Automotive
Fleet Roundup: SAE vs. CHAdeMO, Tesla, Waste Industries, Volvo
The battle over DC fast-charge standards heated up at a recent California State Senate public committee meeting. A GM representative asked the state ...
Better Place Opens Battery Swap Network
Better Place, the electric vehicle venture started by entrepreneur Shai Agassi, has opened its first publicly available battery switching stations, where drivers can swap ...
FedEx Express: Fleet 16.6% More Efficient Than in 2005
FedEx Express' vehicle fleet was 16.6 percent more fuel efficient in 2011 than it was in 2005, the company has announced.
The company has a goal ...
Green Fleet Briefing: Veolia, British Gas, Vision Industries, Toyota
Here's the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives.
Baltimore's first propane autogas taxi fleet was launched this week. Veolia Transportation ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: German Solar Subsidies, Australian Carbon Price, Honda Hybrid Suit
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes eight items.
The German parliament's upper house has rallied ...
Frito-Lay Expands EV Fleet, Adds CNG Trucks
Frito-Lay will purchase 100 all-electric trucks in 2012, bringing its electric fleet to more than 280, and will deploy compressed natural gas vehicles in the ...
Fleet Briefing: Toyota, Siemens, Coda, ABB, VW's Car of the Future
Here's the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives.
Siemens has announced plans for the eHighway of the ...
US, German Automakers Adopt Fast-Charging Standard at Odds with Nissan, Toyota
Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen have agreed to standardize a single-port fast charging approach, called DC-fast charging with ...
Cox Saves 17,400 Tons of Carbon over Five Years
Cox Enterprises has saved 17,400 tons of carbon through alternative energy projects since 2007 and conserves 20 million gallons of water annually, according ...
Fleet Briefing: BMW Olympic Vehicles, Gamesa, CODA, GE WattStation Software
Here's the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives.
BMW has unveiled its London 2012 Olympic fleet ...
Toshiba to Rebuild Thailand Chip Factory Hit By Floods
Toshiba Corp. said it will build a semiconductor manufacturing factory in Thailand to replace the one inundated by last ...
Ford Tries to Turn Currency Into Car Parts
Ford is hoping to make green greener as it tests decommissioned U.S. paper currency, and a range of other recycled materials, for potential use in ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: EV Roadmap, Criteria for Destinations, e-Stewards, LEED
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes seven items.
ANSI has released its Standardization Roadmap for ...
Green Fleet Briefing: GM Explosion, Honda, Toyota, USPS, IBM
Here's the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives.
Last week's explosion at a General Motors electric battery-testing facility could end ...
FedEx, Purolator and UPS to Drive ‘Hybrids Without Batteries’
FedEx Ground, Purolator and UPS will soon deliver packages using hybrid hydraulic parcel delivery trucks.
The companies, members of the Hybrid, Electric and Advanced Truck ...
Battery Electrics Offer Best Savings; EV Emissions Beat Gas, Even in ‘Dirty Grid’ Regions
The total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifetime of an alternative fuel vehicle can be lower than a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle, despite ...
Leveraging Manufacturing, Part I
I recently finished a long series of articles on the power of the digital age in the form of ...
IBM, Honda, PG&E Launch Smart EV Charging Project
IBM, Honda's American arm and Pacific Gas and Electric will collaborate on a pilot project to allow communication between electric vehicles and the power grid, ...
Leakage Rates ‘Threaten Green Benefits of Natural Gas’
Failure to reduce methane leaks has the potential to eliminate much, if not all, of the greenhouse gas advantage of natural gas over coal, according ...
Fleet Briefing: Lexus, Infiniti, Ram, Chevy Volt
Here's the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives:
Lexus unveiled its 2013 ES lineup at the New York International Auto ...
