Eric Way and his friend Alex Venz drove their electric cars from the LA area to Las Vegas and back after a problematic New York Times article was published about driving a Chevy Bolt on this same trip. Eric owns and drives a Chevy Bolt and Alex has a Tesla Model 3. (CleanTechnica’s Kyle Field also just completed this trip in his Model 3 to demonstrate the ease of making the round trip journey.)
To supply a public health perspective on climate change, Dr. Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH, retired Rear Admiral, and dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health, answered some questions for CleanTechnica.
Idling a vehicle every day for a year could cost as much as $950 in wasted fuel, according to a document published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
C2 Energy Capital recently announced the completion of the largest Tennessee solar power landfill project. The 2.7 megawatt solar power plant is located near Somerville, Tennessee. Financing and support services for the power plant, which was installed on a capped landfill, were provided by C2 Energy Capital. Candice Michalowicz, a co-founder of C2 Energy Capital, answered some questions for CleanTechnica.
The National Parks Conservation Association recently published a report that contains a number of insights about the negative impacts that air pollution is causing in US national parks. Stephanie Kodish, the National Parks Conservation Association’s Clean Air Program Director, answered some questions about the report for CleanTechnica.
The Clean Cars for All program is offering up to $9,500 for the purchase or lease of an EV or hybrid vehicle for Bay Area residents who qualify. Simrun Dhoot, a spokeswoman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, answered some questions about the program for CleanTechnica.
On May 29, 2019 the British Columbia government passed the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act (ZEVA). This legislation requires all new light-duty vehicles like cars and trucks sold there to be zero emissions vehicles by 2040. A representative of the B.C. Energy, Mines and Petroleum division answered some questions about the development for CleanTechnica.
When a new solar power farm is completed in 2021, Anheuser-Busch will brew all its domestic beers with electricity from solar and wind power. Angie Slaughter, Vice President of Sustainability at Anheuser Busch InBev North America, answered some questions for CleanTechnica about the company’s use of renewable energy.
In the state of Washington, EV tax incentives have been reinstated. They ended last year but were recently revived and will go into effect on August 1st of this year. Washington Governor Jay Inslee was behind the revival. The goal in Washington is to get 50,000 of these kinds of vehicles on the roads by 2020. Tara Lee, the Deputy Communications Director, Office of the Governor for the state of Washington, answered some questions for Cleantechnica.
In San Mateo County, California, which is about 20 miles south of San Francisco, Peninsula Clean Energy is offering a $4,000 incentive for qualifying residents who buy used plug-in hybrids (and EVs — we’ll get to that).
