Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 10, 2014
announced the successful installation of its XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System ( earlier post ) in four city-owned vans for The City of Boston. The newly converted vans support the Greenovate Boston goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 and 80% by 2050. XL Hybrids, Inc.
Green Car Congress
MAY 21, 2015
Boston Public Schools will operate 11% of its bus fleet with Blue Bird propane autogas buses, starting with the 2015-2016 school year. Like many urban cities, Boston has implemented mandates for reducing tailpipe emissions. About 40% of its fleet consists of 169-inch wheelbase buses.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2010
The city of Boston this week became the first municipality in America to approve the Ford Transit Connect for taxi use, paving the way for taxi owners to purchase the new vehicle for their fleets. Boston, the 10 th largest metropolitan area in the United States, regulates which types of vehicles can be used as taxicabs in its city streets.
Green Cars News
MAY 23, 2009
The boys in blue have taken the green lead in several US cities with Concord in Boston the latest to welcome a new hybrid saloon car with more hybrids expected in the next year for use as unmarked police cars. It is hoped that the hybrid cars will slash fuel bills at a time when other expenses in the town are skyrocketing.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2012
Zipcar’s FastFleet technology has already been adopted through similar initiatives in Washington, DC, Chicago and Boston. In addition, the City of Boston launched the FleetHub program using Zipcar’s FastFleet technology in February 2012, creating an interdepartmental fleet of vehicles for use by city employees.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 30, 2013
Any forecast of future economic outcomes under the LCFS requires knowledge of the availability of alternative fuels at different market prices, the cost of producing each fuel, long-run trends in alternative fueling infrastructure, consumer preferences for alternative fuel and alternative fuel vehicles, as well as many other unknowns.
Blink Charging
JUNE 23, 2023
Another resource for implementing workplace charging comes from the City of Boston, which has its own HOW-TO GUIDE: Starting an electric vehicle workplace charging program. One of those is the federal government’s Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit.
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