New York City awarded $77M in grants to electrify school buses, build first truck charging depot

The city is receiving $77 million in grants to expand the number of electric school buses and trucks on its streets, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday.

An additional $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program will help build a groundbreaking, freight-focused electric truck and vehicle charging depot at the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, Other efforts to increase electric vehicles in the city began in 2021 when former Mayor Bill de Blasio launched a. That investment included 300 electric vehicles to replace fossil fuel-powered models, 275 fast vehicle chargers, 20 portable vehicle chargers, 11 new solar charging carports, three electric buses to replace diesel models and 78 electric ambulances.

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