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Zap Increases Payload With XL Truck

Electric vehicle maker Zap is introducing a new electric truck for fleets with a greater payload rating. Production models are expected for delivery to customers by the fall. In the United States, the XL Truck will meet full Department of Transportation...

Published 03-25-2008 12:10 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Business-to-Business, U.S., Automotive, Electricity, Products & Planning

Chrysler Tests Wind Potential At Chelsea Proving Grounds

Chrysler is erecting a 26-story meteorological tower at its Chelsea Proving Grounds to determine if high-level winds are suitable for generating electricity. Energy experts from Washtenaw County, the University of Michigan and the consulting firm, North...

Published 03-24-2008 9:27 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Automotive, Government, Wind Energy, Research & Technology

‘Radical Greening’ One Of Top Strategic Business Risks

“Radical greening” are two of the top 10 strategic business risks for 2008, according to a new study (PDF) by Ernst & Young. For the property/casualty insurance industry, and the utilities industry, potential climate change will have a...

Published 03-24-2008 8:45 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Climate, U.S., Automotive, Financial, Economics, Utilities, Predictions, Strategy & Leadership, Today's Green Trend

Toyota Backs Plant-A-Tree Program On Facebook

Toyota has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to create a Facebook application called Tree Planter. Users gift trees to their friends. For every gift sent to a friend, the Arbor Day Foundation plants a tree in one of eleven forests. The cost of sending...

Published 03-20-2008 4:50 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Major Players, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Conservation

Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks

New EPA standards and $100-a-barrel oil are creating demand for hybrid big rigs, garbage trucks and dump trucks, even with the 35 percent premium over conventional vehicles, Forbes reports. The appeal: hybrid trucks can deliver fuel savings of 5 percent...

Published 03-19-2008 2:40 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Automotive, Fossil Fuels, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Strategy & Leadership

Study Maps ‘Mindset’ Of Hybrid Car Owners

Although many new-vehicle buyers may want to purchase an environmentally friendly vehicle, just 11% are “very willing” to pay more to do so, according to the J.D. Power and Associates, MarketingCharts reports. Those who purchase hybrid vehicles tend to...

Published 03-13-2008 1:32 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Research & Technology, Today's Green Trend

PHH GreenFleet Adds Telematics Service

PHH Arval has added data from telematics to GreenFleet’s PHH Onboard service to help companies cut their emissions. Using data captured from the telematics device in each vehicle, PHH Arval says that companies can monitor and impact driver behavior...

Published 03-11-2008 1:41 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Automotive, Efficiency, Products & Planning

Nissan Disses U.S. Green Building Council

In July, Nissan North America is moving its headquarters to a 50-acre green campus with a restored wetland. But Nissan isn’t seeking a seal of approval from the U.S. Green Building Council. Rob Traynham, the company’s director of corporate...

Published 03-10-2008 6:31 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Automotive, Efficiency, Construction, Contracts & Installations

S.F. Cabbies Foot Bill For Green Taxi Ordinance

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has followed New York City’s lead by initially approving an ordinance that will require taxi cab companies to run fleets with greenhouse gas emissions at least 20 percent lower than 1990 levels, The San...

Published 03-04-2008 12:20 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Automotive, Travel, Hybrid Technology, Policy & Law

Virgin Launches GM Fuel Cell SUV Limo Service

Virgin Atlantic will offer passengers Chevrolet Equinox Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars as part of its upper class limo service. Initially passengers in Los Angeles will take part in the trial which is expected to be extended to New York City later this year...

Published 03-03-2008 8:46 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Europe, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Travel, Fuel Cells, Contracts & Installations, Today's Green Video

Drive-Thrus Could Face Difficult Future

A number of Canadian cities are looking at banning, regulating, or studying the environmental impacts of drive-thru restaurants, EcoSpace reports. The cities, including North Vancouver, BC, Edmonton, AB, King’s County, NS, and Toronto, Peterborough...

Published 03-03-2008 11:47 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Automotive, North America, Business-to-Consumer, Policy & Law, Retail & Restaurants

NYC ‘Black Cars’ Go Green

NYC’s Taxi and Limousine Commission will require the city’s 10,000 black car fleet - the luxury cars that service corporate clients - to increase fuel efficiency standards to a level currently achievable only by using hybrid technology. In...

Published 02-29-2008 11:50 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, U.S., Automotive, Business Services, Government, Hybrid Technology, Policy & Law

Oscars Green Choices Reach Red Carpet

Driving a Prius hybrid has become the standard way for Hollywood stars to flaunt their environmental credentials, but General Motors says more than 75 will get to the red carpet at tonight’s Academy Awards in zero-emission hydrogen-powered cars...

Published 02-24-2008 4:39 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Hybrid Technology, Hydrogen

GM’s Bob Lutz: Global Warming Is ‘Crock Of ***’

During a closed-door session with reporters, Bob Lutz, General Motors’ vice chairman, said that global warming is a “total crock of ***,” dmagazine.com reports (via BusinessGreen). Then he added: “I’m a skeptic, not a denier.” GM PR executive...

Published 02-22-2008 11:32 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Climate, U.S., Automotive, Marketing, Hybrid Technology, People, Strategy & Leadership

Auto Industry Spent $62 Million On Lobbying In 2007

Major U.S. automakers and industry trade associations spent $62.6 million on lobbying in 2007, compared with $50.3 million in 2006, according to a Free Press analysis of federal disclosure forms. The energy bills and the Bush administration’s efforts...

Published 02-22-2008 10:50 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Government, Policy & Law

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