U.S. Government Awards $1.7B for Electric Buses

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The US. Department of Transportation is awarding nearly $1.7 billion in grants to state and local governments to buy zero and low emission buses. The grants are part of President Joe Biden's bid to put more electric vehicles on the road. The grants will allow transit agencies and governments to buy 700 US built buses, half of which are said to have zero carbon emissions. The Biden administration said the new buses will improve public health and keep diesel emissions from polluting the air funding for the grants come from the 2021 infrastructure bill passed by President Joe Biden.