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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Regents of University of Minnesota. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). VoICE-MR: Vocation Integrated Cost Estimation for Maintenance and Repair of Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV). Regents of the University of Minnesota. AOI 06a: Research to Transform the Efficiency of Off-Road Vehicles.

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FTA awarding $55M to 10 projects deploying battery-electric and fuel-cell buses

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Lextran, the transit authority in Lexington, Kentucky, will receive funding to purchase five Proterra battery-electric buses, one charging station and one maintenance area charging system. DTA provides approximately 3 million rides per year throughout St. Louis County in northeast Minnesota.

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