Blair Poulsen, appointed as CleanFuel USA's director of sales, will be responsible for leading a team dedicated to the relationships and sales needs for both propane refueling infrastructure and OEM vehicle technology.
The University of Michigan Solar Car Team will show off some of its latest solar, electric vehicle technology, featuring its 11th race vehicle ‘Quantum’ at the 2013 Green Fleet Conference & Expo. This national champion vehicle, which uses the same amount of energy as a household hair-dryer, is part of a project that began in 1990.
The plant that uses waste-to-biofuels (W2B) technology has a capacity to treat 25,000 tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) from which it will obtain up to 1.5 million liters of bioethanol for use as fuel.
From 2010-2012, California was the number one state with the fastest growth in registrations of new diesel cars and SUVs.
Harrah’s Reno, along with Harrah’s and Harveys Lake Tahoe, installed electric vehicle (EV) charging stations supplied by Schneider Electric’s EVlink brand. The EVlink charging solution has a LCD screen that displays instructions, status, and usage information.
Alicia Rolfe has more than 17 years of financial management and accounting experience, Omnitek said.
Altech-Eco Corporation, a Ford QVM gaseous fuel developer and installer, added the 2014 Ford F-150 3.7L pickup truck with the Ford supplied CNG gaseous prepped engine to its product line. The Ford F-150 will be available as bi-fuel or dedicated.
The Electric Vehicle-Smart Grid Interoperability Center was built in order to eliminate trade barriers by providing a predictable framework with universal connectivity and interoperability between electric vehicles (EVs) and the electric charging infrastructure.
As part of the U.S. EPA's commitment to ensuring consumers are given accurate fuel economy values, the agency is revising its MPG estimates for the 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid and said it plans to update its fuel economy labeling regulations.
Former IMPCO Automotive and Azure Dynamics sales executive to lead XL Hybrids’ North American sales team. According to XL Hybrids, Jay Sandler's goal is to accelerate sales of the company’s hybrid electric powertrains from hundreds to thousands of units annually.
The BMW i3 features a 170 horsepower hybrid-synchronous electric motor powered by a 22-kWh lithium-ion battery. The vehicle’s range is 80 to 100 miles, and the automaker plans to offer an optional two-cylinder gasoline range extender engine, which will improve the vehicle’s range to 160 to 180 miles.
The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) recently elected Paula Wilson, director of marketing at AmeriGas Propane in Valley Forge, Pa., as Executive Committee officer and the first woman to lead the organization.
Since 2008, Michelin has donated more than 1,400 tires to help equip Yellowstone National Park’s fleet of 800 vehicles, which includes everything from patrol cars and garbage trucks to giant earth-moving vehicles, rotary snow plows, and large load-hauling tractor trailers.
With the exhibit hall filling up fast for the 2013 Green Fleet Conference Oct. 1-2 in Phoenix, the Chevron company Delo will bring its 80-foot, rolling education center for attendees to check out its premium performance engine oils, lubricants and coolants.
Venchurs Vehicle Systems, a compressed natural gas (CNG) conversions provider for Ford Motor Company, will now offer CNG conversions for the 3.7L Ford F-150.
Icom has been approved to convert all Ford E- and F-series platforms to propane autogas, from 14,000 to 33,000 gross vehicle weight rating, from 2009 to 2014 model-year trucks and vans.
The Westport WiNG powered Ford F-150 will offer customers a range of options to meet their needs in a variety of cab, bed, and driveline configurations. Pricing and details on how to order Westport WiNG powered F-150 trucks will be available in September, according to the company.
At the 2013 Green Fleet Conference & Expo you’ll hear about two fleet case studies that delve into re-refined motor oil and how it lowered their maintenance costs and furthered their sustainability goals.
IdleBox was developed by Argonne National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities initiative.
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a $19 million New York Truck-Voucher Incentive Program to encourage the purchase of battery-electric commercial trucks and other energy-efficient transportation.
Fundamentally, the FCV market is dependent on the development of infrastructure, which will determine the timing and volume of automaker FCV rollouts.
The City of Loveland, Colo.’s Fleet Manager, Steve Kibler, participated in the organization’s Alternative Fuel Vehicle Driving Experience, driving the Nissan LEAF to the meeting and recording his experiences.
The coaches are the nation’s first two Ford F-550 buses built with the ROUSH CleanTech dedicated liquid propane autogas fuel system, according to Shuttle Express.
GM said its powertrain engineers focused on calibrating the actuator so it precisely opens and closes the engine’s valves in order to optimize performance.
Ford is proving that pickups can be green and tough by adding rice hulls to the list of sustainable materials used to build F-150s.
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