Fully autonomous passenger and freight vehicles are still years away. However, researchers and manufacturers are continuing to make progress. Ohio is a national leader on projects to develop infrastructure to enable increasingly sophisticated levels of connection and autonomy. The Midwest Green Transportation Forum and Expo virtual conference will feature three educational sessions on this topic. One is focused on levels of autonomy in freight transportation. The second concerns technologies in passenger vehicles. The third will address system-level and infrastructure upgrades for connectivity and efficiency. You can find the descriptions for our Transportation System Innovation sessions on
COVID-19 has shifted the way business is done throughout the transportation, trucking, logistics, and alternative fuels industries. Given Ohio and the Midwest’s strategic location, leadership in vehicle manufacturing and advanced vehicle technologies, the region is poised to be a national leader for products and tactics that lead us into this new, post-COVID future and help the nation’s economy recover. For the 6th annual Midwest Green Transportation Forum and Expo is designed to be the most accessible event Clean Fuels Ohio has ever hosted. With 30 panels over the course of 10 days, MWGT 2020 is fully customizable for the attendee. No events overlap. The Whova application will help attendee
On July 1, Ohio EPA opened applications and released full program details for $3.25 million in grants for publicly accessible electric vehicle charging stations. While All eligible parties can apply directly, if your organization is seeking assistance, Clean Fuels Ohio can provide information resources, project competitiveness vetting, and grant writing services. If you are gearing up to apply for these Ohio EPA VW EVSE grants, you won’t want to miss out on the Electrification focused sessions at the free 2020 Midwest Green Transportation Forum virtual conference taking place September 14-25 (https://www.cleanfuelsohio.org/mwgt-electric-vehicle-sessions). You can see our Electric Vehicle Se
The Midwest Green Transportation Conference is especially oriented toward fleets, with tracks and sessions designed to showcase best practices, solutions, and peer fleet experiences aiming to guide fleet decision making and improve fleet performance. This includes various sessions on fleet management best practices, as well as a series of sessions designed to provide a deep dive into the latest Advanced Fuels options and solutions for fleets and the transportation sector. “Fleet attendees will have access to peer fleet leaders in private logistics, vocational, people transportation, government and other fleet sectors who have implemented solutions” said Sam Spofforth, Clean Fuels Ohio Execu
This year’s MWGT Conference, while it may be taking a different approach than typical in its virtual setting, is sure to be full of valuable information for all who participate. One particular set of sessions that I’m excited about are the Policy sessions. From start to finish, all of our sessions focusing on the policy surrounding clean transportation solutions and alternative fuels – as well as infrastructure and manufacturing – are focused on providing attendees with the best possible information, up-to-date trends and practices, and in-depth analyses of the current political and policy climate as they relate to moving the needle on progress in the alternative fuels world. You can find th
On August 6, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio held a virtual meeting of stakeholders to discuss electric vehicle charging across the state. Representatives of state agencies presented information on three major developments in electric vehicle charging from state government and took questions from attendees. As discussed in the meeting, falling battery prices from technological innovation and growing commercial viability of the electric medium- and heavy-duty segments will soon lead to an evolving and expanding electric vehicle landscape in the state. These and other factors are now leading to coordinated actions by several Ohio agencies to prepare the state’s electric vehicle chargin
This September Clean Fuels Ohio will host its annual Midwest Green Transportation Forum and Expo virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The conference will cover a broad range of alternative fuel topics, and there are several sessions examining trends and best practices in electric vehicle adoption and charging infrastructure deployment. This year’s conference comes at a critical time for electric vehicle charging deployment and electric vehicle adoption in Ohio and across the country. Programs to invest tens of millions of dollars in charging are being administered, planned, or considered by public agencies. State, regional, and local authorities are engaging in collaborative planning t
