The city of Los Angeles is aiming to have at least 80% of its cab fleet be green by 2015. The Green Taxicab Program, implemented in 2011, requires City hall to meet certain annual standards for fuel efficient vehicles. As of December 31, 2013, 988 of the city’s cabs meet the green requirement–more than halfway […]
Phoenix Cars LLC, known for its cutting edge electric vehicle technologies, will be introducing a 14-passenger all-electric shuttle bus for U.S. fleets as well as international markets. The new electric vehicle platform can also support medium-duty fleet vehicles making them a more cot-efficient, sustainable option. According to Steven Davis, president of Phoenix Cars, “Our electric […]
Car rental companies have been ramping up their fleets in the last few years by adding an array of exotic vehicles. Lots no longer offer just the standard compact, mid-size, and SUV’s. Now, renters can get behind the wheel a dream car like a Ferrari, Bentley, Tesla, Aston Martin, or Lamborghini. Last year, Hertz launched […]
Just weeks after introducing the electric E-Up, Volkswagen has announced plans to add a van version to its fleet that will use the same battery-powered drive train. Although the company is still researching, it’s confident there is a need for an electric commercial van fleet. “The E-Load Up makes sense for businesses operating in big […]
The exotic Lamborghini Gallardo is joining the Los Angeles Police Department’s fleet of vehicles. However, commuters in LA shouldn’t expect to see the fancy—and fast—Italian sports car zipping along the freeway in hot pursuit of a suspect or pulling over drivers guilty of a California rolling stop. The new fleet vehicle, painted black and white […]
The California Public Utilities Commission is considering requiring rideshare fleets to provide vehicles catering to the disabled. The change could come as early as September and would be a first in the rideshare industry. Rideshare companies are known as Transportation Network Companies because they put drivers and passengers in touch with each other and consider […]
UPS announced this week it will add 1,000 propane-powered trucks to its delivery fleet within a year. The parcel delivery service has been steadily working to adopt clean transportation technology and this new fleet of trucks will join the 900 or so propane-powered vehicles already in use. The trucks will be used largely in rural […]
More than 100 cars were up for the honor of being the very first UK Car of the Year. The judging panel was comprised of 27 journalists from publications like Top Gear Magazine, The Sunday Times, Fleet World, and Auto Express. The first model of this luxury fleet vehicle has also been named Supermini of […]
Six decades worth of historic police cars cruised through London recently on their way to a new home as hundreds of people came out to watch the fleet procession. The fleet included a number of iconic vehicles like the 1948 Wolseley used in the Queen’s coronation and an armored vehicle with bullet proof glass. Classic […]
Walmart plans to double fleet efficiency by 2015 and has revealed its new concept truck and trailer called the Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience–or WAVE. The new fleet vehicle is a collaboration between Capstone Turbine, Great Dane Trailers, and Peterbilt. The WAVE is a “prototype advanced turbine-powered, range-extending series hybrid powertrain (or microturbine-hybrid powertrain) combined with […]
Commercial truck fleets will welcome an estimated 350,000 environmentally friendly vehicles by 2030. Although electric vehicles have successfully entered the market and been embraced by consumers, commercial fleets have been more challenging. According to Navigant Research, “Government stimulus spending from 2008 to 2011 spurred R&D, production, and deployment of hybrid and plug-in commercial trucks, but […]
A recently introduced bill, the Federal Leadership Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act, would allow the USPS to use energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) to improve fleet efficiency. The USPS operates the nation’s largest civilian fleet and using ESPC’s to improve fleet efficiency would save nearly 150 million gallons of fuel a year. “The Postal Service […]
Bandera City Council unanimously approved installing GPS tracking systems in every vehicle in the city’s fleet. The idea first arose last year and was quickly shutdown by council members concerned the tracking systems were glorified spy tools. However, the suggestion was revisited and council member Jim Hannah calls it “a good analysis tool” that protects […]
São Paulo is looking to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions through the improvement of the transportation system and is ready to launch a fleet of all electric buses. Ideally, the entire municipal bus fleet will use renewable fuels by 2018. In 2011, SPTrans began testing various technologies including sugarcane diesel and biodiesel, trolleybuses, and ethanol […]
Houston is the first city in the nation to launch a program of this kind. Partnering with Zipcar, Houston will put 50 electric and hybrid vehicles on the road to promote the new EV green fleet sharing program. Despite being known for oil production, Houston’s Mayor Annise Parker is trying to give the city a […]
The U.S. Department of Energy has upgraded its Vehicle and Infrastructure Cash-Flow Evaluation tool, part of the Clean Cities program, allowing fleet managers to evaluate compressed natural gas refueling infrastructure as well as deployment of CNG vehicles. Users enter fleet-specific data like vehicle type, number of vehicles, and fuel use, and the VICE tool estimates […]
The two companies announced recently FedEx Express will begin testing the Nissan e-NV200 in Washington, D.C. FedEx and Nissan have done similar tests of the battery-electric cargo van in Brazil, Singapore, Japan, and the United Kingdom, but this will be the first real-world test in North America. Both companies are dedicated to reducing their environmental […]
The Bay Area Climate Collaborative, a group promoting clean energy founded by Mayors from Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco, has brought on Mike Harrigan to spearhead deployment of electric fleet vehicles. According to Rafael Reyes, Executive Director of the Bay Area Climate Collaborative, “Mike’s vision and deep skills will further accelerate our robust work […]
