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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Oregon has a Chief EV Officer to promote EV use. The island environment also makes it easier to strategically place charging points so that EV drivers have easy access to reach key destinations. Honolulu, with 26 quick chargers, has one of densest charging grids in the US.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Project partners are Oahu Transit Services, Gillig, Hawaiian Electric Company and the Center for Transportation and the Environment. St Louis Metro Transit will receive funds to replace older model diesel buses with battery electric city transit buses in the St Louis region. Oregon Department of Transportation.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is retrofitting 36 school buses with technologies to cut soot and reduce idling. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses. Delaware River and Bay Authority is repowering two Tier 0 marine propulsion engines in one vessel with Tier 3 engines. New Jersey and New York.