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5 Top Destinations for a Spring Break EV Road Trip

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As far south as you can drive The Florida Keys Spring break leads many to travel south, and the Florida Keys are as far south as travelers can go in the lower 48 states. The Overseas Highway offers a 113-mile route from the southern tip of Florida through the Florida Keys to Key West. Plan ahead.

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5,000 Hybrids to Nationwide Fleet

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car is adding approximately 5,000 additional gas/electric hybrids to its nationwide fleet and designating nearly 80 rental locations across the country as “hybrid branches.” Louis; Seattle; and Washington, DC. per rental to fund certified offset projects through TerraPass.

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

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Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. By replacing aging fleet vehicles with Proterra electric buses, the City of Fairfield will improve both route efficiency and air quality. Alabama A&M University.

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

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. Florida and South Carolina. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses.

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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 deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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President Biden recently signed Executive Orders instructing his administration to electrify the Federal fleet of 600,000+ vehicles and facilitate investments in an additional 500,000 EV charging stations over the next few years. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois. Already, the U.S.