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Mack Granite CNG truck exclusively equipped with Allison’s 4500 Rugged Duty Series transmission

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Mack Trucks, one of North America’s largest producers of heavy-duty trucks, has selected the Allison 4500 Rugged Duty Series (RDS) as the exclusive transmission currently offered for its new compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered Mack Granite model. We are pleased to partner with Mack on this sustainability initiative.

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Trillium completes construction of largest hydrogen transit refueling station in North America

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Houston-based Trillium is a leading provider of renewable fuels and alternative energy solutions for fleets around the country. Currently 10 buses are equipped for hydrogen, but the station allows the fleet to grow to 50 with only minimal additional capital costs.

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DOE issues Request for Information on aggregating purchases of alternative fuel vehicles

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The RFI seeks input in three areas: AFV consumers and fleets; vehicle OEMs and suppliers; and general AFV procurement. Responses are due no later than 5:00pm (ET) on 13 March 2015.

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EPA Trends on EVs and PHEVs; beginning of a “measurable and meaningful impact” on new vehicle fuel economy and emissions

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The agency’s reasoning was that since alternative fuel vehicle production has generally been less than 0.1% of total vehicle production until very recently, the impact of excluding alternative fuel vehicles was negligible. Fuel economy average for the US fleet, per the Trends report, is 24.1

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GSA proposes assessing package delivery vendors on environmental and alternative fuel benchmarks

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billion government-wide contract for package delivery services beginning in 2014 (Domestic Delivery Services Generation 3, DDS3), be assessed on their ability to meet annual targets for fuel efficiency, greenhouse gas intensity and alternative fuel use as well as delivery prices. —Gregory C. Staple, ACSF CEO.

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CARB: clean fuels replaced more than 50% of diesel used in California in Q1 2023

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California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), which requires fuel producers to reduce the carbon intensity of fuel sold in the state, is largely responsible for the shift by encouraging the use and production of cleaner alternatives. Since compliance began, the program has helped to replace more than 8.6

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NREL launches new alternative transportation web tools; planning, maps, data

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One of the many charts available from the maps and data library on the AFDC site, this shows the number of light-duty alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), and diesel models offered by vehicle manufacturers from 1991 through 2012. What if I convert my pickup trucks to run on natural gas or propane?”.