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Tesla Superchargers are dwarfing competitors in size and cost efficiencies

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This suggests that companies looking to expand their vehicles’ respective charging networks have a long and challenging road ahead of them. Companies that wish to provide dedicated rapid charging services must also be willing to shell out a substantial amount of funds to facilitate the buildout of a reliable charging network.

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

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million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced propulsion technologies. These include hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric engines, and related infrastructure investments such as charging stations. 2,320,000.

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

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Fifty-one projects in 39 states will receive a share of the funding.

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Gas stations tell Florida to stop dawdling with $198M in federal EV charger funding

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Photo: Tesla Owners Florida Florida will get $198 million of federal EV charger funding over five years, but Wawa, Buc-ee’s, Busy Bee, and others can’t access it because the state is slacking. Yet Florida is No 2 in the US for having the most EVs. It’s one of 14 laggard states.) Good for them.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

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Anyone who would deploy any kind of large-scale EV charging project needs to work closely (and early) with their local electrical utility. Since 2010, OUC, a municipally-owned public utility, has installed hundreds of public charging stations, some powered by solar arrays. Q&A with the Orlando Utilities Commission’s Peter Westlake.

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How Federal and State Government Incentives Make It Easy to Become an EV Owner

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Whether you are looking to purchase your first electric vehicle (EV), your next EV, or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) for your home, the United States has incentives, rebates, grants, and programs to help. These trickle chargers at an average of 5 miles per charging hour by plugging into a standard 110 volt electrical socket.