Remove Alternative Fuels Remove Gas Remove Oakland Remove Purchase
article thumbnail

ATT Rolls Out its 1,000th Alternative Fuel Corporate Fleet Vehicle

Green Car Congress

AT&T has deployed its 1,000th alternative-fuel vehicle in its corporate fleet. The deployment is part of a $565 million planned investment announced in March 2009 to replace more than 15,000 fleet vehicles with more fuel-efficient models through 2018. Earlier post.)

article thumbnail

California Energy Commission awards nearly $5M to encourage natural gas-powered buses and trucks

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission approved funding of $4,963,000 to help bring natural gas-powered shuttle buses and large trucks to California’s highways. million to help public and private fleet operators as well as individual consumers afford new alternative-fueled passenger vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty buses and trucks.

article thumbnail

UPS/Greenbiz study identifies motivators and barriers to electric fleets

Green Car Congress

In addition to the fuel savings, electric vehicles typically require less maintenance than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, which means lower maintenance costs. Fifty-five percent of respondents cited the initial purchase price of electric commercial vehicles as the top barrier.

Fleet 236
article thumbnail

California Energy Commission awards more than $2.5M for clean transportation projects

Green Car Congress

The digesters will use the waste to produce biomethane to be converted into renewable compressed natural gas fuel. This fuel has 88% lower carbon intensity than ultra-low-sulfur diesel. City of Monterey Park (Los Angeles County) will receive $300,000 to upgrade the city’s outdated compressed natural gas fueling station.

article thumbnail

7 airlines sign letters of intent to negotiate purchase of biomass-derived jet fuel from Solena Fuels; up to 16M gallons of fuel per year

Green Car Congress

The project will divert approximately 550,000 metric tons of waste that otherwise would go to a landfill while producing jet fuel with lower emissions of greenhouse gases and local pollutants than petroleum-based fuels. Earlier post.). —Air Transport Association (ATA) president and CEO Nicholas E.

Fuel 170
article thumbnail

California Energy Commission approves $46.6M for hydrogen refueling and $2.8M for EV charging projects

Green Car Congress

In response to this directive, the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) has already allocated nearly $400 million to help bolster statewide infrastructure and create a viable market for zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), and to promote alternative fuels. ITM Power Inc.

Hydrogen 354
article thumbnail

California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

Green Car Congress

The Energy Commission is also awarding $1,074,000 in buy-down incentives for 46 alternative-fuel vehicles. These incentives help pay the difference between the cost of conventional gas- or diesel-powered vehicles and new vehicles that use propane or natural gas. Villa Ford Inc.