Remove DC Remove Fleet Remove Grant Remove Purchase
article thumbnail

Moreno Valley school district to deploy 42 electric school buses

Green Car Congress

The Moreno Valley Unified School District (MVUSD) has approved a project from InCharge Energy, Creative Bus Sales and IC Bus to deploy 42 electric school buses and an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure to support the new fleet. This initiative represents the largest electric school bus purchase yet in California.

article thumbnail

FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

Green Car Congress

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 and associated charging infrastructure. City and Borough of Juneau (Capital Transit). Alabama A&M University.

Emissions 186
article thumbnail

Cal Energy Commission approves ~$9M for DC fast chargers; $12.6M for NGV incentives

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission approved nearly $9 million in grants for the installation of DC fast chargers along major state freeways and highways to allow electric vehicle drivers to travel from San Diego to the Oregon border without worrying about running out of energy. The grants went to four companies—Chargepoint Inc.;

DC 150
article thumbnail

Germany putting another €300M into EV charging infrastructure

Green Car Congress

A support program with €350 million for commercial charging for fleet applications and for employees is planned for the summer. The funding in detail: The funding is granted as de minimis aid. The following is funded: the purchase of normal charging infrastructure (AC and DC) (3.7 100,000 funding per location.

Germany 333
article thumbnail

Utah Transits Authority adding 5 battery-electric New Flyer buses to fleet

Green Car Congress

million Low-No grant from the US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to purchase five New Flyer battery-electric buses. DC power is converted to AC power and is supplied to each of these major systems separately. Vanner provides the DC/DC converter. UTA and the University of Utah received a $5.4-million

Utah 150
article thumbnail

Thomas Built Buses electric school bus powered by Proterra receives full CARB and HVIP certifications, CEC funding eligibility

Green Car Congress

Through this program, California school districts purchasing the Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus are eligible for reimbursement of disposed older school buses approved under California Energy Commission GFO-17-607 grant program. To date, Thomas Built Buses is the only OEM to offer a DC fast-charging power option.

article thumbnail

Walmart’s Planned DC Fast Charging Network Could Be Game Changing

EV Adoption

On April 6, Walmart announced that by 2030 it intends to build its own DC fast-charging network at “thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations coast-to-coast.” First, let’s look at Walmart’s existing DC fast charging footprint. of Electrify America’s total number of DC fast charging ports.

DC 52