WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA – A plan to lease a segment of the West Springfield, Mass., public works fleet is being sup-ported by Mayor Edward J. Gibson and the head of the Department of Public Works, Jack L. Dowd, according to the Republican.
Read More →FORT WAYNE, IN – The city of Fort Wayne has replaced four pickups with hybrid GMC Sierras for the Water Maintenance and Water Pollution Control Maintenance departments, according to the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
Read More →OSWEGO, NY – Oswego Mayor John Gosek, the public official who loaned his city vehicle to a person who was not a city employee, apologized for using "poor judgment," according to the Palladium-Times.
Read More →LONGMONT, CO – According to the Longmont Times, members of the Longmont City Council will consider whether to pay Clean Energy $6,000 annually to subsidize the natural gas fueling station, buy it outright for $30,000, or get rid of the city's nine dedicated CNG vehicles.
Read More →PARADISE VALLEY, AZ – General Motors has announced that it will provide 28 state governments with Chevrolet Avalanche demonstration vehicles that can run on a fuel blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, according to the Arizona Republic.
Read More →INDIANAPOLIS – The city of Indian-apolis and IndyGo announced the addi-tion of two new hybrid transit buses.
Read More →ALBUQUERQUE, NM –The city of Albuquerque has added 12 hybrid buses to its mass transit fleet.
Read More →DETROIT — General Motors’ Chevrolet and GMC gasoline-electric hybrid pickup trucks — which double as mobile power generators — got their first real-world test helping hurricane victims in Florida, according to Automotive News on August 16.
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In a ceremony at the Clean Cities conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Miami-Dade County took delivery of the first of 50 GM hybrid pickups. The order came in response to a county mandate to decrease fuel consumption.
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