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Articles•by Shelley Mika•January 6, 2012

Leveraging Grants to Build a Superb Sustainability Program

With the advent of new and improved fuel technology, more fleets are taking advantage of alternative fuels and creating greener, more sustainable fleets. But, despite their best efforts,fleets face a major roadblock: funding.

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News•January 5, 2012

GM to Upgrade Volt to Protect Battery and Related Coolant System

WARREN, MI – GM stated it conducted four successful crash tests between Dec. 9 and 21 with these structural changes in place.

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News•January 5, 2012

GM: Enhancements Will Further Protect Chevrolet Volt Battery from Fire Risk

WARREN, MI – General Motors announced it is adding enhancements to the vehicle structure and battery coolant system in the Chevrolet Volt to further protect the battery from the possibility of an electrical fire occurring days or weeks after a severe crash.

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News•January 3, 2012

Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of CARB Low-Carbon Fuel Standard

SACRAMENTO, CA – A federal judge on Dec. 29 ruled that the California Air Resources Board’s low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) regulations violate the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause and unfairly discriminate against corn-based ethanol producers located outside California.

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News•January 3, 2012

Energy Secretary Chu to Give Keynote Speech at Green Truck Summit

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is set to give the keynote address at the 2012 Green Truck Summit on Monday, March 5. The Green Truck Summit will be held March 5-6 in conjunction with the Work Truck Show 2012 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

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News•January 3, 2012

Washington Gas Converting 200 Vehicles to Natural Gas

WASHINGTON - This fleet conversion effort is part of the gas company’s overall effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent by 2020, when compared against a 2008 GHG baseline.

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News•January 3, 2012

Mitsubishi Reportedly Developing New Electric Work Truck

TOKYO, JAPAN – Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is in the process of developing a new electric light-duty work truck for launch in fiscal year 2012, Reuters reported, citing a news account from Japanese business daily Nikkei.

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News•January 3, 2012

Midwest CNG Coalition Meeting Set for Jan. 18

KANSAS CITY, MO – The Midwest CNG Coalition, formerly known as the Midwest CNG Task Force, is holding its annual meeting on Jan. 18 in Kansas City.

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News•January 3, 2012

Wind Turbine Produces Hydrogen for N.Y. Fuel Cell Fleet

The town of Hempstead, N.Y., recently completed construction of a 100-kW wind turbine that will produce pressurized hydrogen for use by the town’s fleet of fuel cell vehicles.

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News•January 3, 2012

Altec Building Green Truck Plant Near Sacramento

DIXON, CA – Truck manufacturer Altec Industries expects to complete construction of a new manufacturing facility in Dixon, Calif., in April. The plant will assemble alternative-fuel, hybrid and all-electric utility trucks as well as aerial lifts, the Sacramento Bee reported.

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