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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. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Description. City of Fairfield. 746,456.

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ICCT report quantifies emissions benefits if 12 states & DC adopt slate of California medium- and heavy-duty vehicle regulations

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The signatories are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia. Reductions ranged from 1%-53% for NO x , 3%-23% for PM 2.5 , and 1%-55% for well-to-wheels CO 2 e.

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EIA: California home to almost half of US plug-in electric vehicles

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These incentives are in addition to a federal (nationwide) tax credit, which ranges from $2,500 to $7,500 depending on battery capacity and gross vehicle weight. However, the incentive does not apply to the purchase of PHEVs. Washington has exempted EVs from the state''s 6.5% sales and use tax.

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News: 10 Best States To Own an EV

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Based on Jerry’s research, an EV-friendly state like Vermont has 10 times the charging infrastructure of states on the bottom of the list like Louisiana, Kentucky and Alaska. The ranges of chargers per capita varied from 7.3 per 100,000 residents in Louisiana to 134 per 100,000 in Vermont. California. Rhode Island. Connecticut.

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Prius Plug-In eligibile for a $1,500 California consumer incentive plus $2,500 Federal tax credit

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The CVRP program offers rebates to individuals, business owners, non-profit groups, and government entities that purchase or lease new eligible zero-emission or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. These grants are available when a vehicle is either purchased or leased for 36 months or longer.

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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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The San Jose area had the highest share at 10%, followed by other California areas (4% to 6%) and markets in Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington (2% to 4%). Overall, the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric in these 50 areas is 1.2%, about 3 times the proportion in the rest of the United States. Source: The ICCT.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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MHDs are typically managed at fleets, although fleet sizes can range from 10 to 1,000 to 10,000 to 100,000 vehicles. This is particularly true for cargo vans and similar medium-duty vehicles, driven by purchase commitments from large fleet operators, with heavy-duty fleet operators committing as well. million fleet vehicles in the U.S.