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This Maryland county is building a huge green hydrogen bus depot microgrid

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Montgomery County, Maryland, and AlphaStruxure have kicked off construction of the US’s largest renewable energy-powered bus depot.

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Maryland city deploys BYD electric Class 6 refuse truck

Green Car Congress

Hyattsville, Maryland, is deploying a BYD 6R Class 6 electric refuse truck, one of several fully-electric or hybrid vehicles in the City’s fleet, and the first commercially deployed Class 6 refuse truck in the country, according to BYD. The BYD 6R is capable of working an entire shift without recharging.

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Toyota & Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

CleanTechnica EVs

continued] The post Toyota & Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland appeared first on CleanTechnica. . — Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) and local energy utility Pepco are working together on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) using a Toyota bZ4X. This collaborative effort.

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Maryland, Georgia suspend state gasoline and diesel tax

Green Car Congress

On Friday, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed emergency bipartisan legislation ( SB1010 / HB1486 ) to suspend immediately the state of Maryland’s gasoline and diesel tax for 30 days. This action passed both the House and Senate with unanimous support. This emergency legislation applies to the 36.1 —Governor Hogan.

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Maryland commits to ban on gas vehicle sales

Teslarati

The State of Maryland followed in the footsteps of California today by banning all new gas vehicle sales by the model year 2035. Maryland laws already exist that require the State to match California’s vehicle emissions programs. Car exhaust is the largest source of greenhouse gas in the State of Maryland.

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ION Storage Systems to partner with U Maryland on $4.8M ARPA-E EVs4ALL award

Green Car Congress

million grant awarded to the University of Maryland (UMD). ION Storage Systems Inc. ION) will participate in the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) EVs4ALL program as part of a $­4.8-million Earlier post.)

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Dear Maryland: It’s Time To Drive Clean Trucks & Buses

CleanTechnica EVs

I love living in Maryland. We’re living in a historical moment, and I can’t help but do a lil’ happy dance around the possibilities of the new administration and the groundwork laid by the Climate Solutions Now Act which set some of the most ambitious climate targets in the country. Amid all this I’m grateful […]

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