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USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

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FTA’s Low-No Program supports transit agencies in purchasing or leasing low- or no-emission buses and other transit vehicles that use technologies such as battery electric and fuel-cell power to provide cleaner, more efficient transit service in communities across the country. Delaware Transit Corporation. City of Fort Collins (CO).

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Ford, Chevy and Buick-GMC-Cadillac dealerships promote throughout 4 states

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Hunter’s spouse, Meghan Hunter, additionally was once a purchaser. Earlier than purchasing the dealership, Jed Hunter was once CEO of Allegiance Vans and in the past labored as COO for West Herr Car Workforce, consistent with his LinkedIn profile. They closed at the former Southworth Ford in Marion, Ind.,

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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. Statewide Paratransit Bus Hybrid Program: Purchase 31 paratransit hybrid buses to replace 31 gas and diesel vehicles.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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For some Americans it gives a chance to drive and experience a different car, maybe an electric car they might be thinking of purchasing. The company was purchased by Avis in 2013 and operates as a subsidiary of the traditional car rental company. Zipcar Zipcar bills itself as the world’s largest car sharing service. In the U.S.

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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Those difficulties in the consumer area led to a corporate pretax loss of $28.9 Zenith has not officially confirmed that its television business is on the auction block, confining itself merely to the statement that it is examining “all options to restore corporate profitability to a satisfactory level.” Daewoo Corp., To probe further.

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Xcel Energy and Customer Coalition To Be Among First Users of Electric Transit Connect

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Xcel Energy, a major US electricity and natural gas company, will add two of the 13 vans into its corporate fleet. The company will also provide $20,000 grants from its Chairman’s Fund to support the purchase of 11 additional Ford Transit Connect Electric vans for its project partners. The city of Saint Paul, Minn.,