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How Does Clean Diesel Technology Power Your State?
Learn more about how diesel is the backbone of transportation systems, powers the state’s economy and how policymakers in the state recognize the value of clean diesel technology.
Georgia – There are over 17,000 public school buses in the state. Atlanta was the first metro area to retrofit its entire public school bus fleet. Thirteen other metro area school bus fleets have retrofitted at least some of their buses and DeKalb County is planning to purchase four diesel electric hybrid school buses.
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New York – New York’s five largest cities have more than 7,000 public transit buses - over 83 percent of which are powered by conventional diesel or diesel hybrid engines. In 2005, New York City decided to dedicate itself to clean diesel technology and stop purchasing compressed natural gas (CNG) buses. In December 2007, the Metropolitan Transit Authority purchased 850 more diesel-electric hybrid buses, giving it the world’s largest fleet of these vehicles.
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