Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

On Friday, President Obama announced the National Clean Fleets Partnership, with AT&T, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon as charter members. The five charter members represent five of the US’ 10 largest national fleets and collectively own and operate more than 275,000 vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) is soliciting proposals ( EPA-OAR-OTAQ-14-07 ) that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced by diesel engines and diesel emissions exposure, from fleets operating at marine and inland water ports located in areas of poor air quality.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Smith said its decision to locate a facility in Chicago was influenced by the Mayor’s innovative voucher system created to accelerate the conversion from diesel to zero-emission, all-electric commercial vehicles, the large number of fleets interested in vehicle electrification, and the development incentives made available to Smith.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2011

a synthetic biology company producing renewable fuels and chemicals directly by microbes, has begun a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing company, to test LS9’s renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. LS9, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

Ford will bring the all-new Ford Transit commercial van to market with an option for an all-new diesel engine as well as the 3.5L Ford says that the new Transit, which begins production in Kansas City in 2013, will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy than current E-Series vans. EcoBoost V6. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

EcoDual , LLC, a provider of dual fuel natural gas conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance for installing its systems on 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. In dual fuel operation, the trucks maintain full torque and power with no loss of miles per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

On Friday, President Obama announced the National Clean Fleets Partnership, with AT&T, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon as charter members. The five charter members represent five of the US’ 10 largest national fleets and collectively own and operate more than 275,000 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. These incentives help to pay the difference between the cost of alternative-fuel vehicles and conventional vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. million to build a hydrogen fueling station in Anaheim (Orange County).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The company now operates nearly 600 of these alternatively fueled trucks, which make up about 30% of its total North American fleet. —Bill Ardis, national fleet manager for the ReadyRefresh business unit of Nestlé Waters. V10 3V engine with a ROUSH CleanTech fuel system is certified to 0.05 The Ford 6.8L

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2020

New York’s State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that more than $24 million is now available to replace diesel-powered transit buses with new all-electric transit buses. As part of the state’s $127.7-million As part of the state’s $127.7-million

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

UPS and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that new technology will be developed to convert UPS package delivery vehicles from diesel to electric. This could lead to the conversion of up to 1,500 UPS delivery trucks, which is about 66% of UPS’s NYC fleet, operating in New York City by 2022.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. Since the discontinuance of the GM 8.1

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

The California Energy Commission approved funding of $505,329 for alternative-fuel vehicles and the installation of fueling stations that dispense alternative and renewable fuels. Buy-down incentives, totaling $122,000, will be awarded for 15 alternative-fuel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Switching from diesel fuel to natural gas may hold advantages for the US heavy-duty trucking fleet, but more needs to be done to reach the full environmental benefits, according to a new white paper released by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and Rice University.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2010

million in 21 alternative fuel projects in the state. Awards include (ranked by amount): PHL Taxi Management LLC —$900,000 – to purchase and deploy 50 new CNG taxis in Philadelphia that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and to build a publicly accessible CNG fueling station in the city.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The passenger vehicle fleet doubles to almost 1.7 Alternative technologies, such as hybrid and electric vehicles that use oil more efficiently or not at all, continue to advance but they take time to penetrate markets. To compete today, the majority of alternative fuels need government support of one form or another.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2017

UPS, which operates one of the largest commercial trucking fleets in the world, reserved 125 of Tesla’s new battery-electric Semi tractors. Tesla’s Semi tractor claims up to 500 miles range on a single charge, an unparalleled cabin experience for drivers, enhanced on-road safety and significantly reduced long-term cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2017

With only five unique parts, the Type 3 Rail Mount is the lightest fuel system on the market, offering a similar operating experience to diesel trucks. It is designed to improve fuel economy and increase payload, reducing fleet total cost of ownership. For others, it’s a fuel economy factor.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

The awards are expected to support the purchase of more than 125 new natural gas vehicles; funding comes from the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Eligible vehicles meet all the emission requirements of the Air Resources Board and are fully warranted by their manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

Rand Corporation , based in Santa Monica, will receive $4,474,558 to evaluate the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program and projects. The evaluation will consider the impacts, processes, market effects and costs of the program, and will help to guide future program efforts.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The US Department of Energy has issued a $300-million Funding Opportunity Announcement ( DE-PS26-09NT01236-04 ) for applications for cost-shared projects that expand the use of alternative fueled vehicles and advanced technology vehicles. The other areas of interest include: Refueling Infrastructure for alternative fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

BCG comparison of the CO 2 reduction potential and cost of different technologies. In addition, the cost to the consumer would be about $50 to $60 per percent CO 2 reduction—roughly half the cost of what was expected three years ago. Source: BCG. Click to enlarge. However, China is a major wildcard.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 4, 2025

Blue Bird uses the Roush CleanTech ultra-low emission propane technology that they say has accumulated more than three billion miles with 3,000 fleets in North America. This includes our Supertruck2 we showed at ACT Expo 2024 that had a mild hybrid (a diesel/electric hybrid).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. By replacing aging fleet vehicles with Proterra electric buses, the City of Fairfield will improve both route efficiency and air quality.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2014

The study evaluated costs and benefits from a life cycle perspective in order to compare various raw materials for producing methanol and in order to reflect the potential benefits of methanol obtained from CO 2. The need for bringing down the costs of captured CO 2 and stimulating its potential uses, among them methanol production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program has awarded Axion Power International, Inc. The project will save more than 700,000 gallons of diesel fuel annually and avoid more than 495 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. 176,900 to retrofit a 40-vehicle fleet with auxiliary idle reduction systems.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

View of the CNG tank in the bed of a Silverado 2500HD with bi-fuel option. Emissions reductions (%) of new NGVs compared to new gasoline and diesel vehicles (2012). LNG dual fuel. liter Duramax B20-capable diesel engine with twice the torque of either the gasoline or the bi-fuel models. Vortec 6.0L (bi-fuel).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds. The Breathe fleet will replace existing gasoline, diesel and hybrid vehicles with Uber which is aiming to be an all-electric platform in London from 2025 onwards.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

Less likely to be concerned by the cost of battery replacement. Another AA Populus poll with 28,265 respondents taken in May 2015 points to a readiness to move away from traditional fuels. 33% will look to diesel – down from the current 41%. As the second car tends to be smaller, the cost of the switch becomes more affordable.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2009

The prospects for FT jet fuels depend crucially on construction of a few pioneer commercial plants in the next few years. Other key findings from the report include: Alternative-fuel production benefits commercial aviation regardless of its use in aviation. Alcohols, biodiesel and biokerosene offer no benefit for aviation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

In addition, the report found, evidence suggests that the standards will lead the nation’s light-duty vehicle fleet to become lighter but not less safe. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require that vehicles offered for sale in the US attain an average fuel economy of 40.3 Background. mpg by 2025.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 10, 2025

Up until now this meant hauling around a noisy, smelly, polluting diesel-powered generator that took up space in the bed. For the Lighting Pro, that means getting traditional gasoline and diesel truck owners to give it a try. Clean Fleet Report drove the Lightning Pro around Southern California for a week. miles per kWh.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Under current law, a credit is available for each new qualified fuel cell vehicle, hybrid vehicle, advanced lean burn technology vehicle, and alternative fuel vehicle placed in service by a taxpayer during the taxable year. In general, the credit amount varies based on technology, weight, fuel efficiency, and other factors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2016

When the project is completed, the fueling stations will supply gas to more than 1,600 CNG buses at transit agencies across the state. According to the US Department of Energy (DOE) Alternative Fuels Data Center , Pennsylvania currently has 61 CNG facilities, 35 of which are open to the public.

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Fuel Pennsylvania Gas Maintenance 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2016

Optimized internal combustion engines are the major contributor to the reduction of passenger car GHG emissions with significant improvements until 2020 and the subsequent penetration of more effective alternative technologies into the fleet. GHG abatement in road transport sector will cost approx. 34 Mton CO 2 e (WTW).

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 4, 2006

Bruno today announced a new $10 million State program to convert vehicles in the State fleet to plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art alternative fuel research laboratory at the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP). Pataki and Senate Majority Leader Joseph L.

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