article thumbnail

AT&T unveils two major initiatives for the connected car market

Green Car Congress

AT&T announced two major initiatives for the connected car market: a connected car center in Atlanta, called the AT&T Drive Studio; and a modular, global automotive platform called AT&T Drive. Application Store Capabilities. Ideas started in these innovation centers will be integrated into AT&T Drive within the Drive Studio in Atlanta.

Connect 225
article thumbnail

Chromatin announces dual-purpose hybrid sorghum for sugar and bioenergy production

Green Car Congress

Chromatin’s SweetFuel hybrids are designed to capture the value of sugars produced in sorghum juice as well as the additional value of the energy stored in biomass or bagasse.

Hybrid 199
article thumbnail

Daimler, Blue Bird, IC Bus introduce electric school buses at NAPT

Green Car Congress

Three major school bus manufacturers—Daimler subsidiary Thomas Built Buses, Blue Bird and Navistar subsidiary IC Bus—introduced battery-electric school buses at the recent National Association for Pupil Transportation Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio (NAPT). Earlier post.).

Columbus 170
article thumbnail

US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. The facility is used by the LRTA to store, fuel, maintain, and repair transportation vehicles (buses, vans, tow trucks etc.) Of that, $26.5 as well as administrative and dispatch services.

Emissions 256