Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has signed two pieces of legislation that promote the use of natural gas, electric or other alternative-fueled vehicles in the Commonwealth. The Virginia Office of Fleet Management Services oversees approximately 4,000 passenger-type vehicles, used by more than 175 state agencies and institutions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Applicants may request funding to upgrade or replace diesel-powered buses, trucks, marine engines, locomotives and nonroad equipment with newer, cleaner technologies. Region 3 (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.

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EPA Diesel Puerto Rico Emissions 170

Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Compelling diversity discussions As part of their Electricarpalooza 2021 , the Drive Electric RVA chapter in Richmond, Virginia hosted a seminar now viewable online, Building a a new (and better) model for transportation, that included an in-depth discussion of racial equity and diversity issues. Drive Electric RVA NDEW event in Virginia.

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Atlanta Virginia Cleaner Affordable 105

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a new multi-state program that the principals expect will invest some $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices.

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Rhode Island District of Columbia Transportation Connecticut 305

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

This program marks the first LNG rig conversion in the Marcellus Shale and will provide a cleaner burning alternative fuel for the region’s drilling operations. The LNG being used for EQT’s pilot program is produced locally from Marcellus natural gas reserves.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

Coltura is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the switch from gasoline and diesel to cleaner alternatives. The article points to the 2019 Supreme Court case of Virginia Uranium v. Its vision is a gasoline-free US by 2040 or sooner. The paper by Matthew N.

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All-Electric Legal Vehicles London 247

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday that Virginia-based Estes Express Lines will pay a $100,000 penalty for violations of the California Truck and Bus Regulation, for failing to install particulate filters on 73 of its heavy-duty diesel trucks (15% of its California fleet). Earlier post.).

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Virginia California Cleaner EPA 150

Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Compelling diversity discussions As part of their Electricarpalooza 2021 , the Drive Electric RVA chapter in Richmond, Virginia hosted a seminar now viewable online, Building a a new (and better) model for transportation, that included an in-depth discussion of racial equity and diversity issues. Drive Electric RVA NDEW event in Virginia.

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Atlanta Virginia Cleaner Affordable 52

Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

Deborah Gonzalez, the Phoenix Elementary School District superintendent, said, “We are grateful to our community for passing bonds that allow us to invest in fostering a cleaner environment for our students, drivers, and community.”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Auburn University researchers are leading a $2-million US Department of Energy Co-Optima project ( earlier post ) that will evaluate renewable butyl acetate (BA) as a bio-based fuel additive that can be blended with diesel fuel to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions.

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Universal Diesel Renewable Fuel 247

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Dominion Energy is poised to support a dramatic reduction in the carbon footprint of the transportation sector in several ways: By enhancing the resiliency and flexibility of Dominion's electric grid to enable the more rapid deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, as provided in Virginia by the Grid Transformation and Security Act.

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Emissions Gas Energy Power 207

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In trials, GE’s sodium metal halide Durathon batteries ( earlier post ) have successfully powered GE Mining’s Scoop, an underground vehicle that transports mining materials, at Coal River Energy, LLC in Alum Creek, West Virginia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. Helping America’s Rural Counties Transition to Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles. West Virginia University Research Corporation. Twin Cities Electric Vehicle Community Mobility Network. PacifiCorp. Transportation Energy Partnership. 1,085,682.

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Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

A dewatering technology developed at Virginia Tech has succeeded in reducing the moisture content of ultrafine coal to less than 20%, transforming it to a salable product. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech holds a US patent on the technology, as well as international patents in seven countries.

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Coal Virginia West Virginia Waste 150

Driivz

OCTOBER 8, 2023

They are quieter, cleaner, have better acceleration, and cost less to keep running because electricity is cheaper than diesel and EVs require less maintenance than their ICE counterparts. EVs of all classes offer fleet owners significant advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

As transportation gets cleaner, those other sources become more and more important. Gentner, Yale University; Gabriel Isaacman, NCAR; VanWertz, Virginia Tech; Allen H. In the case of PM 2.5 , particle-forming emissions from chemical products are about twice as high as those from the transportation sector, the team found.

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Pollution Transportation Production Los Angeles 264

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Phinix, LLC. The new technologies developed will help paper recycling industry to produce much cleaner pulp and higher quality fibers so more recycled fibers can be used in place of virgin fibers in high grade paper.

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Manufacturer Iowa Waste Plugin 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

A number of groups have recently or are currently investigating the use of free piston engine power generation applications with a focus on automotive, including work at West Virginia University (WVU), Sandia National Laboratory (SNL), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Earlier post.)

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The IRA, which, in addition to its climate-centric provisions, includes important steps to curb healthcare costs, particularly in the form of inflated prescription drug prices, crack down on tax cheats and revitalize U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

A uniform price multi-round auction was used by the State of Virginia to auction its emissions allowances in the NO x Budget Trading Program in the eastern U.S. It can be used to help industry make adjustments to adopt cleaner production processes or to support private efforts to invent new technologies that involve lower emissions.

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