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No Eclipse Plans? Try These Last-Minute Strategies.

Baua Electric

The rental car company Hertz reported a 3,000 percent increase in advanced bookings for car rentals in cities along the eclipse path compared with the previous year. Neighborhood locations, she said, may have better availability. But if you’re hoping to rent a car, you might have some trouble.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

EVHybridNoire members at the Atlanta National Drive Electric Week event. Every neighborhood deserves clean air and the transition to EVs is the quickest way to get there.” The signs were sponsored by one of our utility companies in the region.” “At Successful 2021 events widen scope and participation.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Some auto companies have incorporated car sharing elements into their new business enterprises. Some small players were gobbled up by bigger companies. The success of one-way car sharing services is prompting more companies to consider offering this service model. Some big players have jumped in and then retreated.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

EVHybridNoire members at the Atlanta National Drive Electric Week event. Every neighborhood deserves clean air and the transition to EVs is the quickest way to get there.” The signs were sponsored by one of our utility companies in the region.” “At Successful 2021 events widen scope and participation.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

DeKalb County’s DeKalb County/Metropolitan Atlanta Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicle Project. The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area. Total DOE award: $14,994,183.

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A Mexican Drug Cartel’s New Target? Seniors and Their Timeshares

Baua Electric

Then avocados, real estate and construction companies. In October 2022, a retired couple — James, 76, and his wife, Nicki, 72 — said they received a call from a supposed real estate agent at Worry Free Vacations in Atlanta, offering to broker the sale of their timeshare in Lake Tahoe, Calif., The operation is relatively simple.

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