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AEP Orders Hybrid Utility Trucks

April 22, 2008 by Paul Nastu

American Electric Power has ordered its largest number of hybrid trucks to date – 18 International DuraStar Hybrid diesel trucks. The addition brings the total number of hybrid utility trucks in AEP’s fleet to 22 – giving it the largest fleet of diesel hybrid utility trucks in the country, according ... Read more »

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April 21, 2008April 25, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Think To Bring All-Electric Cars To U.S. Next Year Think Global, the Norwegian company making an all-electric town car, has reiterated that it will begin to bring its cars to the U.S. in 2009, and it’s providing some more details. CNET Ricoh Hosts Electronics Recycling Day for Employees Ricoh Americas ... Read more »

Volvo Tests Hybrid Garbage Trucks

April 20, 2008April 20, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Volvo is testing two hybrid refuse trucks in regular daily operations in Sweden by refuse collection firms Renova and Ragn-Sells. The hybrid refuse trucks are expected to use up to 20 percent less fuel and cut carbon dioxide emissions by a corresponding amount. What is more, one of the trucks ... Read more »

Bush Delivers GHG Emissions Goal, Skips How To Reach It

April 16, 2008April 23, 2008 by Paul Nastu

In a Rose Garden speech today, President Bush acknowledged the need to put curbs on greenhouse-gas emissions and set a goal for the U.S. to stop their growth by 2025, Bloomberg reports. He didn’t provide a roadmap on how the country would reach that goal. Bush said he’s willing to ... Read more »

Enterprise Opens Green Branches

April 10, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has designated four of its locations in Atlanta “Green Branches.” Hybrids and fuel-efficient vehicles will make up around 60 percent of the fleets at each location, approximately 30 percent hybrid gas/electric vehicles and 30 percent fuel-efficient vehicles. The largest location – Buckhead Area Enterprise Rent-A-Car – will offer ... Read more »

California Cuts Quotas For Zero-Emission Vehicles

March 30, 2008 by Paul Nastu

The California Air Resources Board has voted to lower the number of battery-powered and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that must be sold in the state by automakers 70 percent, AP reports. Instead, it has set a target for the number of hybrids that must be on the road. The decision ... Read more »

UPS Adds 167 CNG Delivery Trucks

March 29, 2008 by Paul Nastu

UPS has added 167 Compressed Natural Gas delivery vehicles to its fleets in Texas, Georgia and California. It placed the order in October. The company operates the transportation industry’s largest private fleet of alternative fuel vehicles. This deployment brings the UPS “green fleet” total to 1,629 trucks, according to the ... Read more »

Zap Increases Payload With XL Truck

March 24, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Electric vehicle maker Zap is introducing a new electric truck for fleets with a greater payload rating. Production models are expected for delivery to customers by the fall. In the United States, the XL Truck will meet full Department of Transportation requirements for Low Speed Vehicles with a top speed ... Read more »

Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks

March 19, 2008March 26, 2008 by Paul Nastu

New EPA standards and $100-a-barrel oil are creating demand for hybrid big rigs, garbage trucks and dump trucks, even with the 35 percent premium over conventional vehicles, Forbes reports. The appeal: hybrid trucks can deliver fuel savings of 5 percent to 60 percent, depending on how it is driven (hybrid ... Read more »

UPS, FedEx Find Ways To Save Gas

February 20, 2008February 27, 2008 by Paul Nastu

With record setting gas and diesel prices, fuel-efficient package delivery has taken on an even higher level of importance for UPS, FedEx, and other truck-dependent businesses, AP reports. High-tech solutions, old-fashioned fuel surcharges, equipment upgrades and common sense – UPS recently decided to eliminate left turns from routes because they ... Read more »

Does GM Live Up To The Green Claims Of Its Super Bowl Ads?

February 4, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Has GM really become the green car company its Super Bowl ads claimed? That’s the question Rick Newman posed in this U.S. News & World Report article, and the answer, according to the article, is: sorta. GM is rolling out its new hybrid, the GMC Yukon, which is the first ... Read more »

NYC Green Car Service Launches Hybrid-Only Fleet

February 4, 2008 by Paul Nastu

NYC Green Car, a luxury car service that uses only hybrid vehicles, has launched service in New York City. Its fleet consists of Toyota Camry and Lexus cars, but the company deemed the Prius too small for corporate customers. The company will donate ten percent of its after-tax profits to ... Read more »

AEP Orders Hybrid Utility Trucks

Environmental News Snippets: Yahoo, Shell, AMD, Ricoh, Think – 4.22.08

Volvo Tests Hybrid Garbage Trucks

Bush Delivers GHG Emissions Goal, Skips How To Reach It

Enterprise Opens Green Branches

California Cuts Quotas For Zero-Emission Vehicles

UPS Adds 167 CNG Delivery Trucks

Zap Increases Payload With XL Truck

Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks

UPS, FedEx Find Ways To Save Gas

Does GM Live Up To The Green Claims Of Its Super Bowl Ads?

NYC Green Car Service Launches Hybrid-Only Fleet

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