Among the up to 40 environmentally friendly vehicles at our Green Drives Conference & Expo on May 3 will be the DANNAR Mobile Power Station, which is a unique EV, unlike anything on the market today. The off-road, zero-emission vehicle functions in two primary ways. First, the MPS is a versatile off-road work vehicle, which boasts modular […]
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CHICAGO, March 15, 2022 – The Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition and the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) are teaming up to offer emergency response training to firefighters throughout Illinois with the delivery of a new Alternative Fuel Vehicle course. The first training session will be offered in Dieterich, Illinois on Thursday, March 24. The
UIC Director Dr. Elizabeth Kócs awarded for community leadership CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2021 – Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition (CACC) has announced its 2021 Leadership Award winners. The awards are given annually to organizations and individuals that take actions to locally reduce vehicle emissions and improve air quality. This year’s awardees include: Rivian, Ozinga, Cook-Illinois
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Gov Sets Course to Make Illinois the Best State in the Nation to Drive and Manufacture an Electric Vehicle Incentivizes Electric Vehicle Manufacturers to Move to or Expand in Illinois ROCKFORD, Ill., Nov. 16, 2021 – Building on Illinois’ role as a leading state in the burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing industry, Governor JB Pritzker today
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Back of the Yards receives first public EV charger, hosted by Plant Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. 27, 2021 – EVmatch, the first electric vehicle (EV) charging platform for connecting EV drivers with nearby private chargers through a reservation-based system, has two new publicly-available level 2 charging stations located at Plant Chicago, 4459 S Marshfield Avenue in Chicago’s
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SPRINGFIELD, July 7, 2021 – The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced that more than 30 Alternative Fuels Corridor signs have been posted on interstates statewide, with another 20 going up this summer. The signs further Gov. JB Pritzker’s goal of expanding the adoption of electric vehicles across the state and are part of a
MONTREAL, May 7, 2021 – The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) (“Lion” or the “Company”), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, today announced that it has selected Joliet, Ill., for the construction of its U.S. manufacturing facility. The new facility will represent the largest dedicated production site for zero-emission medium
CHICAGO, April 22, 2021 – ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC), was named a “Clean Fuels Champion” today by Chicago Area Clean Cities (CACC), a nonprofit coalition whose mission is to advance the energy, economic, and environmental security of the U.S. by supporting the reduction of petroleum consumption. ComEd received the award
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NAPERVILLE, Ill., Dec. 1, 2020 – The City of Naperville, along with Trillium and Groot Industries, has opened Naperville’s first public compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station at 1720 Jefferson Ave. City staff first began investigating a transition from oil-based fuels to CNG, a cleaner methane that can be used in place of gasoline or
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Our coalition is undertaking a study regarding alternative fuel stations along interstates in Northeastern Illinois. We need help from fleets and other stakeholders to assist in establishing criteria for future fueling station sites. We hope to capture and compile ideas related to where and why such stations might be considered going forward, ideally aligning with
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