The Interstate Clean Transportation Corridor
Alternative transportation fuels have been heralded as a way to shift heavy-duty trucks away from diesel or gasoline toward cleaner burning fuel, but the transition has remained a road too far for one...
View ArticleDOE Clean Fleets Partnership Keeps On Truckin With Major Expansion
Four major companies announced this week they would join the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) “National Clean Fleets Partnership” program to increase fuel efficiency in commercial vehicle fleets and...
View ArticleTransportation News Roundup (8 Top Stories)
So many stories have piled up in the past few days or so that I think it’s time for a few roundup posts. Here’s one on clean transportation: 1. Toyota reported today that its Prius model hit an...
View ArticleA 200-Mile “Date” with a 2012 Mitsubishi i EV
The experience of testing a Mitsubishi I for 4 days is a bit like getting to know someone, a date. As I slowly found out more about my partner in different settings, I was also able to observe...
View ArticleSustainable Brands 2013 Is Approaching
This article originally appeared on Gas2. Sustainable Brands returns to San Diego’s Paradise Cove for 2013. The 4-day conference, hosted by Saatchi & Saatchi S and presented by BMWi, promises a...
View ArticleUPS Is Testing Pedaled Electric Trikes In Europe
Originally published on Gas2. While Amazon thinks drones are the future of delivery services, for now, at least companies like FedEx and UPS still require people power to get packages to your door. In...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Saves Fortune 500 Companies Over $1 Billion
A new report shows that big mainstream corporations using renewable energy are saving a lot of money: over $1 billion collectively Renewable Energy Saves Fortune 500 Companies Over $1 Billion was...
View ArticleUPS Forum 2014 Puts UPS Experts At Your Fingertips
At “The Battery Show,” coming up September 16–18 in Novi, Michigan, there will be a free series of seminars on the topic of UPS systems. The seminars will delve into current issues with backup power...
View ArticleChinese Solar Panel Production To Double, Big Corporations Going Solar…...
More solar news for you solar lovers: Chinese solar panel production is projected to double by 2017. (sustainablog) Apple, Verizon, Google, UPS, Walmart, Kohl’s, IKEA, GM… there are a lot of big...
View ArticleMoney Talks: New Climate Pledge Enlists 13 US Businesses Worth $2.5 Trillion
The American Business Act on Climate Pledge rallies Coca-Cola, Google, Walmart, and 10 other US business powerhouses for President Obama's climate policy Money Talks: New Climate Pledge Enlists 13 US...
View ArticleWhile Tesla Tackles Cars, BYD Attacks Diesel Emissions With New Truck Line
While Tesla may have the lock on electric vehicles for personal use, BYD has its sights set on the commercial side of things and is charging forward at a staggering pace. We regularly cover BYD...
View ArticleUPS Debuts Use Of Delivery eTrike In US
One of the top package delivery firms in the world, UPS, has begun using a new eBike — er ... eTrike (an electrically assisted tricycle) — for package delivery in Portland, Oregon UPS Debuts Use Of...
View ArticleUPS Announces $18 Million Investment In Onsite Solar Energy, 5x Onsite Solar...
The shipping giant UPS will be investing around $18 million in new onsite solar photovoltaic (PV) projects expected to be completed by the end of the year in the US, according to an email sent to...
View ArticleWorkhorse Hybrid Delivery Vans Are 5 Times More Efficient Than Conventional...
Workhorse has begun field trials of its hybrid delivery vans and the results are nothing short of amazing. In normal real world driving, these vans get between 5 and 8 miles per gallon. Workhorse says...
View ArticleUPS To Deploy 1st Electric Hydrogen REx Trucks In September
UPS will begin deploying its first electric hydrogen fuel-cell range-extended (REx) delivery trucks this September in Sacramento, California UPS To Deploy 1st Electric Hydrogen REx Trucks In September...
View ArticleUPS Sets New Renewable Energy & Electric Vehicle Goals For 2025
The highly prominent global shipping carrier UPS has announced a new set of "sustainability" goals that will see the company greatly add to its fleet of alternative fuel and electric vehicles in the...
View ArticleNew York State Funding UPS Switchover To Electric Trucks
The state of New York is putting up $500,000 to assist UPS in converting the majority of its New York City delivery fleet to electric trucks
View ArticleUPS Deploys Delivery e-Bike In Downtown Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
UPS is continuing to electrify its delivery vehicles where it make sense to, with the recent announcement of a new e-bike delivery vehicle in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the latest example
View ArticleUPS Starts Electric Trailer Delivery Trial In London
UPS has dabbled with electric vehicles (EV), but it's got a fun new project in London that deserves attention. In a move to better optimize EVs, UPS is starting an electric trailer delivery trial in...
View ArticleUPS Deploys eBike (er … eTrike) Delivery Vehicle In Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Following closely on the deployment of an electric delivery bike in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), UPS has now officially launched a new "eBike" delivery vehicle in Fort Lauderdale (Florida) as well,...
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