>State Awards Grants to Replace Diesel Cars, Trucks with EVs
(Harrisburg, PA) -- The state will award nearly 40-million-dollars in grants to municipalities and contractors to replace diesel-fueled cars and trucks with battery-electric ones. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley says those eligible for replacement include home delivery trucks, refuse/recycling trucks and terminal tractors. Funds will also go to support infrastructure to re-charge the vehicles. Penn State is one of the grant recipients.