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Coverage of electric, hybrid, hydrogen, and alternative-fuel vehicles, charging infrastructure, emissions reduction, decarbonization, environmental regulations, and strategies for building more sustainable fleet operations.

News•October 27, 2010

EPA/DOT Miss Opportunity to Include Natural Gas in Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Fuel Efficiency Regs

WASHINGTON - Domestically produced natural gas, which already fuels fleets across the country, has been left out of the government's proposed rule to reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency in medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, in spite of the fact that natural gas is the cleanest burning alternative transportation fuel commercially available today.

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News•October 27, 2010

Frito-Lay All-Electric Delivery Trucks Hit the Streets of Columbus

PLANO, TEXAS - PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division began rolling out some of its fully electric delivery trucks in Columbus. These ten electric delivery trucks will ultimately be part of the largest planned fleet of commercial all-electric trucks in North America.

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News•October 27, 2010

Enova Announces Incremental 100 System Order from Smith Electric Vehicles

TORRANCE, CA - Enova Systems, Inc., an innovator of proprietary hybrid and electric drive systems propelling the alternative energy industry, has received an incremental order to deliver 100 electric drive systems to Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV), manufacturer of the all-electric Smith Newton truck.

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News•October 27, 2010

DOT, EPA Propose the Nation's First Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Trucks and Buses

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses.

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News•October 19, 2010

ROUSH CleanTech Driving Alternative Fuels & Propane Forward

LIVONIA, MI -ROUSH CleanTech aims to increase the intensity of the corporate investment ROUSH has already made in liquid propane injection powered vehicles, while expediting new products to the market and putting more clean-fueled vehicles on roads worldwide.

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News•October 19, 2010

General Motors Offers Green Options for Fleet

SAN DIEGO - The first public showing this week of the industry's only fully integrated compressed natural gas cargo van leads General Motors' commitment to helping commercial customers decrease the environmental impact of their fleets.

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News•October 19, 2010

Smith Electric Vehicles Delivers All-Electric Trucks To Staples

KANSAS CITY - Smith Electric Vehicles today announced a new purchase order of their all-electric commercial trucks by Staples, the world's largest office supply chain store.

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News•October 15, 2010

Telematics to Help Web Service Company Cut Costs

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN - With a goal of significantly reducing its operating costs, Web Service Company, a national laundry services provider, has signed a new, three-year agreement with GE Capital Fleet Services to use GE's Monitor and Intelligent Ops telematics solutions.

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News•October 13, 2010

Free Webinar: How Propane Can Reduce Fleet Costs

TORRANCE, CA - Sponsored by Ferrellgas and ROUSH, Work Truck is hosting a free Webinar on the benefits of using propane autogas, including how it can help reduce operating costs by up to 30 percent.

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News•October 12, 2010

ServiceMaster's TruGreen Fleet to Add Hybrid Electric Trucks

OAK PARK, MI - TruGreen, a major professional lawn-care provider, is adding 10 hybrid electric trucks to its fleet for use in California.

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