Alabama DRAFT VW Mitigation Plan Released Dec 27th

Alabama Releases Draft VW Mitigation Plan   The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) today released the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Beneficiary Mitigation Plan. A public hearing will be held on January 15, 2019 in the 7th floor auditorium at the Alabama Center for Commerce located at 401 Adams Avenue in Montgomery.

Read the Draft Mitigation Plan by Clicking https://files.constantcontact.com/c92236c9001/d680a9ec-4831-448a-920b-c22018eecd9e.pdf

I Plan to Attend the Draft VW Plan Public Hearing on January 15th? Yes Select No Select Maybe Select   Your Input is Very Important!   Please plan to attend the Public Hearing on January 15th if, after reading the Draft VW Mitigation Plan, you feel further input should be considered before the Plan is finalized and sent to the Governor for her signature.   Your positive input is very important to the success of distributing $25.5 Million to entities in our State.

The Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition is excited about the release of the Draft VW Mitigation Plan. Finalization of the Plan and release of requests for proposals will allow public and private entities in Alabama the opportunity to defray significant costs when replacing older (pre-2009)vehicles with newer, cleaner alternative fuel vehicles. Read the Draft Plan. Attend the Public Input meeting. Prepare your proposal ideas. Call us if we can be of assistance.

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As of October 2018, one million plug-in vehicles (PEV) have been sold in the United States. 

 PEV sales began in December 2010 with sales of the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt. Other PEV models followed, but PEV sales remained below 5,000 per month until September 2012. Cumulative PEV sales reached 500,000 in September 2016. 

Sales have been greater than 20,000 per month since May 2018, with the highest being 45,000 in September 2018.

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The U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and MathWorks Launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

OCTOBER 24, 2018

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2018 –The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorkstoday announced the launch of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) revealing the 12 competing universities and the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. 

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A very successfule National Drive Electric Week EVent was held in Birmingham on Sept. 8th. This is the second year ACFC has helped facilitate this nationwide event and it keeps on growing. We were very pleased with the turnout and interest! 

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