article thumbnail

Audi of America expands Traffic Light Information to include Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory (GLOSA)

Green Car Congress

Houston, Kansas City, Kansas; Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City, Orlando, Fla.; and northern Virginia. Today, more than 4,700 intersections support both the “time-to-green” and GLOSA functionalities. Enabled metro areas include: Dallas, Denver, Gainesville, Fla.; Phoenix, Portland, Ore.; San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

Light 305
article thumbnail

Clean Energy signs deals for more than 20M gallons of renewable natural gas in past 45 days

Green Car Congress

Clean Energy signed a two-year contract with LA County Sanitation to dispense LA County’s locally generated RNG at its public station in Carson which uses an estimated 720,000 gallons of RNG. Tidewater Fibre in Virginia has extended its service contract renewal for 50 refuse trucks using an approximate 500,000 gallons per year.

Clean 316
article thumbnail

US DOE Awards More than $47M in Recovery Act Funding to Advance Smart Grid Development; New Smart Grid Report and Smart Grid Clearinghouse

Green Car Congress

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was selected as the winner of the $1.3 University of Nevada – Las Vegas. Dramatic Residential Demand Reduction in the Desert Southwest (Las Vegas, NV) - $5,724,709.

Grid 150
article thumbnail

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy’s Paving the Way with Propane: The AutoGas Corridor Development Program. South Coast Air Quality Management District’s UPS Ontario-Las Vegas LNG Corridor Expansion Project. Total DOE award: $9,408,389. Total DOE award: $5,924,190.

article thumbnail

Best and Worst Drivers by City

The Truth About Cars

Based on insurance data tabulated by LendingTree’s QuoteWizard , the cities with the worst drivers (in descending order) include Virginia Beach, VA; Dayton, OH; Riverside, CA; Indianapolis, IN; Fresno, CA; Sacramento, CA; Bakersfield, CA; Greenville, NC; Salt Lake City, UT; Los Angeles, CA; and Greensboro, NC.