Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2013
The Polk County, Oregon, Sheriff’s Office is running 10 patrol cars converted to propane autogas, including seven Ford Crown Vics, two Chevy Tahoes and one Ford F-350 pickup truck; the office expects to save more than $20,000 every year by using the alternative fuel.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2014
Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. One of the catalytic conversion processes creates the high-octane gasoline blendstock. Earlier post.).
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Originally designed with autonomous vehicles in mind, Rocsys’s robotic charging arm has attracted interest from fleet operators. For the near term, Rocsys has its eye on another set of applications that may not seem so obvious—fleet charging. At the moment, our focus is mainly fleets—trucks, buses, yard tractors, etc.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
The AVTA’s testing of PHEVs demonstrates PHEV concepts in real-world usage by using fleet and public drivers. More than 215 PHEVs, representing 12 different PHEV models—mostly conversions—have made up the PHEV test fleet to date. Oregon E.V. PHEV Models Under AVTA Testing. AVTA PHEV testing.
Clean Fleet Report
JUNE 15, 2023
Mississippi, conversely, presents the largest gap, with an extra $79 per month on average required to insure an EV over a traditional vehicle. Tesla offers its own insurance coverage, in collaboration with other insurance companies, in states such as Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Virginia.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
Community members in Portland, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raleigh, North Carolina soon expanding to the Triangle region have already agreed to work with RMI’s Project Get Ready. Corporate/city/state fleets commit to buy a certain number of plug-ins (RFPs for major purchases or conversions).
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. CNG-Hybrid Buses: Purchase CNG-Hybrid buses to replace Ford Diesel vehicles in the ART fleet. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000.
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