Green Fleet

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

By Grace Lauron

Roush Enterprises has worked with the Propane Education & Research Council to produce several propane models for fleets.

Tags: Propane, ROUSH

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

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

By Grace Lauron

GMP has improved fuel mileage 25 percent through the purchase of smaller vehicles and hybrids, and conversions of two hybrids to plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Tags: Chicago Climate Exchange, Green Mountain Power, hybrid bucket truck

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

By Joe Bohn

The West Palm Beach-based utility fleet operates more than 60 Class 7 conventional and electric plug-in hybrids and will add more in the future.

Tags: bucket truck, Class 7 Hybrid, Florida Power & Light, FPL, PHEV

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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