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Five Rhode Island school districts will split $12.4 million in federal funds to purchase a combined 45 electric school buses. (news release)
U.S. electric vehicle buyers have received more than $1 billion in point-of-sale rebates since the Treasury Department launched the instant incentives in January, discounting an estimated quarter of the 600,000 EVs sold so far this year. (E&E News)
An Arkansas school district chosen to receive $1.2 million in federal subsidies mulls whether to move forward with buying six electric school buses. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Portland adds an 11th all-electric vehicle to its fleet: the state’s first electric garbage truck. (Bangor Daily News)
A western Pennsylvania town slated to receive federally funded electric school buses says there are still use cases for its diesel vehicles. (Trib Live)