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‘Save money and go green,’ says AmericaCNG. Starting in Texas and working with a bevy of as-yet-undisclosed partners – with which it may form joint ventures or even buy outright – the Dallas-based firm is laying plans to be a leading purveyor of natural gas vehicle fueling services and vehicles in the United States,...
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Honda has maintained for years that cars like its dedicated natural gas Civic (left) will lead to cars like its hydrogen fuel cell electric FCX Clarity (right).
The federal government sees hybrid electric vehicles as a bridge technology to zero emission pure battery and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles – but it should include natural...
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Interest in fuel cell electric vehicles will re-emerge this year, as the limitations of battery EVs are realized, Pike Research says in a free white paper on fuel cells and hydrogen.
Interest in fuel cell electric vehicles will re-emerge this year, as the limitations of battery EVs are realized, Pike Research says in a free...
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UQM has supplied a PowerPhase Select 145 electric drive, in partnership with Fort Lauderdale’s ReGen Nautic, for the Goldfish 23 eFusion.
UQM Technologies (AMEX:UQM) has supplied a PowerPhase Select 145 electric drive, in partnership with Fort Lauderdale’s ReGen Nautic, for the Goldfish 23 eFusion.
The Norway-built day boat has achieved 47 knots, solely on electricity, and...
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Northern California’s Napa Valley Unified School District expects to take delivery this month of five hybrid electric school buses by Thomas Built — the first in the state. Drivelines by Eaton.
Northern California’s Napa Valley Unified School District is deploying new hybrid buses, employing parallel drive technology from Eaton and Azure Dynamics.
Napa Valley USD is...
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and his predecessor Gavin Newsom (now state Lieutenant Governor) will honor local taxi operators Wednesday for being making San Francisco the ‘Greenest Taxi City in America.’
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and his predecessor Gavin Newsom (now California Lieutenant Governor) will honor local taxi operators Wednesday for being making San...
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The Maryland Energy Administration has launched the commercial electric truck purchase program announced by Gov. Martin O’Malley at the Calstart-U.S. Army HTUF meeting this past fall in Baltimore (F&F, October 17).
The Maryland Electric Truck (MET) Voucher Program was announced by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley at the Calstart-U.S. Army HTUF 2011 event in Baltimore this...
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The California Energy Commission has released its program opportunity notice – PON-11-603C – detailing the state’s Buy-down Incentives for Natural Gas and Propane Vehicles.
Trucks like Freightliner’s new 114SD, the manufacturer’s first vehicle to be offered from product launch with CNG option, should get a boost from CARB program
CEC is making available $6.45 million for...
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Clean Energy Will Front the Incremental Cost of Natural Gas Trucks
As Part of New Pact with Navistar for ‘Commercially Viable Solution’
Navistar and Clean Energy Fuels have launched “a comprehensive natural gas strategy” designed to bring more options to operators who will buy fuel from Clean Energy, including fuel from the firm’s vaunted new network...
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The Hybrid, Electric and Advanced Truck Users Forum (HTUF) has changed their Twitter account name to @AdvancedTrucks. Same CALSTART folks behind the wheel, just made a name change to the account.
Now when you follow their Twitter feed for news of the annual HTUF event, you will continue to get related tweets year after year...
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