The California Energy Commission approved funding of $220,554 to expand the University of California, San Diego's charging network for plug-in electric vehicles.
MURFREESBORO, TN – Nissan North America Inc. has donated two Nissan LEAF vehicles and three charging stations to Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) to promote the use of electric-vehicle technology.
SALT LAKE CITY – The all-electric transit bus will be the first shuttle to be allowed to run across the heart of campus and will be timed to pick up passengers coming off eastbound trains on a 15-minute cycle.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA & STANFORD, CA – Honda recently delivered 2013 Fit EV battery-electric vehicles to Google Inc. and Stanford University as a part of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program. Program participants are the first recipients of the 2013 Fit EV in the United States.
LOUISVILLE, KY -- The Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition winter meeting included an awards ceremony honoring the environmental performance of fleets participating in the group’s voluntary Green Fleets of the Bluegrass program.
MORGANTOWN, WV -- Ralphs Supermarkets, a California-based division of the Kroger Co., recently enlisted the help of West Virginia University engine emissions experts to further green its delivery fleet and meet state emissions requirements.
CLEMSON, SC — The biodiesel program at Clemson University has been named Energy Project of the Year by the Association of South Carolina Energy Managers.
BERKELEY, CA — When California terminated a program that gave carpool lane access to hybrid car drivers traveling alone, the state created an unintentional consequence: slowed traffic in all lanes, according to transportation engineers at the University of California, Berkeley.
PITTSBURGH — According to a new study from Carnegie Mellon University, plug-in vehicles with small battery packs and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) that don't plug in can reduce life cycle impacts from air emissions and enhance oil security at low or no additional cost over a lifetime. But plug-in vehicles with large battery packs are more costly and may have higher or lower emissions than HEVs, depending on where and when they are plugged in.
PRINCETON, NJ -- NRG Energy Inc. said it is partnering with the University of Delaware on eV2g, a company commercializing new technology that will enable EV owners to sell electric storage services from the batteries of parked EVs to help stabilize the electricity grid.