Public transit
This East Coast bus depot will make its own carbon-free fuel
The project, located in Maryland's most populous county, will use a solar microgrid to produce enough "green" hydrogen for 13 new fuel-cell buses.
Clean fleets
EV charging
Startup Ample says it can swap an EV battery in 5 minutes
Can battery swapping for electric vehicles beat out real-time charging? This business concept has already led to one high-profile flop, but Ample is gearing up to make it work.
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Electric vehicles
How US school buses are going electric, in four charts
EVs now make up about 1% of the nation's school bus fleet, but that figure is rising fast thanks in large part to $5 billion in federal funding.
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Electric vehicles
How quickly can trucking decarbonize? California is about to find out
California's new Advanced Clean Fleets rule will push trucking to go electric over the next 20 years — the most ambitious such mandate in the country.
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Clean fleets
EV trucks and buses need costly grid updates. Should utilities pay?
A new study says ratepayers will come out ahead if utilities take on the upfront costs to build much-needed charging infrastructure for electric fleets.
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Electric vehicles
California's plan to electrify trucking may be hard for small companies
The state's ambitious timeline for cleaning up trucks will slash pollution in port communities, but some freight firms may not be able to afford the switch.
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Clean fleets
Ports need electric trucks. Forum Mobility has $400M to make it happen
The electric-trucking-as-a-service startup will build charging depots and make electric trucks available to freight haulers serving California's busiest ports.
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Clean fleets
US Postal Service commits to buy 66,000 EVs — finally
After facing backlash for plans to add thousands of gas guzzlers to its fleet, the USPS has shifted course with a game-changing pledge to go electric.
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Electric vehicles
Lyft offers new incentives for its drivers to shift to electric vehicles
The ride-hail company is offering bonuses and discounts to EV drivers in its network in order to reach its goal of 100 percent electric vehicles by the end of 2030.
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Electric vehicles
Elon Musk finally delivers on the long-awaited Tesla Semi truck
The battery-powered behemoth with up to a 500-mile range is the first semi designed from the start to be electric. Bonus: Musk says it's "super fun to drive."
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Clean fleets
Schools scramble to prepare for $1B in federal money for electric buses
From small rural districts to statewide fleets, schools are figuring out how to put to use the biggest electric school bus investment in U.S. history.
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