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With 250 electric refuse trucks now in service, Republic Services is learning that scaling a new powertrain depends as much on routes, drivers, technicians, and daily operations as it does on the truck itself.
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DETROIT – The recent Detroit Auto Show featured Toyota’s A-BAT Hybrid Concept. The vehicle has four doors, a pug nose, and a sloping roof line that comes down on either side of a four-foot cargo bed that can be extended to six feet by dropping the tailgate
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CHICAGO – The Denali XT Hybrid, featured at the Chicago Auto Show, features an innovative hybrid powertrain, a 4.9L V-8 engine teamed to an electric motor.
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KIRKLAND, WA – Kenworth Truck Company will expand its presence in the growing market for LNG vehicles by beginning production of Kenworth T800 LNG trucks at its Renton, Wash. manufacturing facility in 2009.
Read More →FARMINGTON HILLS, MI – The Work Truck Show 2008 and 44th Annual National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Convention, running Feb. 25-28, will feature a full-day “Hybrid Truck and Alternative Fuels Summit,” as well as a ride and drive.
Read More →COLONIE, NY – Albany International Airport and the Capital District Transportation Authority will join in a test program to try out cleaner-running hydrogen vehicles as part of their fleets.
Read More →KING COUNTY, WA– With just 7,300 miles on its odometer, one of King County’s newest work trucks is already proving its worth.
Read More →LAS VEGAS - Alternate Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) will hold a free 90-minute live Webinar, "All Charged Up: The Promise of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles", Tues., Feb. 26.
Read More →OAKLAND, CA - With the soaring cost of fuel and transportation’s dramatic impact on the environment, companies have no choice but to look at logistics as a place to go green.
Read More →CHICAGO – General Motors will showcase several gas-saving commercial vehicles at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show Feb. 6–17.
Read More →NETTLETON, MS – According to Dr. Richard Craven, spokesperson for Universal Bioenergy, a Mississippi-based biodiesel manufacturer, more biodiesel use could help stimulate the economy as well as help cut CO2 emissions.
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