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WHYY reports Philadelphia’s Proterra electric bus fleet sidelined due to cracked chassis and other defects

Green Car Congress

Philadelphia’s public media organization WHYY, also the local PBS and NPR station, reports that the regional public transportation authority SEPTA has sidelined its entire fleet of 25 Proterra electric buses since February 2020. million federal grant, that she had doubts about “the future of electric vehicle procurement.”. “I

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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EPA, under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), is responsible for revising and implementing regulations to ensure that transportation fuel sold in the United States contains a minimum volume of renewable fuel. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). Earlier post.)

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Rivian teams up with Ben & Jerry’s on an electric ice cream truck

Teslarati

Rivian is also set to be an official sponsor for the music festival’s Transportation Track event. billion loan from the Department of Energy (DOE), though these plans are up in the air under the Trump administration’s recent freeze on federal grants and loans.

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Brightline Brought High-Speed Rail to Florida. Can the Public Sector Follow?

Baua Electric

The project , unlike the one in Florida, whose construction costs have nearly all been paid by Brightline, has received $3 billion in promised federal grants. These questions arise as the Trump administration targets public services like Amtrak and New Yorks Metropolitan Transportation Authority, threatening to pull federal funding.

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