The Federal Transit Authority program will work with Ohio State's Center for Automotive Research, with the potential to receive a share of up to $12 million in additional funding over the next few years. Ohio State competed with other schools to participate and was one of two to be selected, along with Auburn University.
“With this funding, Ohio continue its leadership role in developing our next generation of low and no emission buses," said U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.
This is the latest of several collaborations between the federal office and Ohio State, said the Center for Automotive Research's director, Giorgio Rizzoni. The plan is for Ohio State to provide "unbiased assessments of components used in transit buses to encourage the commercialization of low- and no-emissions technologies that will enable clean and efficient public transportation in America’s cities," he said.
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