February 2010, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Chad Simon
In greening its fleet, Staples goes to great lengths to pair an electric propulsion system with a diesel engine and urges other fleets to demand more from OEMs to more closely meet their needs.
Tags: diesel-electric, Isuzu, Staples
January 2010, Automotive Fleet - WebXclusive
By Automotive Fleet Staff
Top viewed stories included "Top 6 Fleet Trends in the Medium-Duty Truck Market," "How to Develop a Fleet Safety Award Program," and "Reducing Risk with Driver Assessment Programs."
Tags: driver safety, fuel, GPS, Green, texting ban
December 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Grace Lauron
The Environmental Leadership Awards recognized fleet leaders who have led successful “green” efforts. Representatives from 21 commercial fleets were recognized.
Tags: Award, Corporate Fleets, ELA, Environmental Leadership Awards
December 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Lauren Fletcher
The Environmental Leadership Awards recognize individuals whose commitment and vision yielded significant eco-responsible initiatives.
November 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Grace Lauron
For 2010, automakers offer more hybrid models than ever for fleets to add to their selectors.
Tags: Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ford , GMC, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, Nissan, Toyota
October 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Karen Healey
Drivers trained and motivated to adopt fuel-efficient driving habits can improve a fleet’s fuel economy by as much as 20 percent. Even small individual gains can total significant savings.
Tags: fuel, PHH Arval
September 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Ashley Willis
As more regulations are put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the “going green” movement continues to expand, here are a few strategies fleets have used to green their operations.
Tags: City of Las Vegas, City of Thornton, Colo., City of Yuma, Ariz., Escape Hybrid, Florida Power & Light, Green, Hamilton County, Ohio, Illinois Fleet Central Management Services, Owens Corning, PepsiCo, PHH GreenFleet Program, Prius, Verizon, Inc.
September 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Grace Lauron
In addition to a newly shaped roof designed to provide more headroom for backseat passengers, the 2010 model also boasts a higher combined fuel economy of 50 miles per gallon.
Tags: 2010-model, Green, hybrid, Prius
September 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Staff
In the annual PHH survey of environmental fleet issues, 21 percent of respondents said current difficult financial times have accelerated their fleet management goals; just 9 percent said those efforts had slowed.
Tags: Environmental Issues Survey, Green, PHH Arval, survey
September 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Grace Lauron
Roush Enterprises has worked with the Propane Education & Research Council to produce several propane models for fleets.
Tags: Propane, ROUSH
August 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By William Forsythe
More than 120 fleet professionals from New Jersey and New York gathered to discuss the latest in alternative-fuel technology and efforts.
Tags: Christine Todd Whitman, NAFA, NJ Chapter, NY Chapter
July 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Staff
As companies struggle to pursue environmental goals during the current tight financial times, the 2009 Green Fleet Conference, presenting all things green, will show fleets “where to find the money.”
Tags: conference, Green Fleet Conference
July 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Shelley Mika
The Birmingham, Ala.-based insurance company has taken measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also has purchased offsets from a dairy farm to reduce methane emissions.
Tags: Climate Neutral Program, CO2, GHG emissions, Infinity Insurance
July 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Jason Mathers
Metrics to measure fleet environmental progress must go beyond simply totaling the number of hybrid and alt-fuel vehicles. A new generation of metrics will track fleet greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions.
Tags: benchmarking, EDF, Environmental Defense Fund , GHG emissions
July 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Cheryl Knight
PepsiCo has cut fuel costs and reduced overall greenhouse gas emissions since tripling its hybrid fleet in 2007.
Tags: Escape Hybrid, PepsiCo, Prius
April 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Thi Dao
Frito-Lay’s addition of 1,200 Sprinters nationwide is part of parent company PepsiCo’s
focus on resource conservation.
Tags: Frito-Lay, PepsiCo, Sprinter
April 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Bruce Dale
In the world after oil, cellulosic ethanol is among the more promising biofuel alternatives —
despite some prevalent myths to the contrary.
Tags: corn, ethanol, MSU, Myths, sugar
April 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Staff
The company’s new compressed natural gas trucks are expected to yield a 20-percent emissions reduction over the cleanest diesel engines available in the market today.
Tags: CNG, emission reduction, UPS
April 2009, Government Fleet - WebXclusive
By Paul Dexler
The batteries in hybrid vehicles today are based on nickel-metal hydride technology. They last a long time, but not forever. Here is what to do when the battery in a hybrid dies.
Tags: Batteries, NiMH, recycling
February 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Lisajoyce Vergara
Responding to increasing interest and demand for environmentally responsive programs, fleet management companies offer an array of corporate green fleet initiatives.
Tags: ARI, Donlen, ecomagination, EcoWheels, Emkay, Enterprise, EnviroFleet, GE Capital Solutions, 'goGreen', GreenKey, GreenPlan, Keys to Green, LeasePlan USA, PHH Arval, PHH GreenFleet, Wheels, Inc.
February 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Grace Lauron
Ryder’s approach to improving fleet fuel efficiency helps fleets reap the bottom-line benefits of going green.
Tags: hybrid, RydeGreen, Ryder
February 2009, Work Truck - Feature
By Chad Simon
Through the support of WestStart-CALSTART’s Hybrid Truck Users Forum, 13 utility fleets became early adopters of medium- and heavy-duty hybrid truck technology. Fleet managers report substantial fuel savings and few maintenance issues, though greater production is needed to drive premiums down.
Tags: Alabama Power, Danny Kings, Dave Meisel, Duke Energy Corp., Efrain Ornelas, Florida Power & Light, George Survant, HTUF, HTUF Working Groups, hybrid, Hybrid Truck Users Form, Jordan Smith, Mike Allison, Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, WestStart-CALSTART
January 2009, Automotive Fleet - Cover Story
By Mike Antich & Lauren Fletcher
Executive fleet programs are highly valued by management and many corporations, yet some companies are moving away from executive vehicle fleets. Here are opinions from both sides of the debate.
Tags: administrative cost, allowance, dollar limits, executive fleet, Green Fleet Initiatives, monthly dollar limit, negative perception, personal use, reimbursement, selector
January 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Lisajoyce Vergara
The City of Santa Monica, Calif.’s 3rd annual AltCar Expo presented a lineup of 100 eco-friendly vehicles with ride-and-drive opportunities and advice on how these vehicles can “green” the future.
Tags: AltCar Expo, conference, Green, Santa Monica
December 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Tom Murray
With new tools and good information, fleets can reduce global warming pollution, position themselves as good corporate citizens, and improve their bottom lines.
Tags: Carbon Offsets, global warming
December 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Steve Bennett
Launched in 2007, Cox Enterprises’ “Cox Conserves” program strives to green the company’s more than 15,000-vehicle fleet. The company is working to reduce its carbon
footprint by 2017.
Tags: carbon footprint, Cox Conserves, Cox Enterprise
December 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Steve Bennett
SC Johnson’s latest environmental initiative has been embraced by its sales force. Nearly two-thirds of the sales fleet’s 2008 spring orders were for hybrids. Approximately 14 percent of the sales fleet now consists of hybrids.
Tags: hybrid, sales fleet, SC Johnson
November 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Dan Kratz
From hybrids to electric vehicles, it is important to have the right fuel to drive down fuel costs.
Tags: all-electric trucks, biodiesel, Biomethane, Foton, Freightliner, hybrid, Hydrogen, International Truck and Engine, Natural Gas, UPS, Work Truck Engines, WorkStar, Zero-Emission Trucks
November 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Lisajoyce Vergara
Ford and UK-based Smith Electric Vehicles have launched two vehicles based on a Ford chassis. A zero-emissions light-duty van and medium-duty truck are expected to begin U.S. manufacturing by the end of 2008.
Tags: Ampere Van, electric car, Faraday mark II , Ford , Smith Electric Vehicles
November 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Staff
Top 50 commercial and public sector hybrid fleets.
Tags: Green, hybrid
November 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Cindy Brauer
Produced by Bobit Business Media, the conference covered such diverse topics as green fleet funding opportunities, real-world hybrid operating costs, and the upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards.
Tags: conference, Green Fleet Conference
September 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Staff
Both commercial and public sector fleets are steadily increasing their totals of alternative-fueled fleets.
Tags: alt-fuel, CNG, Electric, flex-fuel, hybrid, LNG
September 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Mike Guardabascio & Chris Brown
With environmental benefits, low operating costs, and application flexibility, NEVs may offer a viable alternative for your fleet. Yet there is much to consider before taking the leap to fully battery-powered vehicles.
Tags: electric car, EVs, GEM, Miles Electric Vehicles, Modec, NEVs , Phoenix Motorcars, Smith Electric, Tiger Star Electric Truck, Zap Electric Cars
September 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Phil Bolsta
The California gas and electric utility was honored for greening its fleet, which includes the use of alternative fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Tags: BlueSky Award, fleet-greening initiatives, PG&E
September 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Jim Stickford
El Pollo Loco’s new, attention-getting ZAP electric vehicles not only promote business, but also demonstrate the company’s environmental efforts to the general public.
Tags: El Pollo Loco, ZAP
August 2008, Automotive Fleet - Cover Story
By Staff
PHH Arval conducts an annual environmental survey of public and private sector managers. Eighty percent of the surveyed fleet managers reported a growing interest in fleets’ environmental impact at their companies.
Tags: emissions, Environmental, Green, PHH Arval, survey
August 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Shelley Mika
Last June, the telecommunications company added more than 100 alternative-fuel vehicles to its fleet. Going “green” yielded a positive outcome for AT&T, and it hopes other fleets can follow suit.
Tags: AT&T, CNG, Escape Hybrid, Green
August 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Staff
Three Bobit Business Media publications are sponsoring the first-ever Green Fleet Conference 2008. The event will set the stage for a proactive forum on issues related to clean fuel technologies, green fleet vehicles and equipment, and green infrastructures.
Tags: conference, Green
July 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Grace Lauron
Work Truck is one of three Bobit Business Media publications sponsoring the Green Fleet Conference 2008. The new event offers a forum for truck fleets to learn and discuss green technologies.
Tags: Green, Green Fleet Conference, Green Strategies
July 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Richard Nelson
Government mandates to increase renewable fuels production have prompted a growing use of biodiesel. Industry groups are setting standards for quality and monitoring the fuel’s production, transport, and storage.
Tags: alt-fuel, American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM D6751, biodiesel, biofuel, BQ-9000, Green, National Biodiesel Board
July 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Grace Lauron
Sponsored by three Bobit Business Media publications, the Green Fleet Conference 2008 will provide a first-time forum for fleet professionals
to learn and discuss green technologies.
Tags: Green Fleet Conference
July 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Staff
The company’s commitment to the community leads to a greener fleet.
In addition to making environmentally conscious vehicle purchases, PHI evaluates its entire fleet operation for ways to reduce its carbon footprint.
Tags: alt-fuel vehicles, hybrid, Pepco Holdings
July 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Shelley Mika
By converting the entire Safeway supermarket truck fleet to biodiesel, the grocery retailer has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by
34,000 metric tons.
Tags: biodiesel, Safeway
July 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Steve Bennett
The familiar brown UPS truck fleet operates one of the country’s largest alternative-powered vehicle fleets. The company’s strategy includes deploying a mix of vehicles in its 1,600-unit
AFV fleet.
Tags: Baytech System, CNG, UPS, Workhorse
July 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Shelley Mika
Verizon paired its communications technology with hybrid vehicles to green the company fleet.
Tags: Green, Verizon