Colorado Adopts Clean Cars Standards, But Leaves Benefits On The Table
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 20, 2023
In a win for the climate, public health, and Coloradan’s pocketbooks, Colorado officials have adopted a new Clean Cars policy,
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2020
The Colorado Energy Office (CEO), a non-regulatory department within the Governor’s Office focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by advancing clean energy, energy efficiency and zero emission vehicles, has released the Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan 2020. BEVs and PHEVs currently on the road in Colorado.
CleanTechnica EVs
MARCH 31, 2023
Two new Colorado grant programs open for first round of applications The state health department’s Air Pollution Control Division is now accepting the first round of applications for two new grant programs to fund clean vehicles.
Electrek
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission unanimously approved a new Colorado Clean Car rule, which essentially follows California’s “Advanced Clean Cars 2” rule but falls short of setting a 2035 target for 100% EV sales.
Teslarati
MARCH 5, 2024
A semi-truck and trailer hauling Cybertrucks and other Tesla vehicles has been involved in an accident in Colorado. The user who posted the photo said the accident took place on I-25 south of Colorado Springs, and a separate report from Southern Colorado outlet KKTV 11 said the accident took place around 7:00 p.m.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Colorado has voted to approve a new standard on the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), with an additional goal set for 2032 and new guidance for increasing EV sales beginning in 2027. In 2019, Colorado also joined nine other states in adopting standards to accelerate the rollout of EVs in their regions. Tesla wants the U.S.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 18, 2018
The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) approved new low emission vehicle (LEV) standards for new light-duty and medium-duty motor vehicles sold in Colorado beginning in the 2022 model year. New cars and light-duty trucks sold in Colorado currently are subject to the federal Tier 3 emission standards. Earlier post.)
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Last year, Colorado saw its EV uptake pass the symbolically important 10% marker. of new vehicle sales in Colorado were electric vehicle sales in 2022. Colorado got to […] In the end, 10.5% That’s a great result in the USA, which as a whole is closer to 6% or 7% of new vehicle sales being electric.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 6, 2023
Colorado voted to adopt historic standards to promote clean trucks in the state, which will reduce harmful air pollution from trucks and buses. It's time for other Western states to move forward with these safeguards.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2018
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper released of the Colorado Electric Vehicle (EV) Plan , delivering on a directive set forth in the July 2017 Executive Order, “Supporting Colorado’s Clean Energy Transition.” The plan details a series of actions supporting EV infrastructure along Colorado’s corridors.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 31, 2023
Colorado is on a mission to get almost 1 million electric cars on its roads by 2030. This year, more than 10% of new vehicles sold in Colorado Today, there are about 80,000 EVs in the state, so there's a long way to go and a short time to get there. Sales are rising, however.
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 31, 2023
Colorado state health department announces selected projects for grant programs to fund electric school buses, low- and zero-emission fleet vehicles
CleanTechnica EVs
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) recently launched an EV education campaign. They did this to raise awareness of state and federal EV tax credits and Colorado’s EV infrastructure investments. The EV CO […].
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2018
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will propose Regulation Number 20, Low Emission Vehicles (Colorado Low Emission Automobile Regulations, CLEAR), to the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) to the AQCC at its regular meeting on 16 August 16. Background.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 1, 2023
Colorado Teardrops has announced two new patent-pending models of its teardrop camping trailers that are inspired by its classic line of teardrop trailers. The new models contain integrated battery systems that come in three sizes — the base model comes with a 19 kWh battery, and there is an optional 29 kWh and a 38 […]
Baua Electric
JANUARY 3, 2024
California-based EV charging software developer WeaveGrid and Spanish EV charging equipment supplier Wallbox have partnered to expand North American Wallbox owners’ access to utility-managed charging programs, beginning with Xcel Energy ’s Charging Perks Program in Colorado.
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 2, 2022
From Denver smog to jammed mountain highways, Colorado is focusing on transportation to solve congestion, pollution, and climate problems. The first in a series of stories based on RMI analysis of how key US states are deploying real climate solutions. See more at State Climate Scorecards.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 5, 2023
Here at CleanTechnica, we cover electric buses a lot. The stories generally aren’t that interesting, largely because we’re covering the buses themselves, and not the occupants. In some cities, you’re practically guaranteed to never be bored on a bus (and that may or may not be a good thing).
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2022
GKN Hydrogen’s HY2MEGA can enable safe, long duration clean energy storage without the need for compression. It also highlights the technologies needed to reach carbon neutrality and accelerate clean fuel initiatives. —Neil Navin, vice president of clean energy innovations at SoCalGas. Supported by $1.7 Supported by $1.7
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 17, 2013
Colorado State University will retrofit two internal delivery trucks with fuel-efficient hydraulic hybrid systems, paid for by a grant from the Colorado Energy Office. Colorado State has selected Lightning Hybrids LLC ( earlier post ) to provide the systems.
EV Connect
AUGUST 9, 2021
Federal tax credits for electric vehicles have been extended through 2021, and the Clean Energy for America Act would extend those credits even further. Colorado EV rebate programs do not differentiate between individual purchases and companies that purchase employee vehicles; both can receive the same rebates.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2020
Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Electric vehicles are the next frontier in the clean energy transition, and we are committed to making charging EVs easy, convenient and affordable for customers. Powering 1.5
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
And Colorado joins up with California emissions standards. The 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid gets better fuel economy than any other SUV without a plug. We take a look at the benefits of short-range plug-in hybrids. Our readers weigh in on why they haven't yet bought a Tesla Model 3. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
Electric Auto Association
MARCH 4, 2021
EAA partners with credit union to offer loans on clean energy, EVs, and e-bikes. The Electric Auto Association and Colorado-based Clean Energy Credit Union have partnered on a new member benefit. It is based in Colorado, but it serves members who live throughout the entire USA.
Green Car Reports
JULY 5, 2017
Currently undergoing testing at Fort Carson in Colorado, the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle illustrates the unlikely intersection between eco-friendly powertrains and the demanding needs of a vehicle that may be deployed to a war zone. The Colorado ZH2 is a collaboration.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 24, 2021
The new vans enhance an already robust alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) fleet for DHL Express in the US, which includes fully electric, hybrid-electric and clean diesel varieties in addition to low-power electric-assist e-Cargo Cycles.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has released a report it commissioned from Sonoma Technology, Inc. The signatories are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.
CleanTechnica EVs
JUNE 10, 2022
In a disappointing move amid an otherwise positive legislative session for transportation, air quality, and climate, Governor Jared Polis vetoed a bill that would have expanded electric vehicle (EV) charging for Coloradans.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2014
million pilot program to accelerate the transfer of innovative clean energy technologies from the DOE’s National Laboratories into the commercial marketplace. The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched a new $2.3-million
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. can meet its emissions goals The Rapid Energy Policy Evaluation and Analysis Toolkit —REPEAT—which you developed at Princeton with Evolved Energy Research , influenced Congress to create massive incentives for clean-energy tech.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 28, 2016
Supported by partners, Clean City Coalitions and corporate sponsors, Alliance AutoGas is embarking on a 5300+ mile, 12-city, cross-country road trip—the Alliance AutoGas Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride —with its record-setting propane autogas F-150. The propane mower is a 2013 Exmark Lazer Z Ultra Cut 60.
Green Car Congress
MAY 3, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.
EV Match
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Arcadia and EVmatch partner to offer customers a new and easy way to connect to clean energy at home. At EVmatch , we envision a distributed, equitable, and carbon-free clean energy economy that connects and elevates all people. Beginning in 2014, Arcadia set out to make clean energy an easy choice for anyone, even renters.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Clean Energy. Clean Fuels Ohio. Colorado Energy. The project REFUEL COLORADO, A Roadmap to Increase Alternative Fuel. Use in Colorado will work to add alternative fuel vehicles to State. Region Clean Cities. The Central Texas Fuel Independence Project will expand an interagency. Delaware Valley. Commission.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 19, 2013
Last year, we reported on a scheme aimed at helping Colorado car owners get their dirtiest vehicles off the road. The Clear the Air Foundation and ReForest Colorado aimed to plant a tree for every polluting old vehicle donated--cleaning up the air in more ways than one. The scheme is now doing rather well, Wards Auto reports.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2022
The signing follows Nevada’s adoption of clean car standards in 2021, which require automakers to supply an increasing amount of zero-emission passenger vehicles for sale in the state. Other signatories to the memorandum of understanding include: California. Connecticut. Washington, DC. Massachusetts New Jersey. North Carolina. Pennsylvania.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2015
The DERA funding covers engine replacements, repowers and idle reduction technologies to clean up a variety of older diesel engines, including those in heavy-duty trucks used at ports, delivery trucks, long haul trucks, marine vessels, school buses, and even agricultural equipment. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 18, 2011
Propel Fuels announced a multi-year agreement with Pacific Convenience and Fuels (PC&F) to co-locate Propel Clean Fuel Points (E85/biodiesel) with PC&F gas stations and convenience stores throughout the Western US.
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 17, 2024
It wasn’t that long ago that a Colorado resident was interviewed for the Out of Spec Guide YouTube channel about. continued] The post New Ford Lightning Electric Pickup Truck For $46,000 appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Setec Powerr
MAY 5, 2023
California provides up to $4,500 in rebates through the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP), based on income eligibility. Colorado Colorado offers a state tax credit of up to $4,000 for the purchase or lease of a new electric vehicle. This rebate is available for new electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2020
The universities receiving the funding through EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program include: Colorado State University, to gain insights on how emissions from wildfires and volatile chemical products (for example, personal care products, cleaning agents, and coatings) contribute to the formation of fine particles in the atmosphere.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2021
In recent years, a growing number of utilities responsible for clean water have moved from strict wastewater treatment to a broader model of water-resource management. They are based out of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.
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