Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2017

Currently, RDU shuttle buses transport on average 112,166 passengers and luggage per month between the airport’s two ParkRDU Economy lots and terminals with a diesel-powered fleet consisting of 14, 40-foot transit buses that are replaced every 7-10 years. 19/mile, is substantially lower than diesel, at $.84/mile.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2021

The purchase, supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No Emission (Low-No) Grant Program funds, will replace end-of-life diesel vehicles with efficient, sustainable battery-electric buses. The additional six will bring PAAC’s zero-emission fleet to eight Xcelsior CHARGE buses.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has renewed calls for scrapping the most polluting diesel cars and giving drivers cash incentives to switch to cleaner vehicles as part of the evidence he gave to the Environmental Audit Committee today. They now feel very hacked off now they’re told they are more polluting.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

Giving consumers point of sale rebates and tax incentives to buy American-made EVs, while ensuring that these vehicles are affordable for all families and manufactured by workers with good jobs. Electrifying the federal fleet, including that of the United States Postal Service.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2017

Audi AG is offering trade-in bonuses to customers who switch to an Audi with Euro 6 standard from diesel-powered cars with emission standards Euro 1 through Euro 4. The bonuses offered by Audi are aimed at all drivers of diesel cars with the emission standards Euro 1 through Euro 4, regardless of the model or brand.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In Germany, Audi is extending its trade-in bonus for customers who switch from diesel-powered cars that meet the Euro 1 through Euro 4 emissions standards to an Audi that meets the Euro 6 standard. Approval of the bonus is granted directly through the Audi dealerships without customers having to make separate applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2011

Harris announced a settlement with cargo terminals at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles over diesel emissions from exhaust that requires the terminals to complete projects to reduce their diesel emissions and better notify the public of emissions. Eagle Marine Services, Ltd.; International Transportation Service, Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2016

With news reports speculating about the final terms of a settlement deal in the Volkswagen clean diesel litigation in the US, Elizabeth Cabraser, Court-appointed Lead Counsel for the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, released a statement regarding the settlement negotiations.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2016

liter diesel engines. The class-wide settlement in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation will provide owners and lessees of Volkswagen and Audi 2.0-liter liter diesel vehicles. billion to settle complaints arising from its cheating on emissions from its 2.0-liter Vehicle Fix.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

To ensure and accelerate the transition, we must move beyond the set of traditional mechanisms that have been used to assist one-to-one replacements of trucks and buses, such as grant programs providing basic buy-down payments.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The French government not only grants incentives to buyers of new electric cars, it also encourages the scrapping of older diesel cars. It presently offers a 10,000-euro ($11,370) bonus to drivers who buy a new electric car and also send a 15-year-old diesel car to the scrapper. DON'T MISS.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Metro will test the performance and efficiency of the new technology for up to a year on local streets and roads to determine whether battery-electric buses can be a future replacement option for its remaining diesel-powered coaches. million federal grant. The three battery buses were paid for in part with a $4.7 Metro is pursuing $3.3

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Setec Powerr

AUGUST 20, 2021

The Department of Environmental Quality is awarding 79 grants for the charging stations, using money from the state’s $19.8 Almost $12 million of Louisiana’s share was put aside to exchange 351 diesel buses owned by 16 local school boards. Electric vehicle charging stations worth a complete of quite $1.7 Another $7.3

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 10, 2012

Volkswagen has long put faith in diesel technology as a way of offering both performance and economy to car buyers. In October, buyers will be granted a second option, however--with the launch of the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid. liter, turbocharged and hybrid-assisted four-cylinder, the Jetta Hybrid will put out 170-horsepower, and.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

TDI V6 diesel engine vehicles in the United States. Buy back or offer trade-in credit of equal value for, or terminate the leases of, approximately 20,000 eligible 2009-2012 Model Year Volkswagen and Audi 3.0L TDI settlement program as soon as the Court grants final approval to the settlement agreements. Under the 3.0L

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The EPA’s “Clean Bus Program” will be spending $1 billion in the 2023 fiscal year to help schools buy electric buses and other cleaner alternatives. Their “Clean Bus Program” is targeted explicitly at replacing gas and diesel buses with clean alternatives. What do you think of the article?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The utility is participating in a national consortium that recently was awarded a federal stimulus grant to purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the company is buying more trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well. The matching stimulus grant will provide up to $2.5 PECO serves 1.6

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

These grants are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Electric Power Research Institute , based in Palo Alto, will receive $964,210 to retrofit five existing heavy-duty diesel work trucks with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain system. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2016

billion settlement with Volkswagen announced last week ( earlier post ), the company will also pay California $86 million in civil penalties as part of a second partial settlement over the company’s use of “defeat devices” to evade emissions testing in its diesel vehicles. Harris announced that, in addition to the historic $14.7-billion

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California Emissions Diesel Pollution 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

Buy-down incentives, totaling $122,000, will be awarded for 15 alternative-fuel vehicles. These incentives help to pay the difference between the cost of conventional gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicles and new vehicles that use propane or natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

The previous round of LoNo funding, announced in February 2015, awarded $55 million in grants to ten organizations nationwide. In addition, all LoNo procurements will have to follow FTA Buy America regulations and undergo Bus Testing at FTA’s facility in Altoona, Pa. million available in LoNo grant funds, a minimum of $3.0

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 22, 2023

When you lease a Cupra Formentor, you typically pay a lower initial down payment compared to buying the same car outright. Lower Running Costs Electric vehicles are renowned for their lower running costs compared to traditional petrol or diesel vehicles. Fixed Monthly Payments Leasing also offers the benefit of fixed monthly payments.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2010

Bus operators and councils can bid for the money which they can then use towards the additional up front cost of buying low carbon buses. Bus operators and local authorities will be able to bid for funding towards 90% of the difference between the cost of a LCEB and the cost of its standard diesel equivalent.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. The project will replace 190 older diesel school buses with hybrid electric school buses to be used in school districts throughout Kentucky. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. The buses will replace diesel buses that have exceeded useful life.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The SMMT states that “such a step would cost the Treasury an average of just £1,125 per car, which is less than the cost of the previous Plug-in Car Grant and would put more than a quarter of a million electric – rather than petrol or diesel – cars on the road by the end of 2026, on top of those already expected.

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As a result, 60% of those aged over 55 were not interested in buying an EV full stop, while many other demographics would only consider purchasing if prices dropped considerably – a concerning picture indeed for the UK’s transition to electrification. Do EVs have a limited range compared to their petrol and diesel counterparts?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2011

gallon); the average price of diesel was 142.51p/liter (US$8.89/gallon). Auto Trader also discovered that 49% of UK motorists would not consider buying an electric car in the near future. Other factors that dissuade motorists from buying electric cars include the initial outlay costs (38%) and the car’s look and feel (26%).

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. But today, heavy trucks remain a diesel world. Its first model was an electric adaptation of its conventional diesel-powered VNR tractor. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. That’s about to change.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program has awarded Axion Power International, Inc. The $800,000 ($799,932) first-year grant, which was announced by Governor Edward Rendell on 29 January, is part of the State’s overall effort to invest in businesses that are creating clean energy and biofuels technologies.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Advantages to buying EVs for your fleet There are three main benefits to buying EV fleet vehicles: tax incentives, asset control, and no restrictions on mileage. You can “try before you buy” the fleet vehicle There are many options for electric vehicle replacements for gas and diesel fleet vehicles.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

Here’s a quick timeline of the key incentives based on information from the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association : The key benefit for EV owners remains the green tax deals on buying (no purchase or import tax), leasing (no VAT on leased EVs) and owning EVs (no road tax, reduced company car tax).

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The coming fuel-cell trucks will trim its diesel consumption. Ark’s first move was to access more renewable power in Australia by buying into a 923-MW wind farm that’s expected to spin up in 2024. Diesel replacement for heavy trucks was the best prospective use,” Kim says.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2012

Other findings include: The current cost of ownership for pure electric large vans is more than 50% higher than their diesel-engine equivalents. 50% of respondents required ULEVs to offer total cost of ownership (TCO) parity with a diesel van before they would deploy them across their fleets (i.e. beyond small-scale trials).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Daimler is ensuring financial support to the farmers in the communities over a period of five years by providing surety for small loans to buy jatropha seedlings and fulfill their tasks till the first harvest after four years. The biodiesel manufactured from the seeds of the jatropha seed has similar properties to fuels from other oilseeds.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2009

A Low Carbon Emission Bus (LCEB) is a bus that is able to achieve the LCEB target for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, which is equivalent to a 30% reduction in its Greenhouse Gas Emissions compared to a current Euro 3 diesel bus of the same total passenger capacity. This grant will help to meet the upfront cost of the vehicles.

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London GM Carbon Nickel Metal Hydride 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

While the details of the scheme were never confirmed, it would have meant that importers of less fuel-efficient vehicles would have needed to buy credits, and more fuel-efficient vehicles would have been awarded credits. No delay to used diesel emission standards. The scheme was separate to the Emissions Trading Scheme.

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