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UC Davis secures $20M federal grant renewal to lead the National Center for Sustainable Transportation

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The NCST’s $20-million grant ($4 million per year over 5 years) will allow researchers at UC Davis and other consortium member universities to focus on accelerating equitable decarbonization that benefits both the transportation system and the well-being of people in overburdened and historically disadvantaged communities.

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Tesla range lawsuit, electric Minis, Nikola, and biogas: Today's Car News

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Startup heavy truckmaker Nikola won a federal grant to improve fuel cells. And a European project worked out how to get as much range and efficiency from natural-gas engines as from gasoline. Tesla faces a lawsuit over lost range in some older models. Mini may go all-electric with its next generation of models.

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Waffle House is getting NEVI DC fast chargers in Tennessee

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Tennessee’s future oasis of DC fast charging and Waffle House comfort food is the only restaurant in Tennessee’s first round of NEVI awards and one of just two spots not doubling as a gas station or convenience store. The chargers they’re installing are made in South Carolina, and they exceed federal sourcing and kWh requirements.

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Sea-Tac Airport launches major ground support equipment electrification project

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million in airline fuel costs and 10,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions—the equivalent of taking 1,900 cars off the road. The $31-million project is funded in large part through federal grants. The US Department of Energy provided $5 million through a grant with the Western Washington Clean Cities Coalition.

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International Battery to provide Li-ion system to Sunverge for Net-Zero Energy Home Project

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The Sunverge SIS will provide improvements in power quality and economy while the system will benefit from peak load reduction, demand response participation and a decline in greenhouse gas emissions. —Sunverge Energy President Ken Munson.

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Proterra introduces 35-foot electric bus

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Moreover, the contract seeks to match and qualify contract users with federal grant and/or stimulus funds. Although this RFP includes all types of heavy-duty transit vehicles, it was created in support of Governor Jay Inslee’s initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase transportation choices for the future.

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DOE to Provide $3.2B in Funding for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements, Including Transportation Programs

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The Program provides federal grants to units of local government, Indian tribes, states, and territories to reduce energy use and fossil fuel emissions, and for improvements in energy efficiency.