City Of Houston Gets 500th Hybrid Vehicle
The city of Houston has welcomed its 500th hybrid vehicle and more are on the way as the city hopes to expand its fleet of hybrid....

Mercedes-Benz Aims for Natural Gas-Powered Vehicles in All Segments
Mercedes-Benz ushered in the dawn of a new era this month, by expanding its ‘centre of competence for emissions-free commercial vehicles’ to focus....

Price Increases Force Connecticut Town to Drop Biofuel Plan
The town of Greenwich in Connecticut has dropped a plan to use a soy-based biodiesel fuel to power about half of its 300-vehicle fleet after the price of the environmentally friendly....

Zero-Emission Car Makers Get Tax Break in California
Electric, hybrid and fuel cell car companies recently got a big boost in California, with the announcement of a new incentive program which exempts zero-emission car makers from....


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use of alternative energy resources and technologies
for transportation in
North America.

Natural gas, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, hybrid
— many options, one goal.
 
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  Report prepared by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Emission Testing of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Natural Gas and Diesel Transit Buses
 

LACMTA Success with 2,000+ NGV Bus Fleet
Metro estimates that it has cut approximately 64,000 tons of nitrogen oxide emissions and 50 tons of particulate matter from L.A. skies since it began using compressed natural gas buses
LACMTA

Sick of Soot
Executive Summary of the Union of Concerned Scientist’s Sick of Soot report on diesel pollution and its health implications.
Union of Concerned Scientists

WMATA transit bus case study. Comparison of natural gas and diesel transit buses operating in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
WMATA

Business Week Special Section "Green Trucks"
May 2006
Business Week
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