ROCHESTER, NY – The number of GM hybrid-powered buses ordered by New York transit agencies has grown to 113. When the deliveries are completed next year, New York will have the second-largest statewide fleet of GM hybrid-powered buses; the state of Washington leads with 240 hybrid-powered buses.
Read More →JACKSONVILLE, FL – An anonymous e-mail from a Jacksonville City employee to the Council Auditor's Office led to a recent audit of the City's Fleet Management Division.
Read More →LANSING, MI – The City of Lansing will begin using engine lubricants made from vegetable and other bio-based oils as part of an effort to reduce greenhouse emissions and increase the city fleet's efficiency.
Read More →NASHVILLE– Fleet One, a provider of fuel cards and fleet-related payment solutions to businesses and government agencies with vehicles, said that its fuel cards are now accepted at participating Cenex convenience stores and fuel sites across the country.
Read More →NEW YORK CITY –- Garbage truck fleets in a growing number of cities, including New York City and San Francisco, are switching to biodiesel, which experts say can cut soot and greenhouse gas emissions at no extra cost, according to USAgNet.
Read More →LAS VEGAS– The City of Las Vegas said it has to reduced the nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions of its diesel and biodiesel-fueled equipment by 18 percent using a fuel additive, called XenTx Diesel Fuel Treatment.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI – New for the 2008-model year, the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor comes standard with E-85 capability.
Read More →DES MOINES, IA – On June 21, Iowa Governor Chet Culver signed an executive order requiring more of the state's flex-fuel vehicles be powered by E-85.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Postal Service has won two environmental awards — one for a revenue-generating recycling program and another for an E-85 alternative-fuel project.
Read More →CALAVERAS, CA – Former Public Works Lead Mechanic Lee Rhodes will now stand trial before a jury on charges of alleged embezzlement of county property.
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