Green Motoring
MotorWeek was one of the first mainstream media outlets to provide regular coverage of advances in green motoring technologies and the use of alternative fuels. With uncertain fuel prices, MotorWeek continues to give viewers a front row seat as automakers seek to strike a balance between giving car buyers the performance they desire and the fuel economy they demand. It’s said, “They don’t build them like they used to,” and that’s never been more true than right now!
Clean Cities: Boise, Idaho 6.22.2017
Our Success Story this week takes us to Boise, Idaho, where CNG gets the “stamp” of approval. Matheson Postal Services is one of the top 10 largest contract carriers for the U.S. Postal Service, transporting mail across the country. The company runs 286 long haul trucks, with 40 of those fueled with compressed natural gas. Even as a fraction of the total fleet,… Read More
Clean Cities: New Hampshire 5.25.2017
Our success story this week takes us to New Hampshire and the Manchester Transit Authority. They not only maintain public transit buses, but school buses as well. In 20-10 MTA began to convert 80 school buses to biodiesel, a first in the state. They also converted two, free to ride shuttle buses, to hybrid-electric biodiesel. MIKE WHITTEN: “The Green Dash buses,… Read More
Clean Cities: Johnson Space Center 5.18.2017
Our success story this week rockets us right into the heart of alternative fuel exploration at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. First off, visitors can hop on a propane powered tram for a tour of the JSC campus facilities. Which includes two plug-in hybrid vehicles…a Ford C-MAX and Fusion. The center’s charging stations use power provided in part by this… Read More
Clean Cities: Lexington, KY Electric Buses 4.27.2017
Our success story this week takes us to Lexington, Kentucky…where all-electric buses have just hit the streets. Lextran, the city’s transportation authority, brought in CNG buses in 2016…and is continuing to diversify their fleet, adding 5 all-electric buses this past January. It was an easy environmental decision to make, as the buses produce zero tailpipe… Read More
Clean Cities: Texas 3.30.2017
Our success story this week takes us to Texas…where everything is bigger…including the boom for alternative fuels. Freedom CNG opened their first station in 2012, and today has 4 stations across the state. With help from the Houston-Galveston clean cities coalition, the company was able to secure federal funds to help install this compressed natural gas re-fueler… Read More
Clean Cities: Louisville, Kentucky 3.16.2017
Our success story this week takes us to Louisville, Kentucky…where they’re “charging” towards the future with one of the country’s largest all-electric bus fleets. With help from the Kentucky clean fuels coalition and other partners, the transit authority of river city started adding all-electric buses to their fleet 3 years ago. Today, they have 15 Proterra buses… Read More
Clean Cities: Black Bear Biodiesel 3.02.2017
Our success story this week takes us to Plainfield, Vermont, where frying food serves up fuel! Black bear biodiesel takes waste cooking oil from area restaurants and resorts, and recycles it into biodiesel. In 2016, they collected 100,000 gallons of used oil. Renewable biodiesel can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 75 percent. Working with Vermont clean… Read More
Clean Cities: St. Landry Parish, Louisiana 2.02.2017
Our success story this week takes us to St. Landry Parish, Louisiana…. where one man’s trash is another’s fuel! The St. Landry Parish solid waste district collects about 300 tons of garbage a day. As the waste in the landfill decomposes, it gives off a gas, which is mostly methane. That gas is collected, conditioned, and compressed, then dispensed as renewable… Read More
Clean Cities: Greater Portland Metro CNG Buses 1.12.2017
Our success story this week takes us to Portland, Maine, where they’ve been running on clean compressed natural gas for over a decade! The greater Portland transit district built the state’s first CNG station back in 2005, and they haven’t looked back. Over 40 percent of their fleet now runs on CNG; displacing about a 150,000 gallons of diesel per year. As … Read More
Clean Cities: Baton Rouge, Louisiana 12.22.2016
Our success story this week takes us to the Cajun capitol…Baton Rouge, Louisiana…where new propane-powered buses are a welcome sight. August floods wiped out a portion of the East Baton Rouge Parish Schools bus fleet. When seeking replacements, the district decided to go green and ordered 10 propane buses. GARY REESE: “We’d been interested for a while in propane… Read More
