POCAHONTAS, Va. — A new Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging station is now open to drivers at the historic Pocahontas Exhibition Mine, marking a powerful intersection of Southwest Virginia’s coal heritage and its evolving transportation future.
First opened ...
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Richmond, Va. – What began in 1996 with a small but dedicated group and a bold vision to decarbonize transportation has grown into a statewide movement. ...
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Richlands, Va. – Electric vehicle (EV) drivers now have a new reason to stop ...
Continue Reading →| Virginia’s Governor Spanberger announced today that Tidal Flight — a Hampton Roads-based startup developing the next generation of hybrid-electric amphibious aircraft — plans to invest $538,000 to expand the company’s operations in the Commonwealth. With this investment, Tidal Flight will lease 13,000 square feet of hangar space at Chesapeake Regional Airport and hire an additional six employees, tripling the company’s existing workforce.
“Virginia is where vision‑driven companies turn new, big ideas into real‑world products,” said Governor Abigail Spanberger. “Tidal Flight’s ... |
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Pulaski, Va. — The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute-led Dock to Door Coalition and its members Virginia Clean Cities, and the SAE Foundation are wrapping up a successful pilot project that brought STEM-focused education on electric vehicles (EVs) ...
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Sometimes, the most impactful partnerships begin with a simple conversation between longtime colleagues.
That’s exactly what happened when Alleyn Harned, Executive Director of Virginia Clean Cities (VCC), and Karen Jackson, Senior Fellow with the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems (CCALS), ...
Continue Reading →| Governor Abigail Spanberger today signed an executive order creating a Chief Energy Officer — a cabinet-level position focused on addressing rising energy costs for families and meeting the Commonwealth’s long-term energy needs — and appointed Josephus Allmond to serve in the new role.
Allmond will support Governor Spanberger’s mission to make sure that every Virginia family, business, and community has access to affordable, reliable energy. Allmond will work alongside the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Virginia Department of ... |
Virginia Clean Cities congratulates local aviation company Electra.Aero, along with state partners, for winning a Department of Transportation Advanced Air Mobility award.
This inaugural Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) was a competitive program and we are glad a local ...
Continue Reading →VCC recently completed its 2 year eastern expansion project. A formal report was completed and submitted to the National Lab of the Rockies. This is the result of hard work by NLR, VCC, and many stakeholders in Richmond, Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore, Northern Neck, and across the Commonwealth.
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The EPA is seeking your input on alternative fuel technologies for school buses. The federal agency will use this information to design the Clean School Bus funding program. https://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asks for information on the viability, cost, and performance of alternative school bus fuels and ...
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