Volvo Trucks Awarded $21.7M from U.S. EPA and South Coast AQMD to Deploy 70 Class 8 VNR Electric Zero-Emission Trucks

This award enables the nation’s largest commercial deployment of Class 8 battery-electric trucks. Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution […]

EPA Made So Many Mistakes with Clean Cars Rollback, Even Its Own Lawyers Want to Know What’s Up

Originally published on blog of Union of Concerned Scientists. By Dave Cooke, Senior Vehicles Analyst On Monday, EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced an investigation into the so-called “SAFE” rule, which rolled back Obama-era global warming emissions and […]

MECA Releases New Emissions Inventory & Air Quality Modeling Reports

MECA Releases New Emissions Inventory and Air Quality Modeling Reports Highlighting the Potential Benefits of a National Cleaner Trucks Initiative Washington, D.C. – The Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA) has released a new report today […]

EPA (Encourages) Duke Energy To Progress Public EV Charging In N.C. By 30%

Originally published on CleanTechnica.com It is not always that one finds positive movement with large utilities in these game-changing days of renewable energy and EVs. A recent positive, announced in early July 2016, was Duke Energy’s $1.5 […]

Tesla Model X EPA Rating & Specs Published

The long-awaited Tesla Model X is almost here, and we’ve got another sign that it’s ready to roll. Aside from getting its HOV-lane sticker and EV rebate eligibility from California, the X is also now listed on […]

UK 2016 Nissan LEAF Range Of 155 Miles Shows Ridiculousness Of NEDC

I’ve ben planning to write this article up for a couple of days, since I saw a UK headline about the “155-mile” 2016 Nissan LEAF. Interestingly, John Voelcker seems to have beat me to the punch […]