Volkswagen approves Hawaii’s first funding request in $8M environmental settlement

The Hawaii State Energy Office recently announced that Volkswagen approved its request for using part of the $8 million it was allocated in the Environmental Mitigation Trust Settlement.

The state’s $230,087 funding request, which was submitted in May, was reviewed and approved by the Volkswagen Settlement Trustee, Wilmington Trust, late last month.

The state plans on using the money to replace two city diesel transit buses with battery electric buses.

The two new battery electric buses will…

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