Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

As part of the agreement, NNA and CC-A will collaborate on plans to promote a charging infrastructure for EVs, as well as the deployment, operation and maintenance of a charging network. Tags: Brief. The Nissan LEAF will roll out to the state of Georgia in 2011.

Atlanta 231

Atlanta Nissan Clean Cleaning 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

The tank is replenished at the regular maintenance intervals every 25,000 kilometers (15,500 miles). Tags: Brief. The AdBlue tank is installed under the luggage compartment floor and has a capacity of 25.7 The price for the new S 350 BlueTEC stands at €76,279 (US$95,677).

Mercedes 218

Mercedes Power Powered Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2009

China now operates high-speed rail service out of four maintenance hubs, and plans to offer high-speed rail between 70% of its key cities by 2020, covering more than 80% of existing passenger air routes. Control room of high-speed train, at Wuhan maintenance hub. Tags: Brief. the first day of service. Source: Xinhua/Cheng Min.

MPH 220

MPH China Maintenance 2012 220

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2010

In addition to EVs, O2City will offer finance packages, insurance, charging stations at its outlets, home charging solutions, electric vehicle maintenance and after-sales service through its far reaching network of eco-mobility centers. Tags: Brief.

France 186

France Financing Maintenance Sale 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2010

Environmental impact, employee health and safety requirements, performance, capacity and total lifecycle costs (purchase, fuel consumption and maintenance) were among the key requirements for Canada Post. Tags: Brief.

Transit Connect 186

Transit Connect Canada Connect Connected 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

Additional operational and maintenance costs for the subsea and modular processing equipment, contracts with existing operating vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and any potential new vessels that may be constructed will increase this cost commitment. Tags: Brief. ExxonMobil will lead this effort on behalf of the four sponsor companies.

Mexico 186

Mexico Oil Chevron Mariner 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

The technology uses less electricity than other hydrogen fueling stations and requires less maintenance. Tags: Brief. Unlike conventional mechanical systems, the Ionic Compressor uses an ionic liquid in direct contact with hydrogen instead of a piston in the pressurizing process. The electrolyzer is made by Proton Energy Systems.

Hydrogen 210

Hydrogen Oakland Fuel San Francisco 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2009

The drive train also offers a significant reduction in maintenance costs versus conventionally equipped competitors. Tags: Brief. The drive train, with a Ford 5.4L gasoline engine, can improve fuel economy by up to 40%, while reducing carbon emissions by up to 30% in city conditions.

Hybrid 199

Hybrid Fuel Economy Gasoline-Electric 2008 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2009

The federal funding, provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, will also be used by RIPTA for capital maintenance and to upgrade public transportation throughout Rhode Island. Tags: Brief. RIPTA is a quasi-public, independent authority.

Rhode Island 150

Rhode Island Hybrid Maintenance 2009 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

The DOE intends this funding to accelerate the commercialization and deployment of fuel cells and create jobs in fuel cell manufacturing, installation, maintenance and support services. Tags: Brief. The Wegmans project will consist of various phases through 2012.

Purchase 225

Purchase Fuel Power Powered 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2010

As part of Ryder’s core product offering, it will maintain the vehicles at three of its strategically located maintenance shops in Orange, Rancho Dominguez, and Rancho Cucamonga. Each maintenance facility will be properly equipped for the indoor repair of natural gas vehicles. Tags: Heavy-duty Natural Gas.

Stimulus 186

Stimulus Gas Maintenance Neighborhood 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Longevity means that our systems will not require frequent shutdown for maintenance and catalyst cleaning. Tags: Brief. The key features we have confirmed in our tests are high conversion efficiency and potential for catalyst longevity, which translates directly into commercial viability.

Gasoline 199

Gasoline Carbon Conversion Maintenance 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Following the summer maintenance season, Alaskan crude oil production, at 654,000 barrels per day in October, was higher than September, but was 0.6% Tags: Brief. Production from the Lower 48, at 4.86 million barrels per day, held mostly steady compared with recent months, and was up 0.2% from October 2009 levels.

Gasoline 199

Gasoline 2003 2009 Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

The drive train also offers a significant reduction in maintenance costs including up to 75% reduction in brake maintenance versus conventionally equipped competitors. Tags: Brief. The drive train, with a Ford 5.4L engine, can improve fuel economy considerably while reducing carbon emission by up to 30% in city conditions.

Hybrid 150

Hybrid Stimulus Maintenance Florida 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

Under the agreement, Nuvera will manufacture the PowerTap systems and Airgas will provide distribution, installation, monitoring and maintenance of the equipment, as well as backup hydrogen, at customer sites. Tags: Brief. Airgas, Inc. and Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., Roberto Cordaro, Nuvera Fuel Cells CEO.

Hydrogen 199

Hydrogen Lead Acid Fuel Power 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

In terms of maintenance, service life, fuel consumption and weight, the EEV solution for Mercedes-Benz buses is on a par with established BlueTec 5 technology, according to the company. Tags: Diesel Emissions Engines Heavy-duty. The fuel injection has been changed, and the injection nozzle, piping and mounting systems redesigned.

Mercedes 210

Mercedes Diesel Standards Emissions 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. Revenues from the tax go into the federal Highway Trust Fund, which is independent of the General Fund; every five years or so Congress passes an authorization bill to allocate these revenues. States use similar mechanisms.

Transportation 199

Transportation Fuel Tax Tax Gasoline-Electric 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2010

In addition, management of vehicle loaning from the car-sharing site is optimized, the cost of use and maintenance can be shared, and the fleet's carbon footprint is considerably reduced, Valeo says. Tags: Brief.

Concept 186

Concept Vehicles Maintenance Fleet 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2009

With ratings up to 320 hp and 1,000 lb-ft of torque, the ISL G is 2010 compliant with a maintenance free three way catalyst (TWC) and does not require the use of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) or a diesel particulate filter (DPF). Tags: Brief.

Kenworth 186

Kenworth Gas Engine Production 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2010

NAFA’s Full and Associate Members are responsible for the specification, acquisition, maintenance and repair, fueling, risk management, and remarketing of more than 3.5 Tags: Brief. million vehicles including in excess of 1.1 million trucks of which 350 thousand are medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Fleet 186

Fleet Maintenance California Fuel 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

ICA Fluor is the leading industrial engineering-construction company in Mexico, dedicated to the engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance of industrial facilities in the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, automotive, power, mining and telecommunication industries. Tags: Brief.

Gasoline 199

Gasoline Mexico Oil Maintenance 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Florida will likely ask the prospective bidders to add US companies to their teams for such work as rail line construction, train operation and maintenance. Tags: Brief. JR Tokai is thus expected to accelerate its efforts to select US partners. Currently joining JR Tokai team will be Hitachi Ltd.; Nippon Sharyo Ltd.; Toshiba Corp.;

Florida 199

Florida South Korea Tampa Mitsubishi 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

This business will also include maintenance and other services related to the above applications. Tags: Batteries. Battery Systems Company will aim for revenues of ¥250 billion (US$2.7 billion) in fiscal 2014 in the battery business, with a particular focus on lithium-ion batteries.

Li-ion 199

Li-ion Lithium Ion Industrial Industry 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

Each dealer’s service shop will have technical staff specially trained to handle EV maintenance. As in FY 2009, the i-MiEV will continue to be sold on a maintenance lease basis. Through the maintenance lease, the leasing company takes care of all government incentive paperwork and inspection and maintenance of the vehicle.

i-MiEV 199

i-MiEV Japan Nissan Mitsubishi 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

SunRun provides complete solar maintenance, monitoring, repairs, insurance and money-back performance guarantee. Tags: Brief. SunRun offers home solar power without high upfront costs through power purchase agreements (PPAs) and solar leases. SunRun now partners with 15 leading solar integrators that are located across the country.

Financing 170

Financing Solar New Jersey Massachusetts 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2010

Vehicle-mounted aerial lifts are widely used in the utility sector, to safely lift up workers for maintenance work at height. Utility company Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has purchased the first vehicle, for trials in its service and maintenance fleet. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fleets.

Electric Vehicles 210

Electric Vehicles Lithium Ion Vehicles Electric 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Capstone’s low premix combustion technology used to achieve the ARB emissions standard requires no exhaust after treatment, which avoids additional capital equipment costs and reduces ongoing maintenance costs. Tags: Brief. Capstone earlier this year acquired the TA100 microturbine product line from Calnetix Power Solutions, Inc.

Gas 218

Gas Emissions Waste Exhaust 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Tags: Brief. Participating vehicles are divided into three categories: passenger cars (less than 1.3 L engine displacement, 1.3L-1.5L, 1.8L, 2.0L and above); the SUVs; and the APVs/MPVs. All participants will be fueled by Total Premier Unleaded provided by the sponsor Total (Philippines) Corporation.

Philippines 199

Philippines Fuel Economy Economy Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2010

Punch list items will continue to be addressed by construction and maintenance personnel as the commissioning and start-up of the plant proceed. Tags: Brief. The first shipments of animal fats have been delivered to the facility.

Fuel 199

Fuel 2010 Renewable Coal 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

Duonic features a non-wearing wet clutch, which lowers maintenance costs by eliminating the need to replace worn clutch discs. Tags: Brief. The M038S6 Duonic transmission has six forward gears and a reverse gear. The P-function ensures safe parking by preventing the vehicle from rolling away.

Mitsubishi 170

Mitsubishi Convert Exhaust Maintenance 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

Progress Rail Services is one of the largest providers of rail and transit products and services in North America, including: locomotive upgrade and repair, railcar remanufacturing, trackwork, rail welding, rail repair and replacement, signal design and installation, maintenance of way equipment, parts reclamation and recycling.

Diesel 186

Diesel Global Manufacturer North America 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The program was the first such service for fleet vehicles; its elements include consultation on selecting more efficient vehicles, improved fuel economy through improved maintenance and driver training, and measuring progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Tags: Brief.

Fleet 199

Fleet Emissions Fuel Economy Maintenance 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2010

To kick off the collaboration with LEEDCo, GE has committed to providing offshore wind turbines and maintenance services for an initial 20-megawatt wind farm. Tags: Brief. Upon its completion, targeted for late 2012, this project would be located off the shores of Lake Erie, near Cleveland, Ohio.

Wind 210

Wind Corporation Ohio Energy 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2010

Among the points to be analyzed are the implementation and the maintenance of a charging network, incentives in order to facilitate EV adoption, and educational campaigns about the advantages electric vehicles bring to the city, its population and environment. Tags: Brief. Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance.

Nissan 186

Nissan South America Brazil Environment 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

The three drive versions feature almost identical engine compartments so that components and harnesses could be standardized across all three applications providing ease of maintenance for the end user. Tags: Brief. Through improved sound proofing, noise has been reduced both inside and outside the bus.

North America 210

North America San Francisco Cleveland Houston 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

This has great appeal to them because we are extending the useful life of a fully depreciated asset and making it into a maintenance-free revenue-producing vehicle on the grid. Tags: Electric (Battery) V2G. —Dick Johnson. The signing ceremony was held at AutoPort.). New Technology at PJM.

Delaware 218

Delaware Universal Fleet Grid 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

Among the findings of the study: Those that have driven a hybrid or electric vehicle rate fuel efficiency as being very good to excellent, but most rate the ride, performance, style and maintenance as good at best. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Surveys. This rose to a high of 62% in Italy).

Hybrid 218

Hybrid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Fuel 218