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MARCH 25, 2022

The cost of electrifying commercial fleets can be a significant barrier. Although many millions of dollars in electric vehicle grants are available each year to help with the cost of going electric, the grant programs are often complex, and the application process is time-consuming and very competitive.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

UK Transport Secretary Justine Greening and Business Minister Mark Prisk announced the first vans eligible for the Government’s new Plug-in Car Van Grant. Van buyers will be able to receive 20%—up to £8,000 (US$12,600)—off the cost of this first wave of 7 plug-in vans. —Transport Secretary Greening.

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MAY 9, 2019

Orange EV, Firefly Transportation Services, and The Kraft Heinz Company have deployed three Orange EV T-Series Class 8 battery-electric terminal trucks to the Kraft Heinz distribution center in Groveport, Ohio. Firefly will operate three Orange EV pure electric terminal trucks to do the work formerly accomplished by five diesels.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

The report, A Paradigm Shift Towards Sustainable Low Carbon Transport , finds that more than $1.5 trillion is spent annually on transport globally, mostly in ways that exacerbate rather than solve the problems associated with traffic growth, including congestion, health-harming air pollution, accidents, energy insecurity, and climate change.

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JUNE 25, 2014

1 in total fuel cell patents granted in 2013, and continues to lead all companies in total fuel cell patents granted since 2002. Also, last year, GM opened a new state-of-the-art Fuel Cell Development Laboratory at GM Powertrain World Headquarters in Pontiac, Michigan. According to The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, GM ranked No.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

The first nine electric drive cars to become eligible for the Plug-in Car Grant of up to £5,000 (US$7,900) in the UK are: Mitsubishi iMiEV; smart fortwo electric drive; Peugeot iON; Citroen CZero; Nissan Leaf; Tata Vista EV; Toyota Prius Plug-in; Vauxhall Ampera and Chevrolet Volt. —Transport Secretary Philip Hammond.

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JULY 19, 2010

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is now accepting applications through the state’s $6 million Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant program (AFIG) for fuel or fuel-saving projects throughout the state. million gallons.

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JULY 24, 2020

million US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to demonstrate a pre-production Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) hybrid 4,300 hp line-haul locomotive. This new program, partially funded with the DOE grant, will allow pre-production testing at AAR’s Transportation Technology Center, Inc. This is well below the 10-year average cost of $2.45

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MAY 5, 2021

Purchase and installation of the wallboxes are supported with a grant of €900. The enormous demand for the 900-euro grant shows that we are spot on with our program. —Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer. The grant is a flat rate of €900 per charging point.

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MAY 9, 2013

A new new forum for the advocacy and development of liquid air as an alternative technology to harness waste and surplus energy within power and transport—the Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN)—has formed in the UK. The main potential applications are in electricity storage, transport and the recovery of waste heat.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

The purchase and installation of the wall boxes are supported with a grant of €900 (US$1,050). Starting tomorrow, German citizens can again secure a 900 euro grant from the federal government for their own charging station at home. —Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

million) grant to help develop new super-light materials solutions for building more fuel-efficient cars and aircraft. The LATEST2 (Light Alloys Towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport 2 nd Generation) Project is being funded by a program grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

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MARCH 25, 2010

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) is providing £30 million (US$45 million) in new funding to further encourage a shift to low carbon transport. million) to develop a telematics facility at MIRA to test, develop and demonstrate new intelligent transport technologies and become a self-sustaining test center. million (US$5.5

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APRIL 13, 2021

Original funding for the electric bus came from the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant Program. Funding was passed through DOT&PF and a matching grant was provided by the Alaska Energy Authority under the Volkswagen Settlement fund.

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MAY 22, 2022

The Agency will also launch a grant competition later this year. Non-profit school transportation associations. Awards up to 100% of the cost of the replacement bus and charging or fueling infrastructure are possible, and EPA may award funding for bus replacement and infrastructure through grants, rebates, or contracts.

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MARCH 30, 2018

The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) has selected ten researchers to receive grants from the research program to support innovative hydrogen energy solutions launched last year. Hydrogen storage and transport. Hydrogen storage and transport. Earlier post.). Hydrogen applications. Energy systems. Hydrogen generation. Researcher.

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JULY 12, 2012

These incentives help to pay the difference between the cost of conventional gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicles and new vehicles that use propane or natural gas. Calexico Unified School District (Imperial County) will receive an award of $83,329 to upgrade its publicly accessible compressed natural gas station.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

million Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) OPEEN+ grant to develop a method to convert natural gas into carbon nanotubes for materials that can replace metals in large-scale applications. Rice University researchers have won a $3.3-million —Matteo Pasquali.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Funded by a $2-million grant from the US Department of Energy, a team of scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) led by Eric Masanet is building a sophisticated cost model for fuel cells that will will take into account the total cost of ownership.

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MAY 8, 2018

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is accepting grant applications for innovative, advanced fuel, and vehicle technology projects that will result in cleaner advanced alternative transportation within the commonwealth. Grant applications will be accepted through 13 July 2018.

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JUNE 11, 2010

The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) will lead a joint research study of how the useful lifespan of electric vehicle batteries could be extended by repurposing them as household electric storage devices with a $992,000 grant from the University of California. and the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at UC Berkeley.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is awarding $1,135,862 to 12 small-scale projects to research that will reduce the cost of producing electricity, save energy and improve the environment.

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MARCH 20, 2019

The US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the opportunity ( FTA-2019-001-TPM-LOWNO ) for eligible applicants to apply for up to $85 million in competitive grant funds through FTA’s Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Bus Program. Fifty-two projects were eventually funded at a total of $84.45

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JANUARY 25, 2011

The US patent and soon-to-be-granted EU patent gives the company protection for carbide-derived-carbons suitable for energy storage applications. However, ultracapacitors are viewed as too expensive for most energy storage applications and the technology is commonly viewed as not sufficiently mature for transportation applications.

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OCTOBER 23, 2010

The US has up to now adhered to the user-fee principle in financing transportation infrastructure—i.e., The demand for new roads and the cost of expanding and maintaining the transportation system have increased with population and economic growth. States use similar mechanisms. —Huang et al.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

The important achievements realized within the project include: A low-cost alkaline membrane based on ITM Power’s suite of hydrocarbon polymers. The new electrolyzer membrane platform operates in a re-circulating liquid alkaline environment and transports OH - rather than H + ions. Elimination of precious metal catalysts.

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JULY 20, 2012

million grant from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) MOVE project. The goal is to develop a production prototype for refueling stations that will retail for about one-tenth of the cost of currently available systems. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Transportation is now the largest source of carbon emissions in the US. ZEV Fleet plans to demonstrate a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) model, by leasing an all-electric step vans to last-mile delivery fleets using AC & DC Charging. Earlier post.) ZEV Fleet Co., a subsidiary of ZEV Station, was also launched at the ribbon cutting.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Many factors will influence this, including emissions regulations, infrastructure, hydrogen availability and total costs of ownership. Incentives, grants, credits, tax breaks will be around for a while. Truck production volumes versus zero-emission target dates will require zero-emission transport financial help for some years.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

found benefits from NG use in transport at leakage rates below 1.7% All such studies observe atmospheric concentrations and must infer fluxes by accounting for atmospheric transport. Improved science would aid in generating cost-effective policy responses. Alvarez et al. —Brandt et al.

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MAY 19, 2022

e1NA has granted the JV an exclusive license for Greater China and will have a 10% direct ownership interest in the JV. Under the Agreement, ZMHT will receive a 70% ownership interest in the new JV company and will invest additional capital in stages according to the pace of market development.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

million in development funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing “smart” charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. In 2012, Siemens was awarded $1.6

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JUNE 3, 2021

A team of battery researchers at Canada’s Dalhousie University are the recipients of a $6 million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Dahn spoke highly of the funding and was very appreciative of the grant that will catalyze the opportunity for more battery research. “I million in funding.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

As part of $14 million in continuation grants, the California Energy Commission is awarding $450,000 in additional funding to Sepion Technologies , an Emeryville-based company developing battery membrane materials capable of supporting batteries that can power electric vehicles for 400 miles.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) (Maryland) Board of Education approved a contract on Tuesday evening with Highland Electric Transportation, a provider of turnkey electric fleet solutions, to convert the MCPS school bus fleet to all-electric, starting with 326 school buses over the next four years.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Under the WEO 2011 central scenario, oil demand rises from 87 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2010 to 99 mb/d in 2035, with all the net growth coming from the transport sector in emerging economies. Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. World transportation oil demand by mode in the New Policies Scenario.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Transportation in the Monterey Bay Area is dominated by use of the personal automobile, AMBAG said, noting that a large mode shift to biking or transit, is not expected to occur even as gas prices increase. —RFP. As such, AMBAG said, the system of public charging stations should function together in a networked capacity.

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