Analysis: Most VW emissions settlement funds go to diesel tech, not electric vehicles

BYD Beer
  • It’s been five years since the Volkswagen Group admitted to rigging passenger cars to cheat emissions tests.
  • Money from the settlement is helping fleets replace polluting vehicles with cleaner equipment, but so far most of the money has been invested in diesel, not electrification.

In 2019, Connecticut-based food and household goods distributor Bozzuto’s Inc. was awarded approximately $1 million from the state’s Volkswagen emissions cheating settlement to be applied toward the purchase of 30...

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Electric, natural gas trucking sectors duel over who deserves funding — now

Natural gas proponents are hoping the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate adoption of natural gas trucks even as electric truck advocates double down on battery power as the key to reducing greenhouse gases and diesel particulate emissions.

“Buck for buck, natural gas vehicles are probably one of the most cost-effective alternative vehicles right now,” said Thomas Lawson, president of the California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition, an industry association.

As the COVID-19 economic collapse forces...

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