Virginia Clean Cities is pleased to announce that battery electric vehicles such as the Nissan LEAF and Chevy Bolt have been approved for the Government Fleet Vehicle Incentive. This program allows state agencies and local governments in CMAQ-areas to apply for a reimbursement of up to $10,000 per vehicle.

Hybrid-electric vehicles are not eligible for this Program at this time.

To find out more about the reimbursement process, please contact Matt Wade at 540-568-4051 or mwade@vacleancities.org.

Answer: For those new to ethanol fueling, installing the necessary infrastructure may be unchartered territory. From fuel specifications to dispensing regulations, the recently updated Handbook for Handling, Storing, and Dispensing E85 and Other Ethanol-Gasoline Blends (http://www.afdc.energy.gov/uploads/publication/ethanol_handbook.pdf) is the go-to source for all your ethanol station installation needs. The Handbook is designed for those who blend, distribute, store, sell, or use ethanol blends above E10 (90% gasoline blended with 10% ethanol). Below is a summary of some of the top infrastructure ...

EVgo is celebrating National Drive Electric Week by offering its drivers free charging on its leading national network from September 10 through September 18. Throughout the week, drivers with a valid EVgo charging card can charge for free at any of EVgo’s 1,000 charging locations in over 50 metro markets. This year’s promotion is one of 200 other National Drive Electric events taking place across the country, seeking to celebrate the increasing availability of plug-in vehicles and highlighting the consumer ...

Types of Charging Stations at the Workplace: Level 1, Level 2, and DC Fast Charging Webinar
October 4, 2016; 2 p.m. ET

Workplace charging programs are successful when organizations choose the charging station design–Level 1, Level 2, or DC Fast Charging–that best fits the needs of both employers and employees. At this webinar, you will see an overview of the types of charging stations available, presented by Margaret Smith from Energetics, and share examples of Workplace Charging Challenge Partners that use ...

Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a major provider of natural gas and fueling structures for the transportation sector, says it has been awarded a multiyear compressed natural gas (CNG) contract for Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority, which provides transit services to more than 4 million people across the National Capital Region.

According to the company, the new contract covers two transit stations that supply over 580 CNG transit vehicles with natural fuel and represent approximately 6 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) per year.

Further, ...

From Hoosier Ag Today:

National Corn Growers Association President Chip Bowling this week congratulated Green Plains Inc. on the grand opening of their Hopewell, Virginia ethanol production facility, and called for further expansion of renewable fuels on the East Coast.

“We are excited to see ethanol production back up and running in Virginia,” said Bowling, who farms corn, soybeans, and sorghum just 100 miles away in Newburg, Maryland. “The Hopewell plant will give Mid-Atlantic farmers another market for their crop. It’s good ...

The EPA has published a series of fact sheets, “What Climate Change Means for Your State,” that focus on the impacts of climate change in each of the 50 states and the territories of Guam and Puerto Rico. These 52 fact sheets compile information from previously published synthesis and assessment reports to provide a handy reference for state and local policymakers, businesses, and individuals who are looking to communicate impacts of climate change in a given state.

For Virginia, please click ...

Earlier this month in New Castle, Delaware Transit Corporation unveiled the highly anticipated new onsite propane fuel station along with plans to increase its existing fleet of propane-powered paratransit buses to 130 vehicles.

After working with DTC on a two-year pilot program testing five ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas paratransit buses, the agency was so pleased with the results that its leaders purchased 50 more this year, with plans to purchase an additional 75 by FY2018.

“Our first five propane-fueled buses collectively traveled ...

Virginia Clean Cities is the Commonwealth’s newest certified motor vehicle charity consigner! If you have a vehicle rusting away in your parking lot that you need to be rid of, and want a tax-deduction for it, we’d love to take it off your hands!

Here’s how it works: You spend a few minutes filling out a simple online form. We’ll contact you to arrange pick up of the vehicle at no cost to you. That’s ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have finalized new standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that will improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon pollution while also strengthening national energy security and manufacturing innovation.

According to the EPA, the final Phase 2 standards respond to President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan and his administration’s directive in early 2014 to develop new standards that run into the next decade.

The final ...