Although refinery capacity and product availability will continue to be a challenge, high gas prices and the prominence of environmental issues in the news will increase demand for alternatives.
Read More →SALT LAKE CITY --- Parvus Corp. this week announced that the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Consortium (VIIC) has selected the Parvus DuraCOR 1100 computer for its federally funded Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) initiative aimed at reducing highway congestion and crashes.
Read More →NEW YORK --- A new report from ABI Research concludes that some OEMs plan to introduce products incorporating Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) before the establishment of a national standard and infrastructure for the technology.
Read More →BURNABY, B.C., CANADA – WebTech Wireless Inc. has launched WebTech Quadrant Enterprise, a wireless fleet management solution that can be hosted by the large enterprise customer. Enterprise customers will be able to leverage their existing IT infrastructure to bring the WebTech Wireless telematics solution in-house.
Read More →DAYTON, OHIO – Gary Boyum, manager, Infrastructure Support Services for NCR, retired Dec. 31, 2006. Among Boyum's responsibilities was managing the company's U.S. service vehicle fleet of approximately 2,550 vehicles, which has the following mix: 130 cars/sedans, 1,870 minivans, and 550 cargo vans.
Read More →SANTA MONICA, CA – Southern California Clean Vehicle Technology Expo's official host, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), has invited public and private fleet managers, vehicle and infrastructure purchasing directors, maintenance managers, directors of transportation, county fleet supervisors, mayors, councilmembers, and others to learn about the latest in clean-vehicle technology.
Read More →To spur compliance with mandated air quality regulations, most state governments offer incentives to invest in alternatively fueled vehicles, infrastructure, and alternative-fuel production. Here is summary of incentives available in each state. For detailed state-bystate summary of incentives, see www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/incen_laws.html.
Read More →CHICAGO --- The Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) has released a study concluding that suppliers of urea, used in pollution-control equipment to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, can develop a retail infrastructure to support the use of the pollution-control technology in diesel trucks, buses and cars.
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What is biodiesel fuel? Produced from vegetable oils, the clean-burning biodiesel can be used in conventional engines with few, if any, modifications and is distributed through existing infrastructures.
Read More →FORT WAYNE, Ind. --- The Central Indiana Clean Cities Alliance held a workshop this week to educate local fuel retailers about the infrastructure needed to sell E-85 --- a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.
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