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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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Heidi On The Hot Seat

Creative Greenius

The South Bay is defined by the LAX Airport to the north and the Port of Los Angeles to the south - two of the biggest polluters in Southern California. Vehicle Fleet. That starts with gathering consumption data from electricity, gas and vehicle fleet records and digging through the cities 1990 utilities bills. Water and Sewer.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $17M to support alternative fuel and infrastructure projects

Green Car Congress

These trucks will displace conventional diesel trucks, which consume substantial quantities of petroleum fuel and emit substantial pollutants and greenhouse gases. The money is an augmentation to an existing Energy Commission award of $750,000, conferred in February 2010. CNG is much less polluting than conventional diesel.

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Volvo Trucks to begin limited production of DME heavy-duty trucks in NA in 2015; customer trials; Oberon partnership

Green Car Congress

At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. Volvo VNL D13 with DME. Click to enlarge. Fleisch is a member of Oberon Fuels’ Scientific Advisory Board.). Earlier post.)

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