On December 20, 2017 Senator Orrin Hatch introduced the S. 2256 Tax Extender Act of 2017. The following is a summary of the provisions pertaining to alternative fuels. All credits are made retroactive to 2017.

SEC. 303. Extension of credit for new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles. Extends the credit to December 31, 2018

SEC. 304. Extension of credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. Extends the credit to December ...

Roanoke officials are charged up about adding a dozen electric cars to the city’s municipal fleet, a move that the city says will reduce emissions and save money.

As the first phase of a pilot program, the city bought low-mileage used Nissan Leafs and made most of them part of a pool of vehicles that will be shared by city employees who in the past each had an assigned vehicle.

“It’s a different way to think about our vehicles and our fleet ...

VCC is working to improve the customer experience of the DC Fast Chargers in Virginia by replacing the older touchscreens that have become unreadable.

You can donate any amount through VCC’s Donations webpage or by clicking the Facebook link below.

Each screen costs $1000 to purchase and install, so your donation is greatly appreciated!

Four electric cars used by Danville under an energy project have now become a permanent part of the city’s fleet.

Fermata Energy hopes to donate the four electric vehicles — 2015 or 2016 Nissan Leafs — and chargers to Danville as part of a requirement under a two-year research-and-development grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission.

The two-year tobacco commission grant is coming to an end in May, and the city could end up getting the cars at no cost, Danville Utilities Director ...

We live in electrifying times.

By 2025, electric vehicles (EVs) will cost less to own than gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. By 2040, EVs will make up 58% of new-vehicle sales in the United States. These are a couple of the more aggressive projections, but regardless of the timeline, it’s hard to find a transportation outlook without electrification.

“When you see EVs and their potential, we have a chance to really change the industry forever,” says Mark ...

EVgo, the nation’s largest network of public electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations, today announced it has officially opened its 1,000th DC Fast charger in the U.S., in partnership with Nissan North America. The 1,000th station is centrally-located near Washington, D.C., in one of Falls Church, Va.’s newest apartment communities, The Loren, developed and managed by The Bozzuto Group.

According to a recent EVgo study, Arlington, Va., the major metro area neighboring Falls Church, ranked eighth among the top cities for ...

Toyota Motor North America, Inc. will build the world’s first megawatt-scale carbonate fuel cell power generation plant with a hydrogen fueling station to support its operations at the Port of Long Beach. The Tri-Gen facility will use bio-waste sourced from California agricultural waste to generate water, electricity and hydrogen. “For more than 20 years, Toyota has been leading the development of fuel cell technology because we understand the tremendous potential to reduce emissions and improve society,” said Doug Murtha, group ...

New Flyer of America Inc. (“New Flyer”), the U.S. subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. (“NFI Group”), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, today announced that Blacksburg Transit (“BT”), through the Commonwealth of Virginia, has exercised an option with New Flyer for four Xcelsior® clean diesel, sixty-foot heavy-duty transit buses. The order is part of a state schedule and options are not recorded in the backlog.

“We are proud to once again provide ...

The City of Chesapeake unveiled its first public access fast-fill compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station at a special “First Fueling” event on November 29th. Mayor Rick West, Clean Energy’s Gary Parker, Virginia Clean Cities Executive Director Allyen Harned, and Michael Bisogno with the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Office of Fleet Management Services, all spoke at the event and participated ...