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DOE: In 2021, 87% of US truck freight tonnage was shipped less than 250 miles

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Trucks moved nearly 12 billion tons of freight domestically in 2021, with most of the shipments traveling less than 250 miles, according to analysis of US Department of Transportation (DOT) data by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Data Tabulation Tool.

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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

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Vehicle miles traveled. Revenue passenger miles (domestic). Energy Information Administration (price of gasoline). Federal Highway Administration (vehicle miles traveled). Bureau of Transportation Statistics (revenue passenger miles). Month-year. Sales of cars and light trucks. Price of gasoline. Feb-2020.

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New York state awards $23M for transportation electrification initiatives

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced $23 million in funding and awards for transportation electrification initiatives in New York State. Additionally, each site must be located within 12 miles of Buffalo, Rochester, or Syracuse city centers, and each proposal must have at least one site located within the city limits.

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Fairfax County & Dominion Energy launch Virginia’s first publicly funded autonomous electric shuttle pilot project

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Fairfax County and Dominion Energy have launched passenger service on Relay—the first publicly funded autonomous electric shuttle and test of driverless technology in public transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The County is contracting with Transdev to manage the operations of Relay. EZ10 autonomous shuttle.

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Zeem launches first commercial electric vehicle Transportation-As-A-Service depot

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Fleet electrification provider Zeem Solutions has opened its first commercial EV transportation-as-a-service depot in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Zeem works with local utilities and renewable energy providers to ensure vehicles are charged using clean, reliable and low-cost energy.

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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

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Vehicle miles traveled. Revenue passenger miles (domestic). Energy Information Administration (price of gasoline). Federal Highway Administration (vehicle miles traveled). Bureau of Transportation Statistics (revenue passenger miles). Month-year. Sales of cars and light trucks. Price of gasoline. Feb-2020.

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EnTech Solutions, Peterbilt, Maki Trucking Partner to transport renewable natural gas with electric truck

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The Peterbilt Model 579EV will deliver the RNG to the Dane County landfill facility, where it will be injected into the natural gas pipeline to be used as clean transportation fuel on the west coast. offtakes the RNG for distribution to the transportation market in California. US Gain, a division of Wisconsin-based US Venture, Inc.,

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