Archive for September, 2008

Hemet Unified School District looks to compressed natural gas to save - Riverside Press Enterprise

Hemet Unified School District looks to compressed natural gas to save - Riverside Press EnterpriseHEMET - Trying to save money on gasoline while facing a budgetary crunch in the new school year, Hemet Unified School District is ramping up its program to fuel school buses with cheaper and less-polluting, compressed natural gas. [...]

Toyota decides to give natural-gas cars another chance - USA Today

Toyota decides to give natural-gas cars another chance - USA TodayPORTLAND, Ore. — Toyota will announce today that it is taking a new look at an alternative fuel that it had left behind: compressed natural gas. And Honda, the only maker now of a CNG-powered car, plans to make twice as many of those [...]

Hybrids may take over government fleets - Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

Hybrids may take over government fleets - Wyoming Tribune-EagleCHEYENNE — State, city and county governments are turning to hybrid vehicles in hopes of offsetting the environmental impacts of employee travel. The state of Wyoming owns 14 hybrids, while public works directors for Cheyenne and Laramie County are
Gas prices jump: Is it gouging? [...]

Tata Motors blitzkrieg of new products at its biggest ever presence at - The Auto Chanel

Tata Motors blitzkrieg of new products at its biggest ever presence at - The Auto ChanelTata Motors is showcasing a new range of 17 models in cars, utility vehicles, trucks and buses at the 5200-square metre Tata-Fiat pavilion, its largest ever presence at the Auto Expo, being held in New Delhi from [...]

Official Website of the New Car Buyer(TM) - The Auto Chanel

Official Website of the New Car Buyer(TM) - The Auto ChanelDon’t Get Goofy About High Fuel Costs Coming to America, See New European Cars -2008 Geneva Motor Show New Car Buyers Guide RV Buyer’s Guide EV-Motoring - Electric Mobility Alternative Fuel “Filling” Stations - CNG,H2,E85,LPG Hybrid Buyers Guide Find
Gas prices jump: Is [...]

Entry tax levied, VAT leaps from 4% to 21% - Indian Express

Entry tax levied, VAT leaps from 4% to 21% - Indian ExpressLucknow, September 19 Tea, mobile phones, television, laptops, electrical goods, steel, iron and their products, arms and ammunition and several other products are soon going to cost more in the state. This after the state cabinet decided to impose
OSU aiming to [...]

Council hears alternative fuel plans - Norman Transcript

Council hears alternative fuel plans - Norman TranscriptA trend of increasing fuel prices has Norman officials considering bold moves to evolve its fleet to use more alternative fuels. Public Works Director Shawn O’Leary and the City’s fleet superintendent Mike White proposed to councilmembers at their
OSU aiming to go green, naturally - Tulsa [...]

Sustainable ride coming soon - Ithaca Journal

Sustainable ride coming soon - Ithaca JournalPeter Kadar, a manager at Ithaca Dispatch and son of the owner John Kadar, poses with the company’s Toyota Prius taxi cab. The hybrid that will be in service soon as a taxi gets double the mileage of the Chevrolet Cavaliers the company uses as its
Alternative [...]

Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009 to 2010 at Sub-$18,000, Could - Popular Mechanics

Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009 to 2010 at Sub-$18,000, Could - Popular MechanicsThe CityCAT, already being developed in India (bottom left), will be available for U.S. production in three different four-door styles. But it’s the radical dual-energy engine, with a possible 1000-mile range at 96 mph, that could move the [...]

T. Boone Pickens Fuels Waste Collection - Red Herring

T. Boone Pickens Fuels Waste Collection - Red HerringComing after last month’s acquisition of a landfill gas processing plant, T. Boone Pickens-founded Clean Energy Fuels is delving into trash once again, with plans to build and operate a compressed natural gas station for CleanScapes, a Seattle
Cutting production costs with new chemisorption catalysts [...]