Written by Todd Mouw – October 10, 2018

School transportation departments across the nation must work within tight budgets and evaluate bus choices based on total ownership costs. Testimonials from school district transportation managers demonstrate the fuel and maintenance savings from propane autogas-fueled buses.

Clear Creek Independent School District in League City, Texas
Clear Creek ISD operates a fleet of 315 diesel, gasoline, compressed natural gas and propane autogas school buses, transporting 17,000 students throughout the Houston area. Thirty-seven are Blue Bird Vision ...

Governor Ralph Northam today released the 2018 Virginia Energy Plan, which provides a strategic vision for the Commonwealth’s energy policy over the next 10 years. With a focus on modernizing the electric grid and promoting innovative technologies, the plan sets goals for renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles.

“The clean energy sector has the power to create new business opportunities, expand customer access to renewable energy, and spark the high-demand jobs of the 21st century,” said Governor Northam. “Virginia ...

OnBoard Security®, an industry leader in automotive cyber security solutions will be collaborating with Virginia Tech on a US Department of Energy grant for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Cybersecurity. OnBoard Security will be participating in more than a dozen research tasks to “support advanced vehicle technologies that can enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, reduce our dependence on foreign sources of critical materials, and enhance U.S. economic growth.”

The Electric Vehicle market is forecast to grow significantly over the ...

By: Todd Mouw, President

Last year, alternative-fuel vehicle technology company ROUSH CleanTech introduced a propane autogas engine that was 75-percent cleaner than the EPA’s emissions standard for nitrogen oxide. This low-NOx 0.05 g/bhp-hr propane engine comes standard on all of the company’s 6.8L V10 3V propane vehicles.

Yet, the race was far from finished. The company set the bar even higher to meet California Air Resources Board’s lowest optional NOx standard of 0.02 ...

Executive Order (EO) 13834: Efficient Federal Operations was signed by President Trump on 17 May 2018. This EO affirms “that agencies shall meet such statutory requirements in a manner that increases efficiency, optimizes performance, eliminates unnecessary use of resources, and protects the environment.” Section 8 of the new EO revokes EO 13693 of 19 March 2015 (Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade.)

This EO affirms that it is the policy of the United States that agencies meet energy and ...

Transportation and Climate Initiative Welcomes the Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia joins regional coalition of states working for low-carbon transportation solutions

The Commonwealth of Virginia on September 12th became the 13th U.S. jurisdiction to join the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI). In a letter to the Georgetown Climate Center, which facilitates TCI on behalf of the participating state agencies, Virginia Natural Resources ...

Today Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the launch of the Climate Mayors’ Electric Vehicle Purchasing Collaborative, a program that will provide a turn-key, one-stop online procurement portal providing municipalities across the country equal access to competitively bid EVs and accompanying charging infrastructure. The Electrification Coalition will help act as the technical expert and support cities in their fleet transition planning — enabling a more efficient and rapid conversion of city fleets and charging infrastructure. By leveraging the collective buying ...

Nissan and EVgo have completed their plan to connect the cities of Boston and Washington, D.C., with a series of nine electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging stations with 52 fast chargers in total.

The “I-95 Fast Charging ARC” is designed to give EV owners peace of mind and convenience when traveling the 500 miles between the two cities, according to EVgo.

Each station can charge up to four or more EVs simultaneously at a power output of 50 kW. The stations have also ...

8/24/2018

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced $84.45 million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced propulsion technologies. Fifty-two projects in 41 states will receive a share of the funding.

“Communities across America will benefit from these investments in their transportation infrastructure,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao.

Eligible projects include the purchase or lease of buses that are ...