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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2017
The German government has awarded €233,000 (US$274,000) to N-ERGIE from the Federal Charging Infrastructure program to build 84 charging points in northern Bavaria. The aim of the Federal Charging Infrastructure is to build 15,000 charge points across Germany. Private investors, cities and municipalities can apply for funding under the program.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 20, 2022
BEL launches this coalition effort in advance of federal funds targeted to electric school buses in the Investment in Infrastructure and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed by Congress in 2021. The effort brings together cooperative organizations representing more than 300 local utilities more than 20 states with the aim of facilitating coordination between utilities and school districts on electric school bus programs.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
The ICCT defined six scenarios for analysis: Business as Usual (reflecting current Federal programs only, and non-implementation of the GHG Phase 2 trailer requirements). The resulting emission reductions for the California programs vary by calendar year, program Scenario, and state.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2020
The act directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to convene an interagency entity under the National Science and Technology Council with the responsibility of coordinating federal programs and activities in support of sustainable chemistry. identify other opportunities for expanding Federal efforts in support of sustainable chemistry.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Once fully implemented, the amendments aim to create a unified reporting mechanism resulting in the most comprehensive emissions inventory programs in the US. Emission inventories are the foundation of all CARB programs and a fundamental tool for understanding the sources that contribute to California’s air quality and climate challenges, especially in lower income communities of color which bear a disproportionate burden of exposure to toxic air contaminants.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2010
The Section 942 program supports the production of cellulosic biofuels by providing payments on a per gallon basis through a reverse auction process. The reverse auction program rewards pioneering cellulosic biofuel producers who can provide the most cost effective product. Numerous federal and state governmental entities use reverse auctions to utilize taxpayer funds in as efficient a manner as possible.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
The Board’s action today is the final step in establishing a single national program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing vehicle efficiency. The approved amendment, known as a “deem to comply” measure, acknowledges that the federal vehicle standard satisfies California’s requirements.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
To date, federal programs have resulted in incentives that do not necessarily promote or reward the best performing and most environmentally friendly fuels, according to the LCSFA. This week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin considering comments on its “Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program” (“RFS2 Proposal”). Advanced biofuel producers have formed the Low Carbon Synthetic Fuels Association (LCSFA).
Green Car Congress
JULY 13, 2011
In the area between Everett and Olympia, additional charging stations will be installed through a federal program, The EV Project, administrated by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has selected AeroVironment to manufacture, supply, install and operate a network of nine fast-charging stations for electric vehicles along Interstate 5 and US 2.
Green Car Congress
JULY 20, 2010
Led by the Department of Energy, the task force would include federal and state regulators, standards organizations, utilities, environmental groups, consumer groups and electric drive industry stakeholders. The organizations also called on the administration to form an Interagency Electric Drive Working Group to help streamline federal programs, expenditures and regulations related to electric drive.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2015
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding BiE with €2 million (US$2.2 million) under the federal program “Electric Mobility”. A project funded by the German government—“BiE – Bewertung integrierter Elektromobilität” (evaluation of integrated electromobility)—is exploring how mobility services (such as public transport services and car sharing) can be integrated better with electric vehicles and into the everyday life of users.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
California committed to accept national program compliance for model years 2017 through 2025 (as it did for MYs 2012 through 2016) with the understanding that it would provide equivalent or better overall greenhouse gas reductions nationwide than California’s program. In its review of the final federal program, ARB staff determined that the final rulemaking adopts greenhouse gas standards substantially as proposed in the earlier Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
Green Car Congress
APRIL 26, 2012
Federal programs, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) Program, provide financial incentives to airports and airlines to convert their fleets of GSE, including baggage tow tractors, to low-emission technologies. DOE is encouraging applicants for this FOA to leverage other federal programs and incentives.). The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $2.5
Green Car Congress
MARCH 25, 2019
In 2009, the Obama administration launched the Car Allowance Rebate System, a program that was intended to not only stimulate spending, but also to improve energy efficiency and safety by encouraging people to upgrade to new cars. Under the federal program, buyers could get a $3,500 or $4,500 rebate, depending on how much more efficient their new car was. Ours would be one of the first studies to point out the downsides of the program.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Aptera’s application for $75 million from the DOE’s ATVM loan program has sparked a debate not only over whether or not to recognize a 3-wheeler (i.e., the Aptera 2e) as a automobile and hence qualified for funds under the DOE program, but also on the strategic question of how much the Federal programs should support more novel technology our of the automotive mainstream. Wall Street Journal.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2012
A new report from MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change suggests that a tax on carbon emissions could help raise the money needed to reduce the US deficit, while improving the economy, lowering other taxes and reducing emissions. This revenue could be used to either cut other taxes or to avoid cuts in Federal programs. If the revenue is used to maintain social programs, lower-income households, not surprisingly, benefit.
EV Connect
AUGUST 2, 2021
And thanks to a variety of tax credits and incentive programs, the barrier to entry may be lower than you think. On the federal, state and local levels, there are a plethora of tax credits for installing electric-vehicle charging stations.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
EPA will seek public comment on the proposal for 90 days following publication in the Federal Register, and the agency plans to hold three public hearings. EPA’s analysis of federal programs that reduce air pollution from fuels, vehicles and engines of all sizes, power plants and other industries shows that the vast majority of US counties with monitors would meet the more protective standards by 2025 just with the rules and programs now in place or underway.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
President Obama today established a Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience to advise the Administration on how the Federal Government can respond to the needs of communities nationwide that are dealing with the impacts of climate change. The President signed an Executive Order that directs Federal agencies to take a series of steps to make it easier for American communities to strengthen their resilience to extreme weather and prepare for other impacts of climate change.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 1, 2017
The initiative is a federal program to speed the discovery and implementation of advanced materials. Scientists at Rice University and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have predicted and created new two-dimensional electrocatalysts—low-cost, layered transition-metal dichalcogenides (MX 2 ) based on molybdenum and tungsten—to extract hydrogen from water with high performance and low cost.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 21, 2011
Battelle’s Transportation group will conduct the project as part of the National Connected Vehicle Program, a Federal Department of Transportation initiative to use technology to improve safety, mobility, and information sharing between vehicles and roadside equipment. Minnesota’s Road Fee Test project will be another in a series of technology demonstrations that are being conducted as a part of this federal program.
Green Car Congress
MAY 28, 2015
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are Federal programs in which agencies with large research and development (R&D) budgets set aside a small fraction of their funding for competitions among small businesses only. Small businesses that win awards in these programs keep the rights to any technology developed and are encouraged to commercialize the technology.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
To ease those concerns as we build-out the hydrogen refueling network, we thought covering this cost for these early adopters in the monthly payment was the best approach, and consistent with other aspects of our Hyundai Assurance program. In addition, Tucson Fuel Cell owners will enjoy all the same services of the Hyundai Equus “At Your Service” valet program. This also is why Honda is an enthusiastic participant in a federal program, H 2 USA.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 20, 2009
In the interim, we need a large, focused, federal program to develop and demonstrate commercial-scale technologies. An expanded R&D program should also include efficiency upgrades, rebuilds, repowering, poly-generation and co-firing with biomass. New government management approaches with greater flexibility and new government funding approaches with greater certainty are a prerequisite for an effective program.
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2010
The bill establishes within the Department of Energy a Natural Gas Vehicle and Infrastructure Development Program for the purpose of facilitating the use of natural gas in the United States as an alternative transportation fuel, in order to achieve the maximum feasible reduction in domestic oil use. The bill also provides funding to establish fueling infrastructure, and a loan program for domestic manufacturing.
Green Car Congress
MAY 25, 2011
The stakeholders also urge continuing and expanding key programs under the Farm Bill and other federal. programs, and ensuring that aviation fuels and promising feedstocks qualify for incentives detailed in these programs. Specific recommendations include continuing the Biorefinery Assistance Program and excise tax incentives. Standard 2 (RFS2) Program. The RFS2 program provides critical support for advanced biofuels.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 8, 2011
The Advanced Clean Cars program combines the control of soot, smog-causing pollutants (LEV III) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into a single coordinated package of requirements for model years 2017 through 2025. The new rules will also require more stringent supplemental federal test procedure (SFTP) standards for PC and LDTs, which reflect more aggressive real world driving and, for the first time, require MDVs to meet SFTP standards. Zero Emission Vehicle Program.
Green Car Congress
MAY 19, 2010
In some instances, it may be appropriate for state/local efforts to be preempted by new federal programs, but this must be balanced against the need to allow for flexibility and innovation. The report recommends that a single federal entity or program be given the authority and resources to coordinate a national, multidisciplinary research effort aimed at improving both understanding and responses to climate change.
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