Tesla Charging Stations on the Horizon for Williamsburg

The Williamsburg Economic Development Authority Board of Directors reviewed the progress of its partnership with Tesla and selected a winner of its 2018 Business Appreciation Award its Wednesday meeting.

Talks with Tesla to install electric car charging stations throughout the city began last March, with plans to put chargers in high-traffic public spaces throughout the city. The high-tech luxury car manufacturer has approved five locations including the North Henry Street Parking Garage, and will provide $1500 per charger in installation costs.

There ...

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4 Ways School Districts Can Clean Buses & Boost Bottom Lines

by Robert Veazie | May 9, 2018

Over 25 million children rely on buses each day for safe transport to and from school. With nearly half a million school buses on U.S. roads, it is one of the largest mass transit systems in the country.

Subsequently, school bus fleets are a costly expense to school districts, especially when older diesel models and inefficient practices hinder fuel economy savings and limit access to tax incentives. Even more troubling, diesel buses manufactured pre-2007 pose ...

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GRTC to unveil CNG-powered Pulse bus service on June 24th

The wait will soon be over for the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) Pulse project.

On Monday, GRTC announced that the “modern, high quality, high capacity rapid transit system” will begin service on June 24.

The 7.6-mile route runs along Broad Street and Main Street, from Rocketts Landing in the City of Richmond to Willow Lawn in Henrico County. It will link the public to many destinations, businesses, services and restaurants.

Leaders say the project will be completed on budget and on time ...

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$40 Million in 2018 Clean Diesel Funding Now Available

EPA anticipates awarding approximately  $40 million in competitive grant funding for the Diesel Emissions Reductions Act (DERA) Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program. The Program is soliciting proposals nationwide for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced and exposure, particularly from fleets operating in areas designated by the Administrator as poor air quality areas.

This program targets class 5-8 diesel vehicles. Eligible vehicle types include model years 1995-2010 and the following types:

a. Buses
b. Medium-duty or heavy-duty trucks
c. Marine ...

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Natural gas returning as smart transportation fuel

by Neil Abt | Apr 23, 2018

Natural gas had “lost a little of its luster,” admitted Brett Lindsay, vice president of sales at Clean Energy Fuels Corp. He is far from alone in this assessment. Executives with Trillium CNG and Ryder System were among others who told Fleet Owner that some of the initial excitement surrounding natural gas as a transportation fuel subsided in recent years. With a prolonged period of stable diesel fuel prices and new competition emerging from electric ...

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Propane Autogas Buses Earn Top Marks for Schools

Recent arguments for clean diesel are raising questions over the validity of propane autogas as an outstanding choice for school buses. This type of over-simplified information is being widely broadcast. But comprehensive, evidence-based reasoning is what school districts require to make important decisions. School administrators need truth-telling, not storytelling.

So, when it comes to clean diesel and propane autogas, what’s just talk and what’s the truth? Here are just a few factors to consider.

Duty Cycle and Maintenance
Today’s diesel engines are ...

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Electrify America Selects ABB, BTC Power, Efacec and Signet as Charging Equipment Suppliers

Reston, VA (April 17, 2018) – Electrify America announced today it has selected key charging equipment suppliers – ABB, BTC Power, Efacec and Signet – to jointly deploy its new ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging systems throughout the United States.

The charging equipment suppliers will share delivery of more than 2,000 chargers across 484 stations in the U.S. The charging systems will offer the first-ever certified cooled-cable 150/350 kilowatt (kW) DC Fast Charger. Electric vehicle chargers that offer this kind of ...

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Spring 2018 Issue of the FuelsFix

 

We are pleased to release the Spring 2018 edition of the Fuels Fix! In this edition there are articles from Hawaii on the Hawaiian mayors’ commitment to 100% renewable ground transportation, Yellowstone-Teton on a switch to renewable diesel, San Diego on how to change your fleet thinking when it comes to EVs, a ROUSH article on the myths surrounding “clean” diesel ...

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Montpelier Installs Chargers for Electric Car Drivers

NEW YORK —

Seven U.S. states and 16 major automakers are launching a joint $1.5 million advertising campaign to prod Americans to buy electric vehicles.

Automakers are investing billions of dollars to develop dozens of new EVs in the face of regulatory requirements, but face slow U.S. sales.

General Motors Co, Volkswagen AG, Toyota Motor Corp and many other companies, along with Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

The campaign, dubbed “Drive Change. Drive Electric,” will focus on ...

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