The Council is pleased to announce that the US Department of Energy has officially designated the Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition as the 86th Clean Cities Coalition in the nation.
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Welcome to the Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition
The Clean Vehicles Coalition is a Clean Cities program of the Land of Sky Regional Council in the Western North Carolina area. We were designated by the US DOE on July 26, 2012 as an official Clean Cities program for the five county area surrounding Asheville including Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Madison and Transylvania counties.
CVC News & Updates
Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - 17:02:45
This helpful guide provides a comprehensive list of this year’s light-duty hybrid electric vehicles and vehicles that run on propane, compressed natural gas, electricity, E85, or biodiesel. The guide contains model-specific information on engine size, price, fuel economy, and emissions. It also provides short backgrounds on each fuel and helpful tips to improve fuel economy, compare and offset costs, and find alternative fueling stations.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 14:34:05
ASHEVILLE - The
Asheville Area Plug-in Electric Vehicle Plan has been released to the public to support Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) readiness efforts in Western North Carolina. Over the past year the Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition has worked with a broad group of stakeholders in the Asheville metro area to identify and address barriers to electric vehicle adoption. The Asheville Area PEV Plan provides local governments, businesses, educators and other key partners with a roadmap of strategies to prepare the Asheville region for electric vehicles.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 13:09:22
Story & Photos by Leah Shapiro (
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Long predicted to be the car of the future, electric drive vehicles (EVs) are already here and quickly gaining acceptance. Hybrid electric vehicles, like the Toyota Prius, use a combination of an internal combustion engine and an electric motor powered by a battery. Additionally, low speed, plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), like those often seen on university campuses, have been around for years.
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Monday, January 28, 2013 - 22:55:32
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Friday, January 18, 2013 - 16:38:35
As part of a new regional project to fortify the biofuels sector in western North Carolina, Land-of-Sky Regional Council has been awarded $84,000 from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina to conduct a new biofuels education and outreach initiative to build market capacity, expand demand, and drive behavioral change in support of biofuels in western North Carolina. The initiative is a component of the “Planting the Seeds for a Robust WNC Biofuels Sector” project led by AdvantageWest, which is expected to result in increased biofuels production and utilization of as much as 5.2 million gallons per year by 2017.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 16:57:41
The program is designed to help our area move forward with tomorrow’s plug-in vehicles today. Plugged In is open to Progress Energy Carolinas customers.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 16:51:25
The 2013 Nissan LEAF electric car will now come in a new entry-level trim with an MSRP of just $28,800, which would cost only $21,300 after the $7,500 federal tax credit.
More information can be found on
TreeHugger.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 16:48:50
The recent fiscal cliff deal passed by Congress includes tax credits for purchase and installation of an electric vehicle charging station. The Section 30C credit for Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property includes a credit of up to $1,000 for purchase and installation of a charging station for personal use.Additionally, Section 30C includes a 30 percent credit, capped at $30,000 for business/investment use per site. Let your employer or favorite retailer know that businesses planning to install EV charging stations in 2013 can qualify for up to $30,000 in tax credits per site.
For more information:
Cornell Law School's Legal Information InstituteIRS Form 9811: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 17:47:03
Asheville Citizen Times by Dave Neal: Cleaner air to breathe and to view our mountain vistas, less dependence on foreign fuel, and, oh yes, more jobs.
Asheville’s new title as one of the nation’s 87 Clean Cities could interweave the health of the local environment and our economy closer than ever before.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 17:46:45
The Council is pleased to announce that the US Department of Energy has officially designated the Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition as the 86th Clean Cities Coalition in the nation.
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