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

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AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. Development of Advanced Combustion Strategies for Direct Injection Heavy Duty Propane Engines to Achieve Near-Diesel Engine Efficiency. Clean Fuels Ohio. General Motors LLC. Washington State University.

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FTA awarding $55M to 10 projects deploying battery-electric and fuel-cell buses

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The zero-emission buses will replace five diesel buses that are at the end of their useful life. DTA will use these new, zero-emission electric buses to replace some of the oldest diesel buses in its fleet. DTA provides approximately 3 million rides per year throughout St. Louis County in northeast Minnesota.

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

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will establish the environmental and cost benefits of using a 1kW fuel cell power system to generate electricity, as opposed to traditional gas/diesel generators and lead-acid battery power sources. Anheuser-Busch (St. Louis, MO). MTI MicroFuel Cells (Albany, NY). million (six awards). ReliOn Inc. Spokane, WA).

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will replace 190 older diesel school buses with hybrid electric school buses to be used in school districts throughout Kentucky. Louis, San Antonio/Austin, and Oklahoma City as well as a refueling corridor along I-10 in Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles). Total DOE award: $13,181,171.