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Odyne Systems delivers 7 plug-in hybrid work trucks through the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program

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Communities and utilities receiving the new technology were partially funded under the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program jointly administered through the Wisconsin State Energy Office and the US Department of Energy Wisconsin Clean Cities Program. Manufactured by DUECO, Inc. ComEd received a $1.5

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Argonne rolls out updated version of AFLEET alternative fuels and advanced vehicles analysis tool

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Sponsored by the DOE Clean Cities program, AFLEET (Alternative Fuel Life-Cycle Environmental and Economic Transportation Tool) is a free, publicly-available tool that provides users with a roadmap for assessing which types of vehicles and fuels are right for them. The Clean Cities program is responsible for displacing 7.5

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Zipcar has more than one million members worldwide who can reserve and use 10,000 cars in 500 cities in nine countries. In the U.S.

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Chemrec CEO Urges Serious Consideration for DME at Low-Carbon Biofuel for North America

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Earlier studies by Volvo and others have shown that DME made from the Chemrec black liquor gasification process is, of all other tested biofuels, the highest in energy and land use efficiency (it uses non-food feedstocks) while being the lowest in green house gas emissions and overall clean combustion.

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Waste Management piloting Rotopress collection trailers in North America; natural gas tractors

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The Rotopress design offers the facility of collecting a far higher payload more per round than conventional compaction-plate vehicles, and because of the design also features a self-cleaning drum (reverse the screw to empty). Milwaukee, Wis. —Eric Woods, vice president, fleet and logistics at Waste Management.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

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LiveWire Labs in Silicon Valley will communicate with Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee to “pioneer the future of motorcycling.” But it’ll be clean and fun, so this brand pivot makes a lot of sense. Story by Steve Schaefer; photos from manufacturers or Clean Fleet Report archives. first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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

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CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. CNG-Hybrid Buses: Purchase CNG-Hybrid buses to replace Ford Diesel vehicles in the ART fleet. Milwaukee County Department of Transportation and Public Works, Wisconsin: $210,000.

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