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

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The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) will receive funding to purchase Proterra 35-foot, battery electric, zero emission buses with a capitalized lease for the electric battery and to install electric charging stations at the Sylmar/San Fernando Valley and Downtown Bus Facilities. Redding Area Bus Authority.

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

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American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest is installing APUs on locomotive switch engines and replacing 12 diesel refuse haulers with CNG haulers. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses. Beyond Toxics is replacing one truck and installing advanced exhaust controls on seven trucks. Florida and South Carolina.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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Oregon has implemented a similar program, while Washington is expected to ratify a program of its own in the near future. government mandates expanding EV charging availability at Federal buildings and workplaces, to say nothing of local governments and municipalities everywhere from St. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois.