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 Success: Coca-Cola Delivers
Our Success Story this week takes us to Atlanta, Georgia, headquarters of the giant Coca-Cola Company. As part of their commitment to the environment, Coke has added more than 750 hybrid-electric delivery trucks to their U.S. and Canadian fleets. The company’s interest in hybrid vehicles started in 2001. Since then they’ve worked with truck builder Eaton, to… Read More
Clean Cities Success: Green Ice
Our success story this week takes us to Brooklyn Park, Minnesota where ice hockey is their life...year round, there are leagues of adults and kids shooting pucks in rinks and arenas. And now, they do it in a cleaner indoor environment thanks to the purchase of two electric Zamboni ice resurfacers...the 560AC features a lead acid battery pack, as well as an… Read More
Clean Cities Success: Waste to Fuel
Our success story of the week hails from Hoover, Alabama where renewable biofuels reign supreme. 300,000 gallons of E85 are consumed each year by their flex fuel police vehicles. Hoover leads the state with 88% of their municipal vehicles using some type of advanced fuel, including biodiesel. Commercial B20 is used by their public works fleet, but the city… Read More
Clean Cities: Propane Taxis
Our Success Story this week takes us to MotorWeek’s hometown Baltimore, Maryland where Charm City is now in the propane taxi game. Veolia Transportation is adding over 50 propane cabs to their checker and yellow cab fleets. The gasoline-to-propane conversions are being done in-house. The 2-12 gallon tanks easily fit in the trunk, while a new dash gauge… Read More
Clean Cities Success Stories: Propane Vans
Our Success Story this week takes us to Kansas, and to Renzenberger Inc—a company that has provided crew transportation services to the nation’s railroads for nearly 30 years. When fuel prices spiked, Renzenberger looked to propane to help control costs. This year their fleet added 20 propane-gasoline Ford E350 passenger vans converted with the Icom JTG… Read More
Clean Cities Success: Boulder, Colorado
Our success story of the week comes from Boulder, Colorado, with a city-wide commitment to alternative-fuel vehicles. This lineup of flex-fuel police cars and light-duty pickups is a small sampling of the nearly 200 alt-fuel vehicles put into service since 2001. Along with E85, many of Boulder's maintenance trucks and street sweepers use B20 biodiesel.… Read More
Clean Cities: Texas Florist Episode 3308
Our Success Story this week takes us to an East Dallas, Texas florist that has used alternative fuel in their delivery vans since 1990. McShan Florist added compressed natural gas vans to their fleet more than 20 years ago to address the growing problem of urban air pollution. In fact, they were a pioneering stakeholder in the Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities… Read More
Clean Cities Success: Canyon County E85
Our success story this week takes us to Caldwell, Idaho, where a small county vehicle fleet has made a big commitment to running clean and green. Boasting the only ethanol-gasoline blending pump in the state, the Canyon County fleet of Ford Fusions and Crown Victoria police cruisers fuel up on domestically-produced ethanol. Anti-idling technology reduces fuel… Read More
Clean Cities Success: Delaware Rest Area
The big rig idle reduction movement is going strong in Smyrna, Delaware at the Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area on US highway 13. To help eliminate wasteful idling, the state installed 24 electrified parking areas through a federal grant in partnership with the Delaware Clean Cities Coalition… the units allow truckers to shut down their engines… Read More
Clean Cities Success: Biodiesel Program
An award-winning program in Texas is helping to eliminate clogged sewer lines and educate students about the benefits of biodiesel. The Cease the Grease program allows residents to discard leftover cooking grease at 21 sites throughout Dallas—including outlying areas like Cedar Valley College in Lancaster. CVC’s Automotive School has also embraced the… Read More