determined

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The Ford Mustang Mach-E all-electric vehicle became the first EV to pass the rigorous testing standards set by the Michigan State Police to have a vehicle be considered for inclusion in its fleet. The most notable example of cost savings was displayed in a recent report released by the Westport, Connecticut Police Department.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E becomes British Police preference

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British Police Forces in the United Kingdom are examining the advantages of adding electric cars to their fleets. The Mach-E present at the event was outfitted with the typical yellow and blue emergency vehicle design, and Metro Police Forces in London are requesting a unit for evaluation, as it could be added to the fleet.

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New York to test and evaluate 5 New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE electric buses

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New Flyer also partnered with Black & Veatch, a leader in engineering and construction of complex charging networks for fleets nationwide, to deploy the high-power charging infrastructure both on-route and in the depot. The electrical infrastructure is being assembled at Siemens’ Tualatin, Oregon rail electrification facility.

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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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This project will develop an extensive two-phase MD-HD EV Charging and H2 Fueling Plan for the Midwest I-80 corridor serving Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio, to support 30% of the MD-HD fleet using ZEV technologies by 2035. Gas Technology Institute: Houston to Los Angeles (H2LA)–I-10 Hydrogen Corridor Project.