Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2013
The Electrification Coalition released two case studies outlining how two cities— Houston, Texas and Loveland, Colorado —are saving money by using electric vehicles (EVs) in their vehicle fleets. —Laura Spanjian, director of sustainability for the City of Houston. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is [link] about $11 million to 20 new projects to help states and local governments to develop the infrastructure, training, and regional planning needed to help meet the demand for alternative fuel cars and trucks, including vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, and propane. Project lead.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 9, 2010
The 2011 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas—a challenge for high school, university, and college students from across North and South America to design vehicles to go the farthest distance using the least amount of energy—has expanded its categories to include plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs).
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 22, 2011
The newly compiled information is housed on Clean Cities’ Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) at www.afdc.energy.gov/plugin_case_studies. The newly compiled information is housed on Clean Cities’ Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) at www.afdc.energy.gov/plugin_case_studies.
EV Connect
MAY 17, 2021
Qualified Plug-In Electric Vehicle Tax Credit One of the best-known incentives is the Qualified Plug-In Electric Vehicle Tax Credit which provides between $2,500 and $7,500 in credit for each vehicle purchased. Two, in particular, are significant. This credit covers 30% of the cost of the station up to $30,000.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 12, 2024
The funding is part of the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program, which gives the Federal Highway Administration $2.5 billion to play with over the next five years to build EV charging fueling stations in local communities and along major highways. Photo is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations.
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