Electrify America recently released a report on progress made in California. In the report, the company updates us on how the charging network is doing, what it plans to do next, and some challenges EA has run into. Why release a report? Well, there’s no nice way to bring up … [continued]
The locomotives are expected to reduce airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions by 385 tons – the equivalent emissions of 7,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles.
When it comes to the Dieselgate Settlement, the most well-known outcome (at least among EV enthusiasts and investors) is probably Electrify America. As part of the punishment for cheating on emissions, VW had to spend $10 Billion (with a capital B) on EV charging. So, it created a subsidiary to … [continued]
Funding for California’s VW Mitigation Trust is ongoing. Find out more about the project types and how to apply. Courtesy of California Air Resources Board. The Volkswagen (VW) Environmental Mitigation Trust provides about $423 million for California to mitigate the excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions caused by VW’s use of … [continued]
Antitrust: Commission fines car manufacturers €875 million for restricting competition in emission cleaning for new diesel passenger cars
With “defeat devices” once again in the news, thanks to yet another manufacturer failing to comply with the Clean Air Act, now seems as good a time as any to remind folks how the automotive industry is actively working to undermine the protections of the Clean Air Act and increase the use of defeat devices in passenger cars and trucks.
According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of fraud is an “intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right.”
In a recent Facebook post, I saw that you were soliciting public input for where EV charging stations should be added in Albuquerque. I submitted some comments on the Google Forms link, but I wanted to share a more detailed proposal to both you and other EV owners. If done right, the money available from the Volkswagen settlement could go a lot further in helping to promote adoption of electric vehicles.I’m going to discuss low-cost/high-impact ideas for both Albuquerque and the rest of New Mexico to do this.
Every diesel vehicle over 10 years old is now effectively banned from operating in any part of the entire city area of Stuttgart, home to Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and 630,000 residents. The move signals the first serious diesel ban in any German city. A mid-year review of the resulting pollution rates will decide if many of the remaining diesels, older than 5 years, will also be banned from 2020.
This week marks an important transitional step away from the obsolete technology of dirty fossil fuel vehicles and in favor of electric vehicles that can run on clean energy. The Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) has come in to force in the EU from 1st of September 2018, leading to much hand-wringing by the traditional fossil fuel vehicle OEMs, whose cars have always been highly polluting, and are now running out of road.
