Remove 2018 Remove Cleaner Remove Diesel Remove Grant
article thumbnail

US EPA awards $9.6M in DERA grants to reduce harmful diesel emissions in California

Green Car Congress

million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants to public and private partners in California. The funds will be used to retrofit and replace old, polluting diesel vehicles and equipment, including school buses, heavy-duty trucks, tractors and port equipment. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $9.6

Grant 300
article thumbnail

Electric Car Grant | OZEV Explained

My Energi

Electric Car Grant. There are many different Government grants available to support, drive and encourage the transition from petrol and diesel vehicles over to plug-in electric vehicles. A government electric car grant such as these, tend to come down as knowledge and infrastructure progress. Plug-In Electric Car Grant.

Grant 96
article thumbnail

SwRI’s ECTO-Lab expands; new bench systems improve accelerated aging of emissions control systems

Green Car Congress

ECTO-Lab is a critical instrument in evaluating the Diesel Aftertreatment Accelerated Aging Cycles (DAAAC) protocol, part of the EPA’s 2018 Cleaner Trucks Initiative to reduce NOx emissions from heavy-duty trucks.

Emissions 170
article thumbnail

PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

Green Car Congress

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 34 cleaner energy transportation projects will receive $8,489,844 in Driving PA Forward grants and rebates. In this second set of awards, the following recipients will receive grants and rebates: Statewide. million settlement with Volkswagen. Multi-county. Allegheny County.

Pollution 199
article thumbnail

Virginia allocating >$12M for electric buses; new statewide contract

Green Car Congress

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will make the remaining $5 million of the $14 million initial allocation available for electric transit buses for next year’s transit grant cycle, which will open on 1 December 2019. Recipients of VW Trust and statewide transit capital funding include: Alexandria (DASH): $5.1

Virginia 332
article thumbnail

Harvard buys four Proterra electric buses

Green Car Congress

In 2018, Harvard set a goal to eliminate the use of fossil fuels on its campus by 2050 and to achieve fossil fuel-neutrality by 2026. As a participant in MassEVolves, Harvard supports opportunities to secure cleaner air and a stronger economy across the state. in Allston. The vehicles can be fully charged in about three hours.

Buy 218
article thumbnail

Six trucking firms deploy ultra clean near-zero RNG trucks at Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles

Green Car Congress

The project’s goal is to introduce this ultra clean technology, which is 90% to 99% cleaner than existing port trucks, to the port drayage industry. Fortunately, there are many ways to take advantage of grants and other resources to make the transition to the new engine technology and clean RNG virtually painless.