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FENTON, MI – Webasto is a manufacturer of fuel-operated heaters that eliminate the need to idle for engine pre-heat and interior cab comfort. ESW Group makes DPF (diesel particulate filter) systems. Fleets may be able to obtain DERA (Diesel Emission Reduction Act) funding for emission control and idle reduction equipment.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The recent popularity of hybrid cars has obscured an even more impressive surge in North American demand for diesel-electric city buses.
Read More →ATLANTA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Alabama Department of Transportation with a Southeast Diesel Collaborative (SEDC) Community Leadership Award for efforts to reduce fleet diesel emissions.
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LANSING, MI – The Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) has added three buses powered by General Motors' diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system to its mass transit fleet.
Read More →COLLIN COUNTY, TX — Though Collin County will use a cleaner fuel in its diesel equipment, it is also looking to add vehicles that run on neither diesel nor gasoline to its fleet, according to the McKinney Courier Gazette newspaper.
Read More →COLUMBUS, OH - Nine fleets, eight of which are in the public sector, have partnered with the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) to retrofit vehicles with diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs). The retrofits are made possible by a grant from the U.S. EPA, designed to clean up diesel fleets in Ohio.
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RICHMOND, VA – The Town of Blacksburg, City of Roanoke, and Virginia Tech are converting their diesel fuel-powered public works and facilities vehicles and power equipment to biodiesel fuel — a cleaner-burning, renewable diesel fuel replacement made primarily from soybean oil.
Read More →The Texas Commission on Fire Protection will investigate claims that the Houston Fire Department needlessly exposes firefighters to diesel exhaust fumes coming from fire trucks.
Read More →The new City of Ocala, Florida, vehicles consume about $30 of electric energy per route, compared to the estimated $130 of fuel per route with a traditional diesel vehicle.
Read More →In 2007, the City of Fayetteville, Ark., converted 52 percent of its 545 fleet vehicles to biodiesel. It currently saves 2.4 cents per gallon using B-20 versus petroleum diesel.
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