For daily commuters, weekend fun rides and even pizza delivery options, a new breed of electric bike is starting to roll at a price point that is far below that of some of the big brand name entrants. Meet Bat-Bike, which manufactures electric bicycles with an electric motor assist featured so that the bicycle can […]
Go Power!, a North American provider of solar-based mobile power solutions for RV, marine, work truck and over-the-road fleet vehicles, will showcase new applications for its Solar Flex solar panels at the NAFA 2015 Institute & Expo in Orlando, Florida. These new applications for the small, thin, flexible, ultra-high-efficiency Solar Flex panels include integration into […]
According to the latest research, more than 75% of U.S. transit buses are diesel or diesel hybrids. As a result says the the APTA, “America’s transit bus fleet is one of the newest and cleanest heavy-duty fleets around.” In 2013, 77 percent of transit buses were powered by diesel engines and fuel, or diesel hybrid […]
GE Transportation has completed the first production test of its GE Evolution Series Tier 4 engine. This production test evaluates the performance, emissions and mechanical properties of the engine. This is the first engine to go through the newly built test cell in Grove City and will be sent to one of GE’s locomotive assembly […]
Commercial fleets aren’t the only ones tapping into telematics. Consumers are getting in on the bandwagon now as well. Consider this: Autonet Mobile and AT&T Inc. announced an agreement to bring Autonet Mobile’s telematics solution, via mobile applications, to allow consumers to access their cars from their phones, allow auto OEM’s to update their cars […]
According to the latest research, Millennials decidedly skew toward used cars when they buy. In fact, used car purchases made up 78 percent of all Millennial car purchases last year, compared to 68 percent of all car purchases by adults 35 and over. And while Millennials accounted for 39 percent of all traffic to […]
UPS has placed an order for 445 new 160 DGE Behind-the-Cab CNG fuel systems for delivery in 2015 from Agility Fuel Systems, a leading designer and producer of natural gas fuel storage and delivery systems for heavy duty trucks and buses. UPS, which has been a leader in the adoption of natural gas in heavy […]
Nissan has announced total U.S. sales for March 2015 of 145,085 units, marking the second-best U.S. sales month in company history. For the company’s 2014 fiscal year, Nissan set an all-time record with 1,399,557 total U.S. sales, an increase of 8.9 percent over its 2013 fiscal year. At the same time, sales of the all-electric […]
Krug Energy, based in Arkansa, has turned to compressed natural gas to serve a fleet of 20 new Kenworth CNG-powered tractors. The fueling station, located in Searcy, Arkansas, was engineered by TruStar Energy, one of the nation’s largest designers and builders of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). It serves trucks from several other local fleets as […]
If your evening commute is feeling longer than ever, you’re not alone. TomTom has just released its 5th annual Traffic Index, a detailed measurement of traffic congestion in over 200 cities worldwide, and the data shows that evening rush hour adds nearly 50% more time to the commute of most Americans. The report also shows […]
