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2013 LA Auto Show - Via Motors Electric Trucks Press Presentation +VIDEO

2013 LA Auto Show - Via Motors Electric Trucks Press Presentation +VIDEO

VIA Motors Announces Start of Production on World’s First Full Size Electric Pickups and Vans LOS ANGELES, CA November 21st, 2013; In a press conference on the main stage of the LA Auto Show, automotive legend Bob Lutz made history once again to announce the start of production of the world’s first full size, ... Continue reading

First CNG-Capable 2014 Ford F-150 Rolls Off the Line in Kansas City

First CNG-Capable 2014 Ford F-150 Rolls Off the Line in Kansas City

2014 Ford F-150 launches with gaseous-fuel prep option on the 3.7-liter V6 engine; it will be able to run on compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas By next summer, Ford will offer eight vehicles that can run on clean-burning, inexpensive CNG/LPG and puts the company on track to sell more than 15,000 such veh ... Continue reading

2013 LA Auto Show - 20?? Honda Hydrogen FCEV Concept Makes World Debut

2013 LA Auto Show - 20?? Honda Hydrogen FCEV Concept Makes World Debut

Los Angeles November 20, 2013; The sleekly styled Honda FCEV Concept, made its world debut today at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda's next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the U.S. and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. Showcasi ... Continue reading

Pace Charging Group Installs Inaugural Electric Vehicle Charging Station At Best Market's Newington Connecticut Store

Pace Charging Group Installs Inaugural Electric Vehicle Charging Station At Best Market's Newington Connecticut Store

Pace Charging has installed its inaugural electric vehicle charging station at Best Market's Newington Connecticut store, located at 175 Lowrey Place Newington CT. The installation and unveiling coincided with the Best Market grand opening celebration. ... Continue reading

EEE Electrification Magazine highlights advanced concepts with all aspects of electrification transportation and off-grid sectors

EEE Electrification Magazine highlights advanced concepts with all aspects of electrification transportation and off-grid sectors

IEEE, the world's largest professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, today announced that the IEEE Power & Energy Society unveiled IEEE Electrification Magazine, a quarterly print and digital publication dedicated to disseminating information on all matters related to microgrids onboard e ... Continue reading

Consumers Like 'Green' Car Options - As Long as Green Means Money

Consumers Like 'Green' Car Options - As Long as Green Means Money

Consumers want to see more alternative-fueled vehicles emerge over the next decade, and are willing to consider purchasing one of these vehicles, according to the results of a new consumer survey conducted by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS). Three in five (62%) consumers want to see more hybrid-el ... Continue reading

Recargo's Inaugural PlugInsights Study Presents Unique Intelligence to Accelerate EV Adoption

Recargo's Inaugural PlugInsights Study Presents Unique Intelligence to Accelerate EV Adoption

Electric vehicle software and information services company Recargo Inc., launches its plug-in vehicle (PEV) research firm PlugInsights today, with an inaugural report addressing the experiences, behaviors and opinions around charging a plug-in vehicle in America. The "2013 U.S. PEV Charging Study" is the most comprehen ... Continue reading

New Fleet Of Natural Gas Powered Trucks Arrives In Fall River

New Fleet Of Natural Gas Powered Trucks Arrives In Fall River

Republic Services, Inc. today announced the deployment of 56 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste and recycling trucks to serve customers throughout the South Shore and South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The new CNG fleet will replace older diesel powered trucks, and represents a significant local inves ... Continue reading

Ford F-150 EcoBoost Hits 400,000 Sales, Saving 45 Million Gallons of Gas Annually

Ford F-150 EcoBoost Hits 400,000 Sales, Saving 45 Million Gallons of Gas Annually

Ford F-150 EcoBoost® sales reach 400,000 in the U.S. since launch in February 2011 F-Series is outselling the nearest competitor in the western U.S. market by 67 percent, where EcoBoost makes up 45 percent of F-150 sales F-150 EcoBoost owners collectively are saving an estimated 45 million gallons of gas annually, a ... Continue reading

Clean Energy to open three of America's Natural Gas Highway stations to enable LNG fueling throughout Texas Triangle

Clean Energy to open three of America's Natural Gas Highway stations to enable LNG fueling throughout Texas Triangle

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today announced a multi-year bulk fueling agreement to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to two private UPS stations located in Mesquite and Houston, Texas. Under a separate agreement with UPS, Clean Energy will open three of its America's Natural Gas Highway (ANGH) stations located in Amarill ... Continue reading

Barcelona Becomes World Electric Vehicle Capital This November

Barcelona Becomes World Electric Vehicle Capital This November

With the cleanest bus fleet in Europe Barcelona ranks seventh in the world of cities pioneering electric mobility The city has been chosen by the EVS organisers to host the 27th edition of the Symposium, which will take place from 18 to 20 November Barcelona is on the international sustainable mobility map and will bec ... Continue reading

Flex Fuel Powertrains Dominate Brazilian Passenger Vehicle Market

Flex Fuel Powertrains Dominate Brazilian Passenger Vehicle Market

Emission regulations such as PROCONVE and the tax structure in Brazil will play a key role in altering the powertrain mix by 2020. Supportive programs like the INOVAR Auto Directive and IPI tax structure will not only augment the growth of the automotive market in the region but also encourage domestic production and i ... Continue reading

Honda FCEV Concept sketch hints at futuristic and aerodynamic design of next-generation fuel-cell electric vehicle launching in 2015

Honda FCEV Concept sketch hints at futuristic and aerodynamic design of next-generation fuel-cell electric vehicle launching in 2015

Today a sketch was released of the Honda FCEV Concept in advance of its debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 20. The concept model expresses a potential styling direction for Honda's next-generation fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) launching in the U.S and Japan in 2015 and later in Europe. ... Continue reading

New Kia Soul EV targets a range of more than 120 miles

New Kia Soul EV targets a range of more than 120 miles

Kia Motors has confirmed the development of an all-electric version of the Kia Soul, scheduled to go on sale in 2014. The 'Kia Soul EV' will be Kia's first all-electric, zero-emissions vehicle marketed outside of Korea. "The new Soul EV will be at the forefront of Kia's 'Clean Mobility' program, which aims to provide e ... Continue reading

Consumers are willing to pay more and sacrifice performance for vehicles with better fuel economy

Consumers are willing to pay more and sacrifice performance for vehicles with better fuel economy

Consumers predict higher fuel prices over the coming years and are willing to pay more for fuel economy that meets their expectations and minimizes overall operating costs. These are some of the findings in the most recent Powertrain Acceptance and Consumer Engagement (PACE) syndicated study released today by Morpace I ... Continue reading

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