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Charlottesville nonprofit, car dealership working to get people driving electric vehicles EVs like the Nissan Leaf are available to drive at Carter Meyers Automotive. (Source: WVIR) By Elizabeth Holmes | April 17, 2021 at 7:30 PM EDT - Updated April 17 at 8:15 PM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Virginia is the first state in the South working to put more Electric Vehicles (EVs) on the road, with new legislation making it easier for dealerships to sell more EVs at lower prices. Now, nonprof...

Va. becomes 1st ‘Zero Emission Vehicle’ state in the south with passage of 4 bills Electric vehicle charge point (FILE) (Source: GRAY) By Elizabeth Holmes | March 5, 2021 at 5:12 PM EST - Updated March 5 at 8:42 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WVIR) - The 2021 session of the General Assembly has passed four new pieces of legislation that will make it easier and cheaper to build and buy electric vehicles in the commonwealth, making Virginia the first “Zero Emission Vehicle” state in...

Virginia is about to become the first Southern state to enact zero-emissions vehicle legislation.

The transportation sector accounts for at least 48% of heat-trapping gases emitted in Virginia. More than two-thirds of those emissions come from the tailpipes of personal vehicles. A group of clean energy, business, and public health advocates are pressing the state to adopt California’s rules to cut auto emissions and boost electric vehicle sales. After Virginia’s General Assembly voted to decarbonize the state’s electric grid last year, an environmental coalition is steering legislator...

Sandy Hausman has that story. About half the carbon pollution in Virginia comes from cars, trucks and buses, so environmentalists are asking lawmakers to promote the sale of electric vehicles that don’t pollute. “We want a pro-EV policy in Virginia, and the 2021 General Assembly is the time to do it,” says Stuart Gardner of Generation180 – a group that promotes clean energy.  That group i’s backing a bill from Delegate David Reid to provide cash incentives of up to $2,500 to people w...

: An electric car charging in Europe. (Photo: Mike) Transportation emissions accounted for nearly half of Virginia’s carbon pollution in 2017, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.  Now, some lawmakers and advocacy groups in Virginia are looking for ways to reduce vehicle emissions. But there’s a catch: California is the only state in the nation that may craft stricter standards than federal ones, thanks to a provision of the federal Clean Air Act.  ...