The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have just released the 2024 Fuel Economy Guide. The Guide provides detailed fuel economy estimates for model year 2024 light-duty vehicles, along with estimated annual fuel costs and other information for prospective car buyers.
The 2024 Fuel Economy Guide will be ...
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Virginia is moving into the fast lane on electric vehicles (EVs). The Commonwealth approved measures to adopt new vehicle emissions standards and EV sales targets; legislators are looking for ways to fund EV adoption incentives; and, a recent study by ACEEEE gave Virginia the highest marks of any state in the southeast on transportation electrification. ...
Continue Reading → The U.S. EPA released two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) announcing competitions for $4.6 billion in implementation grant funding under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program. The $4.3 billion general competition is open to states, municipalities, tribes, and territories. The $300 million allotted for tribes and territories is available only to eligible tribes and territories. Eligible applicants will compete for CPRG implementation grants to fund measures in applicable Priority Climate Action Plans. ... |
Axle Mobility is sharing free electric vehicle training for technicians and fleets to learn more about electric vehicle systems, safety and to prepare for introductory ASE certifications. The courses can be watched on your computer, phone, or tablet, come with quizzes, certificates and Spanish subtitles. Axle is continuing to add more courses, including on other low and zero-emission vehicles, and is open to suggestions and partnering organizations in the months ahead.
To look at the courses, you ...
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Every year, each Clean Cities coalition submits to the Department of Energy an annual Transportation Technology Deployment report that documents its activities and accomplishments for the previous calendar year. Coalition coordinators, who lead the local coalitions, provide information and data via an online database managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The data characterize membership, funding, projects, and activities of the ...
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 authorizes EPA to offer rebates to replace existing school buses with clean and zero-emission (ZE) models. The 2023 Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebates process includes SAM.gov account registration, rebate application submission, review and selection by EPA, selectees will then submit purchase orders to request payment and then receive payment, which ...
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The Federal Highway Administration released the Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on September 13, 2023. The NOFO is funded through an annual 10 percent set-aside from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. The fiscal year (FY) 2022/2023 funding amount for this NOFO is ...
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Has your community, fleet or facility been working to reduce its environmental footprint? Do you have a stellar sustainability initiative? Emission reduction for health, for local energy savings? Energy transition to cleaner domestic fuels? Did you develop an innovative strategy that benefited the environment?
Consider applying for the 2024 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards. The awards acknowledge successful and innovative ...
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On September 12th, Superior Energy Systems, best known for its propane autogas dispensers installations around the country, has reached a milestone of more than 100 million gallons of fuel pumped through its line of PRO-Vend 2000 propane autogas dispensers. Propane autogas is the term used for propane used in vehicle applications like school buses, transit and paratransit ... |