PASADENA, CA — CALSTART's second annual 2005 California's Transportation Energy Future Conference, also known as the “2020” conference, is set for December 1 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The conference will chart a course toward the year 2020 and a path to a better, more secure transportation energy future in California.
Read More →RALEIGH, NC and ALBUQUERQUE, NM — New Mexico and North Carolina are set to increase the use of alternative fuels. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed an executive order in late-September that requires cabinet-level state agencies, public schools, and institutions of higher education to meet 15 percent of their transportation fuel needs with ethanol or biodiesel by 2010.
Read More →TORRANCE, CA – Bobit Business Media and Vincentric, an automotive data compilation and analysis firm, have formed a strategic alliance to provide access to lifecycle cost data to the fleet industry.
Read More →CAMP PENDLETON, CA — At Camp Pendleton, the semis that haul the Marines' 70-ton M-1 tanks have been running on B-20, a mix of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel, for more than two years.
Read More →FOREST PARK, GA – William Collins has assumed the role of fleet manager for the city of Forest Park, Ga. He replaces Steve Riley.
Read More →MILWAUKEE — The Wisconsin State Patrol is adding printers to its squad cars that will produce tickets with the push of a button.
Read More →LOS ANGELES — On Nov. 15, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on a motion by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky to adopt the policy of making hybrid vehicles the primary choice when replacing or acquiring sedans and light-duty trucks within the county's fleet of approximately 15,000 vehicles.
Read More →CHANCELLOR, SD — Eight of 10 new vehicles in the state of South Dakota's motor pool this year will be flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs). The vehicles are capable of running on a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.
Read More →ATLANTA — The Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech now offers a Federal Logistics Certificate Program for federal employees. Any federal government or military employee with a valid “.gov” or “.mil” e-mail address is eligible for the courses.
Read More →CLEARWATER, FL — The city of Clearwater will add six more hybrid sedans to the three it already owns.
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