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FTA announces $1.7B for 130 transit projects; nearly half for zero-emission models

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Many of the grant recipients have pledged to buy standardized buses and vans and avoid customization, which will result in faster delivery and lower costs. This is the second bus grant package funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which has now invested more than $3.3 The Ohio Department of Transportation will receive $29.3

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King County Metro Transit to purchase 120 battery-electric buses by 2020, 73 from Proterra

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Metro serves Seattle and the rest of King County. Maintenance costs of all-electric buses are expected to decline versus hybrid-diesels, primarily because they have fewer moving parts. Metro also is calling on the industry to develop 60-foot long buses, better able to replace the articulated buses that make up 55 percent of its fleet.

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

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Fifty-one projects in 39 states will receive a share of the funding.

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Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

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a major Boeing production hub north of Seattle. s announcement on Wednesday, it also approved inspection and maintenance procedures for the Max 9. order would affect plans for their fleets for the next decade — or longer. It also planned to add another assembly line at a factory in Everett, Wash., As part of the F.A.A.’s

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. There’s ease of operations, ease of maintenance benefits. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington.