Hybrid Technology
Hybrid technology combines a rechargeable energy source (i.e. a battery) with a combustible source (I.e. an engine). Hybrid technology is employed in vehicles such as cars, buses and trucks to cut fuel costs and to meet goals for emissions reductions. We explore the trends for hybrid technology including their implementation on a more wide scale basis, for example, in fleets, ships, and trains.
MIT-Staples Study Finds Electric Delivery Trucks Cost 9-12% Less to Operate
Electric delivery trucks can cost between nine and 12 percent less to operate than their diesel cousins, according to an MIT study using data from ...
Detroit Auto Show Briefing: Toyota, Honda, Acura, PG&E, BMW, Hyundai
Toyota has debuted the 2012 Prius c (pictured), which it says offers the highest city fuel efficiency of any vehicle without a plug, at ...
Detroit Auto Show Briefing: VW, AMP, Ford, Kia, Coda, Nissan, Volvo
This year's Detroit Auto Show is overflowing with hybrid and electric debuts. Here are some of the first big ones to emerge from the ...
Nissan Aims to Cut CO2 20%, Up Efficiency 35%
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is aiming for a 20 percent per vehicle cut in its operational CO2 emissions by 2016, compared with 2005, under ...
Green Fleet Briefing: Ford’s Coconut Cars, Escape Hybrid Dropped, Volkswagen Wind
Ford and the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company are researching the use of coconut fiber reinforcement for molded plastic vehicle parts such as storage bins, door and ...
LED Lighting Sees Improvements with the Addition of Hybrid Capacitors
An influx of devices containing light emitting diodes, or LEDs, provides a greater opportunity for efficient and long-lasting technology in the solid-state lighting ...
University of Michigan to Pump $14m Into Green Measures
The University of Michigan (pictured) is to invest $14 million in green initiatives as it aims to meet a host of environmental goals by 2025.
The green ...
Ryder Launches Commercial Alt Fuel Vehicle Lease Scheme
Fleet vehicle provider Ryder System Inc. has announced the launch of its new “Flex-to-Green” program that gives customers the option of incorporating alternative fuel vehicles into ...
UPS Deploys 130 Hybrid Electric Trucks
UPS has announced the deployment of 130 hybrid electric vehicles for its fleet this year.
Almost 100 of the vehicles have been deployed in California, with the ...
Report: Hybrid Truck Sales to Top 100k
Sales of hybrid medium- and heavy-duty trucks are on course to top 100,000 annually by 2017, according to a report by Pike Research.
“Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, ...
Green Fleet Briefing: McDonald’s, GM NatGas Cars, Hybrids Fall Short
Automakers aren’t yet delivering the full fuel savings and pollution reduction benefits possible from hybrids, according to an annual hybrid scorecard ...
Staples, Coke, GE Among Newest Clean Fleets Partners
Coca-Cola, Staples, Enterprise Holdings and three other companies, with nearly a million commercial vehicles between them, have joined the Obama administration’s National Clean ...
Renewables Briefing: L’Oréal, Snyder’s-Lance, Cape Wind
L'Oréal USA is partnering with GeoPeak Energy in a purchase power agreement (PPA) to install a 1.4 MW photovoltaic solar system at L'Oréal’s ...
Fleet Briefing: Ford, CNG Taxis, Coke, Renault-Nissan
Rather than fight for a share of a possibly resurgent minivan market, Ford Motor Company has scrapped plans to launch a ...
Fed Fleet Goes Alternative; EPA Drops Vehicle Letter Grades
The federal government has rolled out two major green fleet announcements, launching enhanced fuel economy labels just a day after announcing ...
U.S. Drive Expands Industry Partnerships for Next-Gen Auto Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy has expanded U.S. DRIVE (Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle Efficiency and Energy Sustainability), an industry partnership to advance ...
Fleet Briefing: GM to Open VE Plant; 60% Would Consider a PEV; New Steel Cuts Life-Cycle Emissions by 70%
General Motors broke ground Tuesday for the $269.5 million addition to the facility housing its two-mode hybrid and heavy duty transmission operations. The electric motor ...
Fleet Briefing: CNG at Airports, Nissan, Ryder
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has signed long-term agreements with four major airport complexes to design, build, own and operate new compressed natural ...
Fleet Roundup: Chesapeake Energy, Heckmann, Canada Post, Surging Sales and More
Here’s a round-up of the latest environmental fleet news.
Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation, the nation’s second-largest producer of natural gas, last ...
Fleet Roundup: DHL, Ryder, Kia, Stagecoach, More
Here’s a round-up of the latest environmental fleet news.
DHL is introducing 30 electric vans and 50 hybrid trucks to its Manhattan fleet in ...
