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Podcast: News Bites
Episode: Electric Buses, US Lighthouses, Cooler Microbes
Description: Hi there, it's time for another episode of News Bites!
I'm Nancy Sunβ¦
And I'm Hope Ngo.
In today's news:
Building electric buses, saving lighthouses, and breaking down plastic.
All that and more, coming up next.
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Taiwan Invests in Electric Buses.
Taiwan is working hard to reach the target of zero-emissions (ιΆη’³ζ) status by 2050.
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is now working on an important project.
It plans to replace all diesel (ζ΄ζ²Ή) city buses with electric buses by 2030.
The project has been approved by the Executive Yuan (θ‘ζΏι’).
Before 2020, most electric buses were imported from other countries.
Some companies that ran city bus services did not want to sw...