Green Fleet

MONTVALE, NJ - Mercedes-Benz' E300 BlueTec hybrid, the carmaker's first ever diesel-electric hybrid car, will soon be launched. Mercedes-Benz confirmed that the hybrid will arrive at European showrooms early in 2011.

Tags: diesel-electric, hybrid, Mercedes-Benz

DETROIT - Forgotten Harvest was one of 57 nonprofit agencies awarded grant money as part of a partnership with DTE Energy Foundation.

Tags: DTE Energy , Forgotten Harvest, hybrid

HERNDON, VA - Hybrid versions of all sorts of cars - even sports cars such as the Nissan 370Z - are in the works or on their way, and now Audi is adding to the list with reports of an A3 hybrid confirmed for production.

Tags: Audi, hybrid, Top 2009 News

DALLAS - Alon USA Energy, Inc. is converting its 170-vehicle fleet to hybrid and clean diesel power as part of a new initiative to reduce its environmental impact.

Tags: Alon USA Energy, clean diesel, hybrid

OAK PARK, MI - The new trucks, integrated on a Ford E-450 chassis and scheduled for delivery in 2010, join approximately 205 other Azure trucks already at work in Purolator's fleet.

Tags: hybrid, Purolator Courier

TORRANCE, CA --- Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. said it will debut a new dedicated hybrid concept vehicle during the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Tags: hybrid, North American International Auto Show, Toyota

HERNDON, VA ---Volkswagen of America Inc. unveiled its Up! Lite concept car at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. The hybrid car, capable of up to 70 mpg on the highway, features a Volkswagen TDI Clean Diesel engine, an advanced electric motor, and a seven-speed Direct Shift Gearbox.

Tags: hybrid, hybrid powertrain, Volkswagen, Volkswagen TDI Clean Diesel engine, Volkswagen Up! Lite concept car

DEARBORN, MI - Ford announced a 73-percent increase in U.S. sales of its hybrid models, with hybrid sales totaling 2,361 for the month of November.

Tags: Ford , Fusion Hybrid, hybrid, sales figures

DEARBORN, MI --- The Fusion Hybrid has been honored as one of Car and Driver magazine's "10Best" cars for 2010, just weeks after winning Motor Trend's Car of the Year award.

Tags: Ford , Fusion Hybrid, hybrid

DETROIT - Chevrolet, General Motors, and the National Federation of the Blind are working to identify a safe level of sound to alert the blind and other pedestrians to the presence of near silent-running electric and hybrid vehicles.

Tags: Chevrolet, electric car, GM, hybrid, National Federation of the Blind

TOKYO, JAPAN --- Toyota Motor Corp. said today it has received about 14,000 orders for its new SAI hybrid sedan, scheduled to go on sale in Japan on Dec. 7.

Tags: hybrid, Toyota, Toyota SAI hybrid sedan

LONDON, U.K. --- Volvo Trucks is launching an upgrade of its hybrid refuse truck, Volvo Trucks Europe Division said.

Tags: hybrid, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Trucks Europe Division

BOULDER, CO - Cumulative sales of hybrid vehicles in the fleet sector will total nearly 4 million worldwide between 2009 and 2015, according to a recent report from Pike Research.

Tags: hybrid, Pike Research, study

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - Central Hudson has been awarded a $700,000 stimulus grant to defray the incremental costs of four hybrid and four plug-in electric hybrid line trucks for use in daily utility operations.

Tags: Central Hudson, hybrid, stimulus fund

MEMPHIS, TN - FedEx Express is adding 51 gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles to its fleet, scheduled for delivery by the end of this year.

Tags: Azure Dynamics, electric car, FedEx, Green, hybrid

SACRAMENTO, CA --- Vision Industries Corp., producers of the zero-emission, plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell hybrid Tyrano semi truck, drew a little promotional help from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Oct. 20.

Tags: electric car, hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, Tyrano semi truck, Vision Industries Corp., zero-emission vehicles

LITTLE ROCK, AR - The new models have a long green stripe stretched across the sides to identify them as hybrids and are expected to save the company fuel, reduce emissions, and provide added safety at the work site.

Tags: emissions, Entergy Arkansas, fuel savings, hybrid

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Nine of the top 10 vehicles in the government's fuel economy rankings for the 2010 model year are hybrids, and the Toyota Prius again tops the list.

Tags: EPA, fuel, Fusion Hybrid, hybrid, Mercury Milan Hybrid , Prius

ANN ARBOR, MI --- A new report by the Sustainable Transportation and Communities group at the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a Michigan-based nonprofit research group, examines the benefits of converting corporate fleets from gasoline to compressed natural gas (CNG) and hybrid vehicles.

Tags: AT&T fleet, Center for Automotive Research , CNG, greening fleets, hybrid

WATERTOWN, MA --- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick last week visited A123 Systems, a maker of lithium-ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles, and touted the company's technology and role in helping the commonwealth's recovery from the recession, GateHouse News Service reported.

Tags: A123 Systems, Deval Patrick , electric car, hybrid, lithium-ion batteries

SACRAMENTO, CA --- The state-issued stickers that allow 85,000 hybrid vehicle owners in California to use carpool lanes even if they're driving alone are set to expire Jan. 1, 2011. Though there are a number of legislative proposals seeking to extend the deadline, they would exclude most of the vehicles that originally qualified for the program.

Tags: alt-fuel, California Legislature, carpool lane privileges, electric car, hybrid

EL SEGUNDO, CA - In September, Lexus raises the bar once again with the arrival of the most fuel-efficient luxury vehicle in the U.S. The 2010 Lexus HS250h hybrid sedan offers an unprecedented blend of advanced technology, luxury, and sustainable materials.

Tags: Hello Someday, hybrid, Lexus , Lexus HS250h

SYLMAR, CA --- Quallion, a lithium-ion battery maker, is requesting $220 million in stimulus funds to build a manufacturing plant that will make more than 20,000 batteries annually for hybrid cars and trucks by 2012.

Tags: Department of Energy, hybrid, lithium-ion batteries, Quallion, stimulus funds