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Penske Truck Leasing joins CharIN to promote electric commercial vehicle charging standards

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Penske Truck Leasing has joined the Charging Interface Initiative ( CharIN ), a worldwide industry alliance focused on promoting Combined Charging System (CCS) as the global standard for charging electric vehicles (EVs) of all types. Penske Truck Leasing is the first in its industry to join the CharIN organization.

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Pennsylvania DEP awards nearly $517,000 in clean diesel grants

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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) awarded $516,637 in clean diesel grants to four organizations. Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties are currently designated as non-attainment for federal particulate matter standards.

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Kickstarter project for roof-mounted CNG tanks for LDVs

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Inventor Richard Wallace is seeking to co-fund its development with a matching $35,000 grant from the state of Pennsylvania. He wants to develop a case that: Holds ~8 GGEs of CNG (in US-standard 3.6k The Kickstarter project depends on winning the Pennsylvania grant. Wallace is putting in the first $10k.). —Richard Wallace.

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Lightning eMotors partners with Soderholm Bus & Mobility to sell electric commercial vehicles in Hawaii

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States signing the MOU were California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

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Mitsubishi Motors told to pay USD 1 bn over US car crash – ET Auto

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The plaintiff blamed a defective seatbelt design in her husband Francis Amagasu’s 1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT that left him with severe injuries after the crash in Pennsylvania. “We will continue to provide vehicles in compliance with applicable laws and safety standards.”

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Default Passwords Jeopardize Water Infrastructure

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Last November, for instance, hackers linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard broke into a water system in the western Pennsylvania town of Aliquippa. The structure of the water industry in the U.S. In January, infiltrators linked to a Russian hacktivist group penetrated the water system of a Texas town near the New Mexico border.

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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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This project will create a plan for innovative infrastructure solutions at industrial facilities and commercial zones along critical freight arteries feeding into Southern California’s I-710 freeway. Rocky Mountain Institute: San Francisco and Bay Area Regional Medium-and Heavy-Duty Electrification Roadmap.