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Green Fleet Roundup: Volvo, Alcoa, HyperSolar, California Energy Commission

September 29, 2014September 26, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Volvo will officially launch its 7900 electric hybrid bus (pictured) at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show at the end of the month. The bus offers fuel savings of 75 percent, energy reduction of 60 percent, and CO2 reduction of 75 percent. Alcoa will roll out its lightest heavy-duty truck ... Read more »

Ford Plans Hybrid to Rival Prius

August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ford plans to release a new hybrid vehicle in 2018 to compete against the Toyota Prius and help the Detroit automaker meet federal mileage standards, according to media reports. The Ford hybrid, beginning as a 2019 model-year car, could eventually be offered with several different body styles and different versions ... Read more »

Silicon Carbide to Displace Silicon in EV Batteries by 2020

August 15, 2014August 14, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Wide bandgap materials such as silicon carbide and gallium nitride are the best options to meet the growing battery demands of electric vehicles, and silicon carbide is expected to displace silicon in EVs by 2020, according to Lux Research. Economics are in favor of wide bandgap materials. For a Tesla ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Time Warner Cable, Wamart, Plug Power, Clean Energy Fuels

August 6, 2014August 5, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Time Warner Cable is joining the Department of Energy’s Clean Cities’ National Clean Fleet Partnership to further reduce petroleum use and increase efficiencies within its fleet (pictured) of more than 20,000 service trucks and vehicles. TWC’s participation is part of the company’s “Go Green” initiative under which TWC is on ... Read more »

Japan to Raise Subsidies to Drive Hydrogen Fuel Car Sales

July 30, 2014July 30, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Japan’s green car subsidies could exceed $30,000 a vehicle for Toyota Motor Corp.’s first hydrogen fuel-powered sedan. If the consumer rebates from Japan’s national and local governments are extended, the country would exceed the level of incentives China offers for buyers of electric vehicles, reported Bloomberg. The program would bring down ... Read more »

Pureti Offers Pollution-Lowering Spray for Facilities

July 2, 2014July 2, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Pureti, A US company with facilities in Michigan and Connecticut, is offering a group of spray-on products that it says can make any surface self-cleaning while also lowering air pollution in the vicinity, according to Newsweek. At the heart of the products is titanium oxide, also known as titania. When ... Read more »

Green Fleet: Toyota, Ford, Nissan, PECO, ClipperCreek, Clean Air Power

July 1, 2014June 30, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Toyota’s first commercial zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle will be on display at the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival before going on sale in early 2015 in the Japanese domestic market. The sedan will be available in the summer of 2015 in both Europe and in the state of California. ... Read more »

Best Global Green Brands Revealed

June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ford is the no. 1 green brand, stealing the top spot from Toyota, which has been at the top of Interbrand’s Best Global Green Brands report since the list debuted in 2011. In the 2014 list, Toyota falls to no. 2, with Honda, Nissan and Panasonic rounding out the top ... Read more »

Tesla Tops AAA’s Green Car Guide

June 2, 2014May 30, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The 2013 Tesla S P85 tops the Automobile Association of America’s 2014 Green Guide, followed by the electric 2012 Toyota RAV4 and the clean diesel 2014 Audi A7 TDI Quattro in third place. In fact half of the top 10 highest scoring green cars are clean diesel vehicles. The annual ... Read more »

‘Greenest Automaker’ Hyundai-Kia Unseats Honda

May 29, 2014May 28, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Hyundai-Kia wins the title of “greenest automaker,” unseating Honda, which came in second, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) latest Automaker Rankings report. Toyota, Nissan, and Volkswagen tied for third place. UCS says all eight of the best-selling automakers showed improvements in the 2014 rankings, which measure the ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Fisker, Volvo, Car Charging Group, NRG eVgo

May 21, 2014May 20, 2014 by Leon Walker

The new owner of Fisker Automotive Holdings is planning to build electric vehicles in the US in direct competition with Tesla. Wanxiang Group purchased bankrupt Fisker in February for $149.2 million, Bloomberg reports. In collaboration with the Swedish Transport Administration, the Volvo Group will study the potential for building electric roads, where ... Read more »

How to Make Money from CSR Activities

April 30, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Good product performance pays while good environmental performance doesn’t, research published in Strategic Management Journal says. Earlier studies show mixed results on the financial benefits of corporate social responsibility activities; in this one, researchers from the University of South Carolina and the University of Nebraska examined the profitability of two ... Read more »

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