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How Do You Make Fleet Efficiency Cool? Try a Tilt-Shift Movie

How Do You Make Fleet Efficiency Cool? Try a Tilt-Shift Movie

Sure there are entire fleets switching over to EVs, diesel hybrids, and natural gas-powered cars and trucks, but there's also massive fleet vehicle energy savings in simple--often behavioral--steps.

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Does the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Live Up to the Hype? Yes.

Does the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Live Up to the Hype? Yes.

By the time I landed in Long Beach, the storm was already to the east, the sky was blue and the air was warm. I grabbed my bags at the outdoor baggage claim looked up and saw the shiny-new Ford Fusion Hybrid.

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UPS ‘Green’ Vehicle Fleet Swells to 1,900+ Vehicles

UPS ‘Green’ Vehicle Fleet Swells to 1,900+ Vehicles

Addition of 245 natural gas-powered delivery vans adds to largest private fleet of alternatively-fueled vehicles in the shipping industry.

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ECOtality Expands EV-Charging Prowess Into Australia

ECOtality Expands EV-Charging Prowess Into Australia

Arizona-based car-charging start-up, ECOtality, has announced its expansion into Australia with its wholly-owned subsidiary, ECOtality Australia.

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World’s Largest Airlines Commit to Use Biofuel in Jets

World’s Largest Airlines Commit to Use Biofuel in Jets

A coalition of fourteen major airlines--both passenger and cargo carriers--have formally signaled their interest in using a plant-based biodiesel blend from a Seattle-based company.

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UPS’ New Diesel Hybrid Vans Cut Fuel Use by Nearly 30%

UPS’ New Diesel Hybrid Vans Cut Fuel Use by Nearly 30%

UPS is partnering with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to research and develop a hybrid diesel system for the delivery company's ubiquitous brown step delivery vans.

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Diesel GenSet Locomotives by CSX Cut Local Air Pollution, Boost Fuel Efficiency

Diesel GenSet Locomotives by CSX Cut Local Air Pollution, Boost Fuel Efficiency

As planned, CSX has continued to roll out the ultra low-emission diesel GenSet switchers.

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Company Improves Cardboard Box Recycling by Avoiding It

Company Improves Cardboard Box Recycling by Avoiding It

A company called UsedCardboxes.com says its cardboard box repurposing model will help save time, save money, and save trees.

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Electric Car Charging Networks Popping Up Across U.S.

Electric Car Charging Networks Popping Up Across U.S.

Thanks to a $100 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to embark on the project, the EV Project will be the first combination vehicle/charge-network roll-out in North America.

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2009: The Birth of the Electric Car

2009: The Birth of the Electric Car

2009 was the year of the electric car even though the numbers of actual cars sold or projected to be sold this year do not appear to support this conclusion.

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