Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills to strengthen emission standards for trucks, semis and other high-pollution vehicles. The Governor also issued an executive order directing the leveraging of the state’s $700-billion CalPERS, CalSTRS and UC Retirement Program portfolio to drive investment toward carbon-neutral technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2022

This included investments ranging from cleaning up drayage trucks, transit, and school buses to accelerating equitable electrification of passenger vehicles, e-bikes and rail—coupled with infrastructure and incentives for in-state manufacturing. In California, the 2021 Budget Act committed $3.9 High-Speed Rail and Transit: $4.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

AB 2816 applies to ZEV incentive programs that receive funding from, or are administered by, CARB including Clean Cars 4 All, the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP), and the Clean Vehicle Assistance Program. Light duty vehicles cause 28% of California’s total carbon emissions and pollute the air near freeways and busy roads.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Electric Vehicle Association (EVA) concurs with the action alerts sent by the Union of Concerned Scientists and others in support of California’s Proposition 30, the Clean Cars and Clean Air Act. The EVA advocates for the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) to tackle climate change, the world’s most formidable challenge.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. clean-tech legislation. C in this century. energy system needs to go and how the latest energy models can help.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

This legislation will set targets of 10% ZEV sales by 2025, 30% by 2030, and 100% by 2040, while government will take additional steps to make ZEVs more affordable. Reviewing the incentive program with an eye to expanding it over time, so buying a ZEV becomes a more affordable option for middle- and lower-income British Columbians.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

With ride-hailing services now providing more trips nationally than taxis, the growth of ride-hailing has directly contributed to increased local pollution and exacerbated traffic congestion in dense urban areas. Through electrification of vehicles and increased use of pooled rides, we can reduce the climate risks of ride-hailing services.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2019

At moderate use sites, replacing one diesel yard truck with Orange EV electric trucks can eliminate 80 tons of CO 2 , along with NO x , particulate matter, and other criteria pollutants. More than 50% of vehicles purchased through the program are operating in communities disproportionately burdened by harmful air pollutants.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

The sooner Uber and taxis go 100% electric, the sooner citizens will enjoy cleaner air and quieter neighbourhoods, the planet will have less climate-wrecking emissions and drivers will earn more money. Because of Uber drivers’ high mileage, the climate benefits of replacing a combustion car with an EV in this sector are even greater.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Most of the immediate project benefits will accrue in the San Joaquin Valley, an economically disadvantaged area with some of the highest pollution burdens in the country, as evidenced by CalEnviroScreen scores within the worst five percent in the state. It represents a historic project.

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Plug in America

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A vote for Proposition 30 is a vote for clean air in California. billion to $5 billion annually to fund wildfire response and prevention and to keep driving the statewide electric vehicle transition by making EVs more accessible and affordable. Voting Yes on #Prop30 means a vote for the protection of California’s climate.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

India is grappling with the third-worst air quality globally and is home to 42 of the top 50 most polluted cities in the world. A recent UN report paints a stark picture of the global climate crisis, attributing much of the crisis to fossil fuel pollution. lakh crore from its crude oil import bills.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 8, 2022

Environment ministers should support phase-out deadline for polluting cars and vans — with no exceptions. The European Parliament has voted to set a 2035 deadline for zero-emissions cars and vans — a significant step forward for climate action, air quality and the affordability of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2017

The demonstration truck project is funded by $9 million from the State’s climate change-fighting cap-and-trade program and another $10.2 CALSTART, a Pasadena-based clean transportation not-for-profit, will be evaluating the future potential for commercialization and job creation. million in cash and in-kind matching funds.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

The purpose of the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) is to advance early commercial technologies that are needed to meet California’s clean air and climate goals. Clean trucks and buses delivered in August 2019 alone were supported by more than $8 million in vouchers.

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EV Life

APRIL 14, 2023

It’s no secret that motor vehicle emissions are one of the main sources of pollution in the state of California and one of the leading causes of climate change in the country. Californians collectively drive over a billion miles every day, releasing tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) and pollutants into the air.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update , ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex. The group’s meetings will be open to all who wish to attend.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2017

California Climate Investments is awarding a $12.5-million The grant also supports the development of the largest hydrogen fueling station in the US of its kind, from Hydrogenics, using electricity and renewable energy to generate clean hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2015

The grant will fulfill a key mandate of SB 1275, the Charge Ahead California Initiative, enacted last year to make clean transportation more widely available, particularly in low and moderate-income neighborhoods. The funding for the project comes from fees collected under the state’s climate change law, AB 32. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

And with federal and state rebates, they are more affordable than ever. Options like these tackle two common concerns among potential buyers: affordability and “range anxiety.”. Just a few years ago, you could count the number of plug-in models on one hand. Times have changed.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

These newer and cleaner school buses also reduce fine particle pollution and toxic air contaminants, which are harmful for children whose respiratory systems are still developing. The cap-and-trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

This project is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment—particularly in disadvantaged communities. million passengers per year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced that California Climate Investments in zero-emission vehicles have reached $599 million since 2013, putting hundreds of thousands of ultra-clean cars, and entire fleets of zero-emission trucks and buses on California roads and highways.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

They not only afford us some of the cheapest energy we can produce but also a route to the low-carbon power necessary to achieving global decarbonization targets. As the world strives to decarbonize and mitigate our climate impact, one of our key goals is to ensure sustainable, secure and affordable energy. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Beyond 2025, ARB notes, the driving force for lowering emissions in California will thus be climate change. Advanced Clean Car (ACC) package, the ZEV regulation along with new LEV III smog-forming pollutant and GHG standards can be the catalyst to that transformative process. Clean Fuels Outlet (CFO) Regulation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District also are investing in the project. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

Ceres’ BICEP network: “This decision will also increase air pollution, which will raise healthcare costs and lead to less productivity as a result of more missed work and school days.”. Nichols: “This is a politically motivated effort to weaken clean vehicle standards with no documentation, evidence or law to back up that decision.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. Drive Electric supports the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) and encourages New Zealand to be ambitious. The interim Clean Car Discount, which is already in the market, is showing promising signs of success. Committee Secretariat.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Most comprehensive climate package in U.S. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a massive climate, health care, and tax bill with the overarching goal of slowing the rise in consumer prices that have been climbing at the fastest pace in approximately 40 years. history affects EV policy.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act will supercharge [the] manufacturing of EVs and a broad range of clean energy and electric technologies. It also establishes tax credits to help more families afford to purchase new and used EVs,” said Senator Heinrich.

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EV Life

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Now more than ever, investing in California’s entrepreneur ecosystem means investing in a resilient clean energy future.”. This new CalSEED grant will fund the development of an EV Climate Loan platform. EV Life’s Climate Loan aims to lower the monthly cost of an EV by up to $200/month. Scott, Vice-Chair of the CEC.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

It is important to support the development of low-carbon hydrogen if governments are going to meet their climate and energy ambitions. But this time, we are seeing exciting progress in making hydrogen cleaner, more affordable and more available for use across different sectors of the economy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

“ California is rolling out the carpet for Californians who choose these ultra-clean hydrogen powered electric cars and for the companies that make them ,” said Air Resources Board Chairman Mary D. California state agencies are collaborating on a range of initiatives to support the goal of 1.5 —Chairman Nichols.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 31, 2023

This involves the seamless blending of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power, into the overall energy infrastructure to meet the growing demand for clean and sustainable energy. Integrating these sources helps mitigate climate change, reduce air pollution, and protect ecosystems.

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