Fuels Fix for October 2020

Fuels Fix is a Clean Cities stories and alternative fuel news website and monthly e-mail newsletter. We curate the best content from Clean Cities coalitions around the country and their working partners, including project stories, upcoming events, reviews of AFVs, funding announcements, and fleet profiles which we call your FLEETFIX. To view this month’s Fuel Fix, click here https://conta.cc/2HzxCUQ

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Air Pollution may be increasing your risk of developing Alzheimer’s

Other consequences can include MS, Parkinson’s, and other dementia

In January, a small team of Canadian researchers released a study on the relationship between air pollution and formalized cognitive dilapidation, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Over 678,000 Vancouver citizens between the ages of 45-84 were analyzed by their residency and behaviors during 1994-2003. In this decade, Vancouver had a significant exposure period to air pollution. Because of Vancouver’s provincial health insurance plan, nearly every resident has readily available health data for ...

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DOE contract Cummins, Inc. to develop Hydrogen-powered disaster relief vehicle

Cummins, Inc. federally funded $1 million for H2Rescue

In a joint operation between the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense and Homeland Security, Cummins Inc. was awarded $1 million to create a government disaster relief vehicle that meets emergency field standards and uses an alternative fuel. In February 2020 the DOE began their search by issuing a solicitation for a capable manufacturer to create their relief vehicle. Through a competitive bidding ...

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Mid-Atlantic Nitrogen Oxide Reduction (MANOR) Project

MANOR logoThe Mid-Atlantic Nitrogen Oxide Reduction (MANOR) project will impact fleet vehicles that traverse major interstates linking along some of the nation’s most heavily traveled goods-movement truck routes; and operate within cities in the Region 3 states of Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland. It is anticipated that this project will save over 468,423 gallons of diesel fuel per year and reduce existing emissions by approximately 35%. This project will ...

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Multi-Unit Dwelling Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Innovation Pilots in Multiple Metropolitan Areas

Virginia Clean Cities is providing technical assistance to the Center for Sustainable Energy on a project to address barriers to MUD and curbside residential PEV charging by engaging stakeholders across the country to determine barriers they experience, to augment the documented barriers, demonstrating innovative technologies that address the barriers, compiling project findings in an easy-to-use toolkit, and disseminating the Toolkit via national, regional, state, and local channels.

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Alternative Fuels Program Government Fleet Vehicle Incentive (CMAQ)

Project now accepting applications!

Alternative Fuels Program Government Fleet Vehicle Incentive (CMAQ)

State agencies and local governments in specific air quality non-attainment, ozone attainment and/or maintenance areas may be reimbursed for incremental costs to transition to alternative fuels such as natural gas or propane autogas. Reimbursements are up to an average of $10,000 for the incremental cost of new vehicles or reasonable aftermarket conversions.

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EV-WATTS (Electric Vehicle Widescale Analysis for Tomorrow’s Transportation Solutions) Project

Virginia Clean Cities is providing technical assistance to Clean Fuels Ohio and Energetics on a multi-year data collection and analysis project. The EV-WATTS program will collect data from EV charging stations and EV drivers. VCC will identify data partners, secure data commitments, assist in regularly collecting data, and gather supplemental information during the project. This is an ongoing project.

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Electrify Your Ride Program

VCC is providing technical assistance and dealership outreach to project partners on the EYR program.  This website is your go-to place for information on electric cars and to sign up for pre-negotiated discounts from local dealerships. The website provides information on why your next car should be electric and, when you’re ready, explore discounts on the latest models and get connected with the dealer(s) of your choice.

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Clean Fuels Transition Project

Virginia Clean Cities invites you to participate in Clean Fuels Transition Project. This goal of this one-year project to provide an analysis of your fleet’s fuel usage and compare it to an alternative fuel, such as electricity, to determine if there are any cost and/or emission reduction benefits.

This is an ongoing service and is provided to you free of charge.

VCC staff will work with you on collecting data on fuel usage and costs, and prepare a summary report on your ...

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Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Opportunity Center

VCC seeks to expand the domestic supply chain of components and systems necessary for the manufacture and scale-up of the supply chain by building and populating a comprehensive database and by driving U.S. companies to the site via an aggressive outreach campaign using trade association outreach, webinars, social media, and personal contact. This effort will advance hydrogen fuel cell suppliers in the transportation, utility, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors, with a focus on the transportation sector in fuel and infrastructure supply ...

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