The U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) has announced its continued support and future goals for the research and development of alternative fuels, including biodiesel, ethanol, natural gas, propane and hydrogen; the vehicles and fleets that use these fuels; and activities that would increase their availability today.

Besides helping with environmental concerns associated with fossil fuels, alternative fuels also bring an economic edge to the table. In macroeconomic terms, alternative fuels increase the number of options available to drivers ...

National Drive Electric Week, September 10-18, 2016, is a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of today’s widespread availability of plug-in vehicles and highlight the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. They are fun to drive, are less expensive and more convenient to fuel than gasoline vehicles, are better for the environment, promote local jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Are you considering going electric? Come talk to owners who have successfully done so.

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As part of the Commonwealth’s Alternative Fuels Transition initiative, VCC is working with public fleets to convert light, medium and heavy duty vehicles to compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane autogas (LPG). To date, a total of 192 vehicles have been converted, reaching 64% of the program’s goal of 300 vehicles converted. An additional 143 vehicles are currently in process, which will bring the total number converted to 335 vehicles.

Of the 192 vehicles that have been converted, 94 are part ...

Jun 28, 2016

Proposed settlement program includes vehicle buybacks and lease terminations, emissions modifications (if approved) and cash payments to affected customers for approximately 475,000 eligible 2.0L TDI vehicles
Volkswagen agrees to $2.7 billion environmental remediation fund and to invest $2.0 billion in initiatives to promote the use of zero emissions vehicles in the U.S.
Separate resolution with U.S. states settles consumer protection claims

Herndon, Va. /Wolfsburg, Germany (June 28, 2016) – Volkswagen AG announced today that it has reached settlement agreements ...

Oak Grove Plantation, a friend of clean cars, now has public electric car charging stations! The only ones in South Boston!

Oak Grove have just added two level 2 chargers that will work on any electric car make. They are the only charging stations between Virginia International Raceway to the west and South Hill to the East. Oak Grove Plantation B&B has already been awarded twice ...

Over the past year, the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal has been the on forefront of news for the German automobile company. Volkswagen was accused of, and admitted to altering their emission performance data in diesel-powered cars in the U.S. through the use of a “defeat device”. The defeat device is a piece of software that is able to detect when the car is being tested, and change and improve the emission performance data. Volkswagen capitalized on the scandal through ...

Written by Conor Moran, Oakton High School Senior

Entropy is the idea that the universe moves towards disorder and that order can only be restored by expending energy. Entropy, the same principle behind small-scale spontaneous chemical reactions and even the formation of the entire universe, is leading us to neglect our precious Earth. Energy is required for environmental order, but apathetic school board members all throughout the United States would rather use that energy to pamper their sports teams at the ...

Today, there are more than 7,300 propane school buses on the road in 46 states. That number continues to increase as more school district fleet managers hear about the cost-saving and emissions-reducing benefits of alternative fuel school buses.

Phoenix’s Kyrene School District has converted 85 percent of its existing fleet of diesel-fueled school buses to propane autogas-powered vehicles. Like many school districts in the U.S. that have chosen to convert to propane autogas, Kyrene School District expects these new alternative fuel ...