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Park City Transit deploying six Proterra electric buses; battery-lease financing model

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Nicknamed the “Electric Xpress,” the free transit service will provide clean, quiet, and efficient transportation to residents and tourists throughout several neighborhoods, including Park City Resort, Canyons Village, Silver Springs, Silver Lake Village, Empire Pass and Park Meadows. buy the bus, lease the battery.

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California ARB awarding $1.6 million to LA for low-income EV carsharing pilot program

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The grant will fulfill a key mandate of SB 1275, the Charge Ahead California Initiative, enacted last year to make clean transportation more widely available, particularly in low and moderate-income neighborhoods. Following a competitive proposal process, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has offered $1.6 Earlier post.).

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UCLA orders all-electric shuttle bus powered by Motiv Power Systems

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Developed in partnership with Commercial Fleet Financing, the shuttle bus is projected to be delivered in early 2018. The HVIP grant allowed the purchase of the batteries and electric powertrain, providing UCLA an electric shuttle for the same cost as its fossil-fuel counterparts.

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Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering

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The group found that if 15 percent of existing Black businesses could finance a single new employee, it would create US $55 billion in new economic activity. Until the 1960s, federal government policies explicitly prohibited Black people from buying homes in white neighborhoods and simultaneously decimated the value of Black neighborhoods.

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Want a Free Chevy Bolt? EV Life Can Help You Use EV Incentives to Save Big

EV Life

Qualified California residents of disadvantaged communities (DACs) can receive grants of up to $5,000 in buy-down assistance and special financing, plus a free vehicle charger and installation. Grants are given directly to the dealer to lower the overall cost of the qualifying vehicle. Put your rebates and credits to work.

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Swaying toward EV mobility

Electric Auto Association

We partner with real estate developers, cities, and nonprofits to utilize government clean energy incentives, grants, and other sources of funding,” Peters explained. Attacking the problem The idea for Sway Mobility came in 2017, when Peters was working in sustainability with different neighborhoods in Cleveland. “I

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News: All-Electric Semi-Trucks Making a Difference

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Black, Latino, immigrant and low-income neighborhoods are often where these warehouse facilities are based, placing an added burden to their health. An additional 250 zero emission trucks as well as 300 chargers will be funded by the grant. The JETSI project may be a test, but the outcome is already known.