Nissan has notched a major milestone in green transit, delivering the 75,000th Nissan LEAF in the United States. The purchaser was Rishabh Mehandru of Portland, Oregon, who had previously leased a LEAF for two years in an effort to reduce the emissions he was putting into the air. As Mehandru explained,“I’m a runner, and when […]
Crosspoint Kinetics has announced that its Kinetics Hybrid system is ready to go for a broad range of Class 3-7 vehicles with one system that fits most work truck and bus models. Examples include the Isuzu Reach platform, the Ford E-350, the Dodge 5500, the Chevy 4500, and dozens more. “As long as the front […]
MAN Truck & Bus, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MAN Truck & Bus AG in Germany, has opened it’s first CO2-neutral commercial vehicle plant. The production site in Pinetown, South Africa, has implemented the company’s climate strategy by using only renewable energies. A huge photovoltaic system has been installed with solar panels on 6,300 square meters […]
Nissan has announced that it is bringing its “No Charge to Charge” program to Indianapolis, providing two years of no-cost, public charging to new Nissan LEAF buyers within the Greater Indianapolis market Nissan formed a partnership with an unexpected ally in its effort to get drivers to kick gas and drive electric – Ricker’s. With […]
After reaching record levels in 2013, United States imports of biomass-based diesel fuel (both biodiesel and renewable diesel) fell 36%, to 333 million gallons in 2014. Analysts attributed the development to uncertainty surrounding future Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the absence of a late-year influx of volumes from Argentina. The strongest drivers of the […]
Waste Management of Southern California has opened a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Chino, California, designed to increase access to clean-burning fuel in the region. Noted City of Chino Mayor and Vice Chairman of the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Governing Board Dennis Yates, “By increasing accessibility to cleaner burning compressed […]
The sharing economy is moving to the commercial trucking field with On the Move Systems (OTCBB: OMVS), which has announced that it is recruiting trucking companies to join its new “Uber”-style on-demand freight platform. The service, offered through its ISTX platform, will provide quick local customized freights for users, creating a national network of freight […]
BYD, the largest battery and electric vehicle maker in China and Uber, the ride sharing startup that matches riders with drivers over the Internet, have announced that the two companies have reached an agreement to feature BYD’s electric cars in Chicago. Here’s how it works. The cars will be the BYD model e6, a large […]
Prins Autogassystemen, a Westport company, won the innovation award for its LPG Direct Injection its Heavy Duty Diesel Dual Fuel technology that makes it possible to replace a certain amount of diesel with LPG, CNG or LNG. This technology is being used worldwide in heavy duty vehicles. The 6th edition of the International Gas Show […]
TruStar Energy, one of the nation’s largest designers and builders of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure, has been awarded the contract to design and build a large public-access fueling station for CNG Energy, to support Liberal, Kansas and the surrounding Southwest Kansas area and Oklahoma Panhandle. CNG Energy currently has 12 Kenworth tractors, which […]
