Technology Happy Hour: Sonny Merryman on Electrification of School Buses

On Friday, July 18th, Virginia Clean Cities hosted the Technology Happy Hour with Sonny Merryman, a successful deployer of electric school buses (ESBs). Whitney Kopanko, Director of Marketing and School Bus Sales, provided considerations for school districts looking to acquire electric school buses. 

Some highlights of her presentation include:

  • Sonny Merryman has distributed over 220 Jouley Electric School buses to over 40 school districts since 2020! 
  • Kopanko combatted common electrification fears, like upfront costs of EV supply equipment, with the concept of ...
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VDOT National EV Infrastructure Program Partnering List

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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is now hosting a National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program Partnering List where potential site hosts and vendors can share information. This free listing will allow for direct coordination between potential site hosts, electricians, hardware providers, operators and more. 

To provide your company or site contact information, please visit the EV Resources ...

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The U.S. Joint Office Releases New EV Playbook Modules

The US Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office) added four new modules today on the topic of electric vehicle (EV) planning and the construction of zero-emission infrastructure. With these four new modules, the Joint Office doubles the size of their current Public EV Charging Infrastructure Playbook. The Public EV Charging Infrastructure Playbook was ...

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Virginia Secures Funding from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program

[Map Courtesy of the EPA]

On July 22, The EPA announced 25 recipients for funds awarded through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Program. This Program is established through the Inflation Reduction Act, and selected applicants are receiving over $4.3 billion in total to “implement community-driven solutions to the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and ...

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DOE Grants $1.7B for Manufacturing Conversions To Electric Vehicles

U.S. Department of Energy Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program. (DOE).

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that $1.7 billion will be given across Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia to support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities. The conversion will reprogram these facilities to manufacture electric vehicles and ...

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