Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) and Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) have announced that they have received certification from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to sell the model year 2015 Allison H 40/50 EP™ hybrid propulsion system paired with the Cummins ISB6.7 and ISL9 diesel-electric hybrid engines for transit buses and coaches. The dual […]
Nissan and George Power have announced a new partnership to make EV charging available at more workplaces in the Atlanta region. Through a new partnership funded by Nissan and Georgia Power, local employers can receive a $1,000 rebate for each 240-volt, Level 2 charger installed – $500 from Georgia Power and a matching $500 from […]
Ford, at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, has announced a new cloud-based fleet management solution engineered to help commercial customers better manage vehicles and improve their customer service. Called Ford Telematics™, it is powered by Telogis® and delivers real-time actionable analytics and communications capabilities globally. “Commercial trucks have to be more than delivery boxes […]
Crosspoint Kinetics, a subsidiary of Cummins Crosspoint, has announced at the Work Truck Show that it has forged an alliance with leading walk-in van producer Morgan Olson that will make Kinetics Hybrid-powered delivery vehicles available to customers throughout North America. The Kinetics Hybrid from Crosspoint Kinetics transforms Morgan Olson’s class 3-7 delivery vans and trucks […]
Clean Burn, a leader in waste oil furnaces, has named Jeff Townsend as president, succeeding Barry Brandt who moves up to CEO. Townsend previously held key senior management positions with Eclipse, Inc. of Rockford Illinois, a worldwide manufacturer of products and systems for industrial heating and drying applications. He served there for more than 25 […]
Volvo Cars is currently running a pilot with 1,000 cars in Sweden and Norway to test its connected car concept. The approach attempts to create an environment in which road status data collected by cars is shared with other road users and with local authorities through a connected car cloud, such as the Volvo Cloud. […]
Hybrids has announced that its XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System is now available on the Reach™ commercial van from Isuzu and Utilimaster and will be shown at the Work Truck Show. As the first diesel-powered vehicle with the XL3 powertrain, the Reach is engineered for national delivery service companies, public sector and corporate fleets that […]
To meet the needs of a broad range of firms in the green transit industry, particularly those that continuous battle to maintain and boost their Google rankings, Green Transit News has introduced SEO+™ — engineered to support and raise a company’s rankings in non-paid searches on leading sites, such as Google, Yahoo and Bing. Here’s how […]
With Europe’s green transit sector still in its infancy, some are arguing that more regulations are required to offset falling oil prices, which in turn may tempt drivers back to traditional gas-powered vehicles, and larger guzzlers at that. Certain analysts argue that renewable power has reached the point where it no longer affected, or affected […]
When all the data is in, the number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roadways last year is expected to remain relatively on par with 2013 and approximately 15 percent higher than it was in 2009. Using preliminary data provided by the 50 State Highway Safety Offices and the District of Columbia, Dr. Allan Williams, former […]
