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: Rockville, MD 1.15.2015
Our success story this week takes us to Montgomery County, Maryland where the county’s new fleet headquarters in Rockville is also a depot for their CNG transit buses. Nearly 75% of their 400+ fleet use the cleaner burning fuel displacing nearly 1 million gallons of diesel a year. A Maryland clean air grant also helped build 16 level II charging stations, and… Read More
Clean Cities: Electric School Buses 12.18.2014
Our success story this week takes us to California’s Gilroy Unified School District and a first of its kind “zero emissions squared” school bus project. Using a team of companies including Adomani Electric, they converted a diesel school bus to electric power where solar panels will be used to help charge it up. With a payback of only 6 years, this approach could… Read More
Clean Cities: Louisville, Kentucky 12.04.2014
Our success story this week takes us to Louisville, Kentucky where a family-owned trucking company is making the alternative fuel switch! In 2012, M&M Cartage bought one compressed natural gas truck to see if it could handle over 400 interstate miles of hauling every day. Based on the results, the company decided to expand their CNG fleet with 30 more cummins… Read More
Clean Cities: Chaska, Minnesota 11.06.2014
Our success story this week takes us to Chaska, Minnesota, and the Eastern Carver County School District, where the switch to propane has fired up big savings. Eastern Carver County is replacing more than 100 Diesel buses with ones that run on clean propane. To date, 31 have been delivered. While the new buses cost more, the switch is already paying off with… Read More
Clean Cities: Blue Ridge Parkway 10.23.2014
Our success story this week takes us to the Blue Ridge Parkway, the 469-mile scenic highway that winds its way from the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Thanks to the Department of Energy clean cities national parks initiative, the parks recently added 4 Ford C-MAX… Read More
Clean Cities: Asheville, NC 9.25.2014
Our success story this week takes us to Asheville, North Carolina which has recently added 4 compressed natural gas refuse trucks to its fleet. They fuel up overnight at these time-fill posts. Working with the Land of the Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition—the city also received funding for 25 CNG pickup trucks-including this Ford F-150 used by the fire … Read More
Clean Cities: Richmond, VA 9.11.2014
Our Success Story this week comes from Richmond, Virginia-where compressed natural gas refuse trucks are a common sight. The city has acquired 25 high compaction CNG trucks along with 2 natural gas fueled Honda Civics. Federal incentives and support from Virginia Clean Cities helped off-set vehicle costs. A private 13-lane CNG fueling station was also built to… Read More
Clean Cities: Washington, D.C. 8.28.2014
Our success story this week takes us to Washington, D.C. where a varied mix of alternative fuels, from e85 to compressed natural gas, to bio-diesel, and even all-electric, are used throughout the District of Columbia government’s fleet. Even parking enforcement runs on electric-power. Nearly 60% of their fleet runs on cleaner burning fuels like b20, and they began… Read More
Clean Cities: Montgomery County, PA 8.14.2014
Our Success Story this week takes us to Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Their school district has been a leader in alternative fuels since 1995, as the state’s first to operate compressed natural gas school buses. 61, or nearly half of their 117 buses run on CNG, including new, smaller Class “A” buses. Among the largest such fleets on the… Read More
Clean Cities: St. Louis, Missouri 8.07.2014
Our success story this week takes us to St. Louis, Missouri, the home of fleet operations for AT&T. In 2009 the telecommunications giant pledged to add 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles in 10 years. In March a milestone was reached when the 8,000th compressed natural gas vehicle arrived. Their CNG fleet ranges from fuel transfer trucks to service tech vans. Most… Read More
