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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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The Michigan Department of Transportation will receive funds to replace aging diesel buses with zero-emission electric buses and related charging station infrastructure, and provide maintenance and first responder training for the new technology. The Bi-State Development Agency (Metro Transit) serving the St. City of Rochester.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Louis , Mo. Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. Tempe, Ariz.

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

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. FY2017 Low-No projects. Description. Antelope Valley Transit Authority. 1,450,000. .

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

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Utah State University. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). VoICE-MR: Vocation Integrated Cost Estimation for Maintenance and Repair of Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. AOI 12: Gaseous Fuels Technology Demonstration Projects. Zero Emission Freight Future. 350,000.