Hybrid Police Units Fit San Diego’s Climate Action Plan
The City of San Diego's order of 100 Ford Police Interceptor Utility hybrids is the largest PIU hybrid order in California, and it has ordered an additional 59 units.
May 14, 2020
The City of San Diego's order of 100 Ford Police Interceptor Utility hybrids is the largest PIU hybrid order in California, and it has ordered an additional 59 units.
May 14, 2020
The Massachusetts State Police has ordered only the hybrid PIU for its frontline patrol vehicles this year and expects to see fuel savings.
April 15, 2020
Ford is seeing increased interest in its Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid, as orders of the standard hybrid version have increased to more than 20% of all its PIU units ordered to date.
April 1, 2020
Municipalities in Jefferson County, Wis., could save money by sharing equipment, including Public Works vehicles and fire trucks, according to a research group.
February 24, 2020
The City of Seattle released its updated Green Fleet Action Plan, detailing the steps it needs to take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2025 and use only fossil-free-fuel by 2030.
October 21, 2019
Atlanta's police vehicles have an average age of seven years and roughly 72,000 miles. An audit shows that 52% of the 1,065 vehicles in the fleet were beyond their life cycle.
September 18, 2019
The City of Norwich, Conn., can’t replace all its aging fire trucks, and its city manager is proposing reducing the fleet by four or five vehicles.
September 6, 2019
A former St. James Parish (La.) transit mechanic is accused of purchasing $11,000 in automobile and boat parts using parish funds that did not fit parish-owned vehicles, a Louisiana investigative audit found.
August 28, 2019
Kansas City, Mo., will nearly double its refuse collection fleet as it plans to fully bring trash collection in house next year.
May 24, 2019
Robert Martinez from the NYPD talks about hybrid police vehicles, fleet budgeting, piloting police SUVs, and efforts to improve vehicle utilization.
April 30, 2019
The City of Madison, Wis., has purchased 36 hybrid vehicles — 28 Ford Interceptor Utility vehicles for patrol work and eight Ford Fusion hybrids for detective work.
March 26, 2019
The Houston City Council has approved two measures to supplement its waste collection fleet and services.
January 18, 2019
When Hurricane Harvey struck in 2017, the Fulshear Simonton (Texas) Fire Department relied on other public entities and federal assistance for high-water vehicles. Now it has two of its own.
January 9, 2019
An audit of the City of San Diego, Calif., vehicle acquisition process found that the fleet department can make vehicle acquisition more efficient.
November 5, 2018
The City of Crystal Lake, Ill., expects to save $3.57 million over 15 years by moving to leasing for many of its fleet vehicles, including police cars.
May 22, 2018
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