article thumbnail

Dayton RTA Adding 10 Gillig Hybrid Buses

Green Car Congress

Dayton RTA used two-thirds of the stimulus money it received in spring, 2009, to buy buses, offsetting the cost of fleet replacement and reducing the agency’s budget deficit. RTA purchased the hybrids along with a package of several 40-foot diesel and medium-duty buses at a total cost of $13.3

article thumbnail

Continental Mobility Study 2020 finds many people still have doubts about EVs

Green Car Congress

The main complaints about EVs cited by respondents are a lack of charging stations and the low range compared to gas or diesel vehicles. The Continental Mobility Study 2020 , surveyed representative groups of people in France, the US, Japan, China and Germany about their mobility habits in cooperation with social research institute infas.

2020 259
article thumbnail

Cummins Westport Inc. and Cummins India Ltd. Receive Order for 460 Natural Gas Engines

Green Car Congress

The Government of India unveiled a transport stimulus package on 3 February 2009 to provide central funding to purchase buses for urban transport systems. India imports 70% of its diesel and gasoline. Outside of New Delhi, ten other major Indian cities also have aggressive natural gas vehicle conversion programs.

India 186
article thumbnail

NSF Awards NCSU Team $2M For Research on Deriving Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels from Algae

Green Car Congress

Finally, the various fuels will be tested to ensure that they can be used in place of conventional diesel, gasoline and jet fuels. The goal is to create fuels that can be used in place of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel—though jet fuel will be the most technically challenging. It has to be cost-competitive, or none of this makes sense.

Renewable 218
article thumbnail

Volvo to Introduce Proprietary Medium-Duty Engine in 2010

Green Car Congress

The MD engine project is a result of the Nissan Diesel acquisition ( earlier post ). In addition, Leif Johansson stated that the Volvo Group had noted a slight upturn in certain countries, such as China, India and Japan, largely due to government stimulus packages. Leif Johansson.

Volvo 150
article thumbnail

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Five months ago.

Financing 150
article thumbnail

Volvo unveils medium heavy engine

Green Cars News

The Group is developing a platform for medium-heavy diesel engines as well as making significant investments in research and technology. He also noted a slight upturn in certain countries including China, Japan and India, thanks to Government stimulus packages.

Volvo 32