RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued a Notice of Intent to Award a contract to EVgo Services, LLC, to develop a statewide public electric vehicle (EV) charging network. This contract is awarded from funding that the Commonwealth was allocated through the Volkswagen mitigation settlement, and it will serve as a forward looking program that will help to meet driver needs as electric vehicle adoption rates continue to increase.

Maximizing the state’s investment, ...

The Trump administration rolled out a plan Thursday to weaken the aggressive fuel economy and global warming standards for cars and strip California of its ability to determine its own vehicle regulations for greenhouse gas emissions.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) declared that the heightened emissions standards set to take effect for cars built from 2021 and 2026 are unreasonable for both economic and safety reasons.

The Obama administration set the standards in 2012 as part of ...

The Clean Cities University Workforce Development Program is an initiative of Clean Cities, a government-industry partnership sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Program. Clean Cities strives to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector in nearly 100 communities across the country. Since the creation of the CCUWDP in 2010, Clean Cities has hosted more than 250 interns in more than 60 Coalitions.

The Clean Cities internship will give students studying communications, public relations, business, marketing, engineering or environmental ...

American Natural Gas (ANG), a distributor of alternative motor fuels and a portfolio company within HC2 Holdings Inc., has opened a new heavy-duty, fast-fill compressed natural gas (CNG) station in Lynchburg, Va.

The public-access facility, located at 110 Jefferson Ridge Parkway, will also serve PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division, which will fuel its fleet of CNG-powered tractor trailers.

Located within a mile of the intersection of Lynchburg/Northwest Expressway (US-501) and US-221, the new station provides easy on-and-off highway access for Class 8 vehicles, notes ...

The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) is pleased to announce that presentations and a video recording from the June 14^th “Franklin County Ohio’s Landfill Gas to Pipeline RNG Energy Project” webinar are now available on the LMOP website. The webinar provided an overview of this successful project that upgrades LFG into pipeline quality RNG for vehicle fuel.

Two speakers–representatives from the project developer and the natural gas utility–shared their perspectives on how they collaborated to successfully develop this project:

• Jay Hopper ...

Nissan North America has announced a $3,000 discount for the new 2018 Nissan Leaf, the world’s best selling electric car. This $3,000 discount, combined with the $7,500 Federal tax credit can save $10,500 for Virginia residents.

The Nissan Leaf has features including

• A 151 mile range
• Eco Mode which “limits the motor’s output and conserves energy”
• B Mode which further engages regenerative breaking to charge the ...

By Todd Mouw

Over the last few years, there has been a lot of discussion about NOx — or nitrogen oxides — and the negative impact it has on many levels within our society. The problem was brought to light in 2014 when West Virginia University released its report on Volkswagen diesel engines that significantly exceeded the allowable threshold for NOx.

Since it’s summer and baseball season is in full swing, let’s go back to first base and explain what NOx is ...