MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
The City of Cambridge will replace three aging refuse vehicles with plug-in hybrid trucks, partially thanks to grant funding.
The Massachusetts State Police has activated automatic vehicle location (AVL) systems in nearly 3,000 cruisers, installing them in the vehicles rather than in laptops.
The Massachusetts State Police's bomb squad had a robot dog on loan, and it was used as a “mobile remote observation device."
The Massachusetts State Police has activated automated vehicle location (AVL) systems in all 1,087 marked police cruisers.
Derek Tavares was named fleet manager for the Massachusetts Port Authority in Boston.
An audit of Massachusetts’ Salem State University revealed that the university lacks efficient oversight of its fuel card program for university vehicles.
In an effort to improve officer safety, Massachusetts State Police adopted reflective vehicle graphics and more effective lighting.
XL Hybrids, Inc., has been selected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Operational Services Division, to be a vendor on the newly released Advanced Vehicle Technology statewide contract VEH102.
Engineers at MIT may have made a breakthrough in the production of renewable diesel fuels using a hyper-efficient version of a common food product, yeast.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts plans to study the feasibility of incorporating more electric vehicles into its fleet, in addition to measures to increase zero-emission vehicle use within the commonwealth.