Green Energy Consumers

DECEMBER 4, 2023

If you drive an electric car, it matters when you plug in and charge – both in terms of the emissions caused by the generation of each kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity you consume and in terms of the costs you are imposing on the system as a whole.

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Green Energy Consumers

AUGUST 24, 2023

Last month, we published a blog encouraging residents of Massachusetts to send in comments to the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Coordinating Council (EVICC) as it was preparing its initial assessment for the Legislature. Now, EVICC has published its Initial Assessment.

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Green Energy Consumers

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Back in January, we wrote about the approval by the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) of $400 million for electric vehicle (EV) charging in Massachusetts. Since then, both National Grid and Eversource have rolled out new incentives for both infrastructure upgrades and charging hardware. (

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Green Energy Consumers

JULY 13, 2023

Last year’s climate law in Massachusetts set up an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Coordinating Council (EVICC) that has been meeting since the spring to prepare a report on the Commonwealth’s electric vehicle (EV) charging needs.

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Green Energy Consumers

MARCH 31, 2023

Today (March 31, 2023), the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that Massachusetts has formally adopted the Advanced Clean Cars II standards (ACCII). This is great news – and a BIG thank you goes out to all of you who submitted comments in support of these standards at DEP’s hearing earlier this year!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

An additional $2 million will be allocated to the Massachusetts Offers Rebates for Electric Vehicles (MOR-EV) program. The electric vehicle rebate program, administered by the Department of Energy Resources’ (DOER), offers rebates of up to $2,500 to Massachusetts residents who buy or lease electric vehicles.

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Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 26, 2023

Last year, Massachusetts passed a monumental climate law, An Act Driving Clean Energy & Offshore Wind. Among very many other things, the climate law called for significant changes to the state rebate program for electric vehicles, MOR-EV. Now we have learned that several more will come into effect on July 1.

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Green Energy Consumers

JANUARY 21, 2023

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently filed the regulations needed to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) regulations. As we’ve written before , these regulations are crucial for Massachusetts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030.

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Green Energy Consumers

JANUARY 12, 2023

Way back in the summer of 2021 , the electric utilities in Massachusetts – Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil – proposed bold new electric vehicle programs to the Department of Public Utilities (DPU). For the next year, the DPU engaged in a formal process to weigh the utilities’ proposals.

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Electrek

AUGUST 25, 2022

The power of heavy-duty electric vehicles is on display again in Massachusetts as electric school buses are being used to send much-needed energy back to the grid. The post Electric school buses give back over 80 hours of power to Massachusetts energy grid appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 30, 2022

EV chargers need electricity. Light poles have electricity. It's all good in Massachusetts.

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Green Energy Consumers

JULY 22, 2022

On Thursday, the Massachusetts House and Senate both passed a major new climate bill, An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind. The bill is basically what we expected: a combination of the House ’s emphasis on offshore wind, the Senate ’s emphasis on electric transportation, and some new policies in other areas.

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Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Now, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced who got awarded – and school districts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are on the list! GECA staff and partners with an electric school bus in Beverly, MA. Earlier this summer, we wrote about applications being open for the Clean School Bus Program.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The results indicate that the percentage of electricity generated from coal decreased from 2008 to 2018 in 49 states. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research.

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Green Energy Consumers

AUGUST 31, 2021

More electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure is on the horizon in Massachusetts.The investor-owned utility companies (Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil) recently submitted proposals to expand their EV programs through 2025.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 5, 2022

Courtesy of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

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Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 6, 2021

New Incentive for Electric Trucks in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) recently announced that the popular rebate program for electric vehicles, MOR-EV , will now offer incentives for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks too.

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Green Energy Consumers

JULY 14, 2022

This blog covers strategies outlined in Massachusetts’ final Clean Energy and Climate Plan's (CECP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector. For more background on the CECP for 2025 and 2030, read this blog.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Canadian government plans to approve the new Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, phasing the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars by 2035. The new legislation considers zero-emission cars to include battery-electric, hydrogen, and plug-in electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

XL Hybrids announced its XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System will be installed in 52 vehicles that serve five Massachusetts state agency fleets. The upgrades were made possible by support from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).

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Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This summer I moved from Massachusetts to Colorado and decided I was going to make the move in its entirety with just my electric vehicle (EV). I’ve had a 2019 Chevy Bolt for two years now and this was the longest trip I had ever done with it.

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Green Energy Consumers

MAY 9, 2022

If you’re looking for an electric car, you are likely looking for rebates and incentives to help you make the switch too. We have a whole page on our website to explain the federal tax credit (up to $7,500) and Massachusetts state rebate (MOR-EV) for electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2017

Optimus Ride, a MIT spinoff company developing self-driving technology, recently received approval from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to test highly automated vehicles in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. million co-led by NextView Ventures and FirstMark Capital.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

In December, the Patrick Administration awarded grants and announced new investments in three programs to support alternative fuel vehicles and related infrastructure across Massachusetts, including the launch of an electric school bus pilot. million in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds from the U.S.

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Green Energy Consumers

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

How do you drive hundreds of miles with a battery electric vehicle? That's why we love featuring real stories from real people about their experience driving electric. Here's a guest blog from our friend Nicole about her family's trip from Massachusetts to Virginia in a fully-electric car. Does it take forever?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has selected the nonprofit, California-based Center for Sustainable Energy to administer a new incentive program aimed at increasing the number of zero-emission vehicles commonwealth residents own. This is the first vehicle rebate program that CSE will manage outside of California.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2019

Electrify America announced collaborations with nine additional companies to host more than 30 ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations across the US. Other charging sites will be built at locations in six additional states including Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and Washington.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Some of this is down to how regional climates impact battery ranges or the fact that you really need a garage fitted for vehicle charging if you want to get the most out of owning an EV. Power’s vice president for electric vehicle practice, told Automotive News that cost incentives and local policies can likewise play a massive role.

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Green Energy Consumers

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A few days ago, we posted a blog about the proposals by Massachusetts’ investor-owned?utility Unitil) to expand their electric vehicle?(EV)?programs?through In the coming months, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will?deliberate utility companies (Eversource, National Grid, and?Unitil) through 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

million in grants to provision and install 105 electric vehicle (EV) charging ports in 21 locations around the state of Texas. Universal EV Chargers has also won grants in Ohio, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Texas-based Universal EV Chargers has been awarded $3.2

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Finding is a step on the way to solid-state batteries Two factors dominate the development of batteries for electric vehicles: [continued] The post Researchers Develop Promising Approach To Smaller, More Powerful, Safer Electric Vehicle Batteries appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 12, 2024

Everybody thought a fuel cell electric motorcycle was impossible, and a team of MIT students aims to prove them wrong. The post MIT Electric Vehicle Team Launches New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycle Into The World appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 13, 2023

My wife Mary and I just returned from a 2-month, 8,181-mile winter camping road trip, traveling from Massachusetts to California and back in our 2019 Kia e-Niro fully electric (64 kWh battery) crossover SUV.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Nissan is entering into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to promote the development of an electric-vehicle charging network and policies to support widespread adoptions of electric cars. Nissan also has agreed to make available a supply of electric vehicles statewide. Washington D.C.;

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Total US sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)—battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric—have increased in recent years, but still represent only about 0.7% of new vehicle sales in 2014 so far, up from 0.6% Electric vehicles per 1,000 vehicles. in 2013 and 0.4%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2020

Highland Electric Transportation has selected Thomas Built Buses Inc.’s s Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus powered by Proterra electric vehicle technology ( earlier post ) and the Proterra 60kW charging system for deployment with the Beverly Public Schools, in Beverly, Massachusetts.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

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. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon results reflect net-zero carbon goals for electricity generation.

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