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NewsAugust 5, 2010

City of Anaheim Installs Electric Vehicle Charging Station

ANAHEIM, CA - The City of Anaheim has installed its first ChargePoint Networked Charging Station for Electric Vehicles, located at the main office of Anaheim Public Utilities. The city is currently using the Coulomb Technologies unit to recharge two city-owned converted plug-in Toyota Prius’.

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NewsAugust 5, 2010

Culver City Adds First CNG Paratransit Buses

CULVER CITY, CA - The City of Culver City has taken delivery of its first dedicated Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered paratransit buses. The three new buses operate on clean-burning natural gas to further compliment the City’s growing fleet and dedication to CNG-powered vehicles. They replace three ten-year-old gasoline-powered buses.

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NewsAugust 5, 2010

City of Riverside Receives Electric Trucks

RIVERSIDE, CA - Alvarez ZAP, electric vehicle provider ZAP’s newest dealer in Riverside, Calif., delivered a shipment of six electric trucks to the City of Riverside during a grand opening press conference last week.

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NewsAugust 5, 2010

City Partners with UPS to Build CNG Fueling Station

NASHUA, NH - Thanks to an innovative partnership between the City of Nashua and UPS, the process of replacing seven-year-old Department of Public Works garbage trucks could become one of the city’s most significant green initiatives. The City is looking into getting CNG-powered trucks and plans to partner with UPS to build a permanent CNG fueling station.

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NewsAugust 5, 2010

Flex-Fuel Squad Cars Lack E-85 Station

GARY, IN - The City of Gary Police Department's fleet of new flex fuel squad cars are on the road, but ethanol fuel isn't available for refueling, and no one can say for sure when the city will have it.

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NewsAugust 5, 2010

San Francisco Police Test Electric Scooters

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Police Department is giving stand-up scooters (not Segways) a two-week trial.

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NewsAugust 5, 2010

NAFA Forms CARB Advisory Council

PRINCETON, NJ - The Association has formed the NAFA CARB Advisory Council, a new sub-committee of NAFA's Fuels & Technology Advisory Council, to provide input to both NAFA and the Air Resources Board on regulatory matters that impact fleet managers in California.

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NewsAugust 5, 2010

Minnesota State Vehicles Increase E-85 Use by 25%

SAINT PAUL, MN - Minnesota’s state agencies increased their use of cleaner-burning E-85 fuel by 25 percent to 437,063 gallons during the first half of 2010, part of their effort to reduce petroleum use.

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NewsAugust 5, 2010

California Car Dealership Delivers EVs to Local Fleets

The dealership, called Alvarez Zap, delivered its first shipment of six electric trucks to the city of Riverside last week, and will continue to serve the commercial and government markets in the Inland Empire.

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NewsAugust 5, 2010

Company Demonstrates Plugless Power for EVs and Hybrid Vehicles

Electrical current flowing into a primary source produces a flow of current into a secondary source, without using plugs or cords. But a 20-percent loss in power can take place during charging.

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