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Texas awarding up to $5.7M for alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles

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million in grants to eligible individuals, businesses, governmental entities, and school districts, to replace older diesel vehicles with new alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will award up to $5.7 Application deadline is 29 August 2012.

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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UPS plans to build an additional 12 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 380 new CNG tractors to its growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. At UPS, we own our fleet and our infrastructure. San Antonio, Texas; Tifton, Ga.; Columbia, S.C.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Trinidad, Colo.,

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

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Once completed, the LNG private fleet will be one of the most extensive in the US. An initial investment of more than $18 million to build fueling stations will be supported by the purchase of the 700 LNG tractors and continued expansion of the natural gas fleet in the US. Phoenix, Ariz., —Scott Davis, UPS Chairman and CEO.

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Kenworth Receives Largest Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order Yet

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Coca-Cola Enterprises has ordered 150 Kenworth T370 diesel-electric tractors and 35 Kenworth T370 hybrid trucks, all of which will be on the road this year. GCW) are the largest hybrid delivery truck on the road in North America. The CCE order is the largest yet received by Kenworth for hybrid tractors and trucks.

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Transit Connect Electric receives GSA contract award; estimated value more than $112M

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d/b/a Northside Ford) in San Antonio, TX. GSA is an important instrument in support of the Administration’s initiative that all new cars and trucks purchased by the federal government starting in 2015 will be hybrids, electric vehicles or other alternative-fuel vehicles.

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Flash Drive: 2022 Toyota Tundra

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All-New Including a Hybrid Option. Clean Fleet Report is a big fan of adding a hybrid option to any existing vehicle as a step towards full electrification. iForce Max V6 twin-turbo w/Toyota Hybrid System. iForce Max V6 twin-turbo w/Toyota Hybrid System. Ready to make a new climb. Power and Efficiency.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Sequoia

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All-New, All Hybrid. Toyota has added another model to its ever increasing stable of electrified vehicles with the all-new 2023 Sequoia now exclusively hybrid powered. Clean Fleet Report was invited to Toyota’s U.S. inches of ground clearance and the torque from the hybrid system, we easily attacked the ruts, rocks and mud.

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