Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is [link] about $11 million to 20 new projects to help states and local governments to develop the infrastructure, training, and regional planning needed to help meet the demand for alternative fuel cars and trucks, including vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, and propane. Management District.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

The federal waiver will help ensure an adequate supply of fuels in the impacted states. The waiver was granted by EPA in coordination with the Department of Energy (DOE).

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released three new reports showcasing strong growth across the US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. According to these reports, the US continues to be one of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

California is joining with seven other states and the District of Columbia in committing to develop an action plan to put hundreds of thousands more zero-emission trucks and buses on their roads and highways.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Under the proposed settlement, lodged with the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Daimler will recall and repair the emissions systems in Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles sold in the United States between 2009 and 2016 and pay $875 million in civil penalties and roughly $70.3 million in other penalties.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

AT&T recently deployed its 8,000 th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle, achieving a major milestone in the company’s overall 10-year, $565-million commitment to add approximately 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) to its fleet by end of year 2018. AT&T’s AFV fleet allowed the company to avoid the purchase of 12.4

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AUGUST 29, 2022

In response, attorneys general from 16 states (including Michigan), the District of Columbia and several environmental groups sued the mail agency to block the original purchase plan or to force the Postal Service to buy more electric trucks. The agency later pledged to electrify at least 40% of its new delivery fleet.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Exelon’s utilities, which serve approximately 10 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania through its Atlantic City Electric, BGE, ComEd, Delmarva Power, PECO and Pepco subsidiaries, will electrify 30% of their vehicle fleet by 2025, increasing to 50% by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

are electric, and the remainder are gasoline or other fuels. are powered by diesel, gasoline (22.9%), compressed natural gas (0.46%), other (ethanol, fuel cell, LNG, propane, 0.85%) and electric (0.09%). There isn’t a one-size or one-fuel fits all answer. are advanced diesel technology; 2.1% are CNG, 0.3%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

concentrations and particle composition from area samples collected in the subways of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; New York City, New York/New Jersey (NYC/NJ); and Washington, District of Columbia. A team led by NYU Grossman School of Medicine researchers measured real-time and gravimetric PM 2.5

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

With this rule, Virginia joins 14 other states and the District of Columbia in adopting clean car standards. This bill will go to Governor Northam’s desk to sign and enact into law.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

RFG is currently used in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Maine’s request to opt-in to the RFG program was in response to an industry group’s interest in having a common fuel throughout many areas in New England. RFG is required in cities with high smog levels and is optional elsewhere.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2011

GNA will collaborate with Honda to market the Civic Natural Gas sedan in 19 states spanning the Mid-West to Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions including the District of Columbia. Earlier post.) The project will be managed by GNA’s East Coast office, based in New York City.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

With this lawsuit, Monroe Energy, API and AFPM are seeking a reduction of the 2013 volume obligations for all renewable fuels. Further, a reduction in the volumetric requirement for any one type of renewable fuel under the RFS could affect the demand for other types of renewable fuels, the groups stated in their filing.

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APRIL 8, 2021

Last year, Hawaii joined a group of 15 states and the District of Columbia to announce a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU), pledging to expand the market for electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including large pickup trucks and vans, delivery trucks, box trucks, school and transit buses, and long-haul delivery trucks (big-rigs).

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JULY 19, 2013

Ernest Moniz highlighted the continued growth of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV)sales—more than doubling in the first 6 months of 2013 to 40,000 units compared to the same period in 2012—as the US Department of Energy (DOE) released its most recent pricing data showing the low cost of fueling on electricity. from $1.14 from $1.14

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

The Energy Department is awarding nearly $42 million to support 61 university-led nuclear energy research and development projects to develop innovative technologies and solutions across three fields: Fuel Cycle Technologies; Reactor Concepts Research, Development & Demonstration; and. Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling & Simulation.

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JULY 29, 2014

Exelon Corporation will provide equity financing for 21 megawatts (MW) of Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) projects at 75 commercial facilities in California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon does business in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This program provides facilities flexibility to choose their control options including installing control technologies, replacing existing controls with more advanced technologies, optimizing existing controls, and switching fuels. State level ozone emissions in the NBP, from 1990 to 2010 (projected). Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

According to Fleet Advantage’s latest Truck Lifecycle Data Index, the newest Class 8 diesel trucks can save truckers up to $26,600 in fuel costs over a 2012 model—a 7.9% According to the same dataset from IHS Markit, 97% of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks rely on diesel fuel. increase in savings, despite higher average diesel prices.

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JUNE 12, 2010

The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in the District of Columbia by Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center on behalf of Oceana, Friends of the Earth, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Center for Food Safety, and the International Center for Technology Assessment. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Mississippi had the lowest concentration of PEVs, but all 50 states and the District of Columbia had at least some PEVs. PEV registrations within a state are influenced by many factors, including state and local incentive programs, charging infrastructure, and fuel pricing. Source: US DOE.

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MAY 30, 2013

million penalty is the largest for these types of violations in the history of the fuels program. The Consent Decree requires Tesoro to take actions to prevent future violations of the type at issue in this case, and will promote Tesoro’s compliance with the fuels regulations. Anacortes, WA; and Kenai, AK.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2009

In MY 2010 Thomas buses, SCR reduces NO x emissions to near zero and offers a fuel economy improvement. Testing by Cummins—Thomas’s engine partner—shows a 5-9% fuel economy advantage compared to in-cylinder EGR. American Bus Sales and Service is the Thomas Built Buses dealer for Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The statute passed by Congress in 2007 states that fuels can’t be approved for the market that could cause any failures. Further, administrative records fail to demonstrate that even new model year motor vehicles (other than flexible fuel vehicles) would not be damaged and result in failures when run on E-15.

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JULY 1, 2022

EPA that the EPA lacks the authority to set emission standards for power plants so strict as to force a shift of power generation from fossil fuels. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is reversed, and the cases are remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US electricity generation in 2010 was 70% fossil fuels (coal 44.9%, natural gas 23.8%); 20% nuclear; and 10% renewable, of which 6.2% —Nick Pudar, OnStar vice president of planning and business development. Renewables in the US grid. was conventional hydropower.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Over the next decade, the Collaborative will leverage $1 billion in capital to deploy charging at more than 4,000 travel plazas and fuel stops that serve highway travelers and rural communities. Provide charging infrastructure at fueling locations across the United States with a focus on connecting rural communities.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2012

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a petition (Case Nº 10-1107) by the National Chicken Council, National Meat Association, and National Turkey Federation challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rulemaking on the RFS2. ensuring that transportation fuel sold in the United States.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Among their findings: A note on fuel pricing and cost per mile. mp and a fuel price of $2.35 Click to enlarge.

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InsideEVs

MAY 28, 2022

15 states plus the District of Columbia have adopted Clean Cars rules, based on California’s emissions and fuel economy standards.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

These credits can be used to offset emissions from less fuel-efficient vehicle models or sold or traded to other automakers for the same purpose. The consent decree embodying the settlement was filed today jointly by the United States and the California Air Resources Board in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2013

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled this week in a case (#12-1139) brought by the American Petroleum Institute (API) against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ( earlier post ), and vacated the 2012 cellulosic biofuel RFS standard while affirming the 2012 advanced biofuel standard.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

A statistical regression revealed that the total monetary benefit to consumers from state incentives significantly positively correlates with BEV sales when all 50 states and the District of Columbia are included. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. Many factors remain outside the scope of this state-level assessment, the researchers said.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

At that time each of the 12 TCI states and the District of Columbia will decide whether to sign the final MOU and participate in the regional program, which could be operational by 2022. The draft Memorandum of Understanding builds on a program framework made public on 1 October 2019.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 1, 2018

California, along with 16 other states and the District of Columbia, have formally launched a long-anticipated lawsuit against EPA over its proposed rollback of emissions rules for 2022 through 2025, according to a new report in the Washington Post.

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APRIL 22, 2010

With the addition of these sales, the Balance Hybrid Electric has sales penetration into 19 US states plus the District of Columbia. Sales to Wyoming and Colorado showcase that Azure products are not only going to busy urban centers, but are also being adopted in more rural locations that value air quality and fuel efficiency.

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