Fleet Operating Costs Edge Up in 2012

With only a few exceptions, overall fleet operating costs edged up in 2012. Light-duty trucks and SUVs saw an overall decline in expenses.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company Expands Green Fleet with Phoenix Motorcars' All-Electric Sport Utility Trucks

SAN FRANCISCO – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has added four Phoenix Motorcars all-electric sport/utility trucks (SUTs) to its clean-fuel fleet. PG&E will test the Phoenix Motorcars SUTs in its daily operations across its 70,000-square-mile service area in central and northern California.

GM Announces Pricing for CNG Pickups, Vans

General Motors will offer its bi-fuel Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks starting at $9,500 and dedicated compressed natural gas vans starting at $10,825, the company has announced.

DOE Publishes Notice of Rulemaking on EPAct 2010 Goal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) outlining a proposed modification to the 2010 goal of 30-percent U.S. motor fuel production to be supplied by replacement fuels.

Calif. Station Already Charging $3 a Gallon

UPS ‘Green Fleet' Passes 100 Million Miles Mark

ATLANTA, GA – UPS' fleet of alternative-fuel trucks has hit a major milestone, traveling more than 100 million miles to deliver packages to homes and businesses. According to a company press release, the total mileage accumulated since 2000 now stands at 108 million miles, or the equivalent of circling the Earth more than 4,337 times or traveling from Earth to Venus four-and-a-half times.

ACE Statement Responds to Stanford University Ethanol Report

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has responded to a news item reported in the April 24 edition of AF eNews that cited a report claiming that ethanol fuel may harm the environment. The report was by Mark Z. Jacobson of Stanford University, and published in the online edition of the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

High Gas Prices May Force Fleets to Add Surcharges

GAO Report Finds Federal Fleet Procurement Rules Conflict

WASHINGTON - A GAO report found conflicting goals and guidelines for energy efficiency and alternative-fuel usage in the federal civilian and non-tactical military vehicle fleet.