article thumbnail

ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

Green Car Congress

The authors defined regions as the Midwest, Mountain, Northeast, South, and West, based on the US Census (2016). There are substantial purchase incentives in California, Colorado, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Washington. The base regional unit for the study was the metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Click to enlarge.

San Jose 253
article thumbnail

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. By replacing aging fleet vehicles with Proterra electric buses, the City of Fairfield will improve both route efficiency and air quality. Connecticut Department of Transportation.

Purchase 191
article thumbnail

EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

Green Car Congress

The resulting new national standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016 (39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for trucks), or approximately 250 grams CO 2 /mile. The CAFE program established by the EISA 2007 legislation specified a minimum 35 mpg in 2020. Earlier post.)

EPA 150
article thumbnail

IKEA Teams Up With Electrify America To Provide Charging in The United States.

Get Electric Vehicle

IKEA plans to increase the number of ultra-fast public charging stations and delivery fleet car chargers in its US stores. Electrify Commercial, a division of Electrify America, will provide complete charging solutions for IKEA’s EV delivery fleet, with over 225 individual chargers installed throughout the sites.

article thumbnail

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

Connecticut Green Bank. Expanding the EV fleet. The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. Municipal fleet electrification.

Obama 150
article thumbnail

DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

Green Car Congress

The Road Map, a collaborative effort among industry, government, and academia, concluded that a total of 68 hydrogen stations with a cumulative capacity to serve 20,000 vehicles must be operational in California by the beginning of 2016. California has nine publicly accessible stations, with 14 new or upgraded stations in development.

Hydrogen 284
article thumbnail

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Green Car Congress

Closer to home, the federal fuel economy standards require the average fleet fuel economy of OEMs that sell vehicles in the USA to be 35.5 mpg by 2016. Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 in Connecticut. cents/kWh, with a range from 29.20 cents/ kWh in Hawaii to 5.61

Renewable 220