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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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Eligible projects include the purchase or lease of buses powered by modern, efficient technologies. The City and Borough of Juneau will receive funds to purchase new electric buses to replace aging diesel buses, associated charging infrastructure, and a back up generator. Project Sponsor. Project Description. Funding Amount.

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Canoo continues rapid production expansion with yet another new facility

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Canoo has announced that the company entered an agreement to purchase yet another vehicle manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City. Over the past few months, Canoo has made a dramatic turnaround. It is unclear what the company’s total manufacturing output will total in the coming year as these plants come online.

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Junkyard Find: 2012 Hyundai Equus

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It happened , and I found one of those machines in a car graveyard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a few weeks back. That doesn't seem to have been the case here, though, since the airbags aren't deployed and junkyard shoppers have purchased most of the front body parts. We may never know why an 11-year-old Equus met such a fate. What kind of…?

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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Natural Gas Credit Purchase system; deliver technical and safety workshops. Purchasing Agreements; train and deploy Energy Coaches who will work. INCOG Tulsa Area. model codes, ordinances, purchasing guidelines and incentives; conduct. The Fast Track to Ohio AFV Adoption project will streamline local and state.

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Amazon’s Rivian van begins delivering packages in its third U.S. city

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The e-commerce giant announced earlier today that it began delivering packages in Tulsa, Oklahoma, joining Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, as the only U.S. Now, the Amazon-Rivian vans are in the middle of the United States in Tulsa, Oklahoma. cities to have packages delivered by the all-electric Rivian delivery vans.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $8.5M to bring natural gas- and propane-powered vehicles to California

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To benefit from the incentives, purchasers must agree to operate the vehicles in California on the alternative fuel at least 90% of the time for three years. Applications from manufacturers for the program are considered on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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Study finds 2008 recession contributed to increase in age of US LDV fleet, slowing of emission reductions

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New vehicle sales, or lack thereof, have a cascading effect on the overall vehicle fleet with delayed purchasing decisions impacting the number of vehicle retirements, which in turn changes not only the age of the on-road fleet but can also alter its emissions profile. —Bishop and Stedman (2014). —Bishop and Stedman (2014).

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