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Tesla Model X fleet offering free rides to FIU students

Teslarati

The rides should help students who do not own vehicles, or at least those who wish to use their gas-guzzling cars less frequently. With the Tesla Model X fleet, the students are better shielded from the weather. Freebee would be operating a fleet of six Tesla Model Xs to serve FIU’s students.

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Coca-Cola adding 6 eStar electric trucks to North American delivery fleet

Green Car Congress

Beginning in September, six Navistar eStar all-electric, zero-emission trucks ( earlier post ) will be part of Coca-Cola’s growing fleet of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) in North America; the AFV fleet will surpass 750 units by the end of this year. Atlanta and Miami. Atlanta and Miami. and Hartford, Conn.,

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

Green Car Congress

Speaking at the 2009 World Methanol Conference in Miami, Richard J. DME is synthesized from methanol, whether produced from coal, natural gas or biomass such as harvested forestry wastes. LeBlanc, CEO of Chemrec, strongly advocated increased efforts to promote the benefits of dimethyl ether (DME) throughout North America.

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Can the World’s Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly?

Baua Electric

On Tuesday, in a ceremony that, of course, involved a soccer ball, the Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi pressed a button and a bottle of champagne smashed against the bow of Icon of the Seas, christening the world’s largest cruise ship at its home port of Miami. as a viable marine fuel.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

The Plug-In Partners campaign has now surpassed 6,000 fleet orders. Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids. As fleet orders increase, city governments around the country also continue to join the coalition.

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

Green Car Congress

The study analyzes how extensively local planning policies could either complement the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) of 2015 or compensate for its absence. The CPP is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. a rapid electrification of the automobile fleet. — Landis et al.