Last Thursday, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) celebrated the production of its 1,000th hybrid-electric vehicle, a Freightliner Business Class M2 106. While the environmental benefits of these trucks – which can be 40% more efficient than conventional trucks – are well known, the job benefits received the most attention in the local media (see, News [...]
I absolutely love to drive. Whether cruising along highways, adventuring down a road less traveled or “dropping the hammer” on a closed course, there’s something about driving cars that puts my whole body and mind in a good place (except when I’m bogged down in traffic!). So I noted with interest when Chevrolet — one [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, fuel prices are on the rise again. Of course, it would be hard not to notice.. Even those among us that have chosen to travel exclusively on other forms of transportation likely find it hard to miss the rote commiserating from the rest of us every time we have to [...]
EDFix Call #14 – Summary (10 min.) Download MP3 | Subscribe in iTunes EDFix Call #14 – Full (53 min.) Download MP3 | Subscribe in iTunes Get Call Updates by Email With Hiroko Kawai of the Rocky Mountain Institute, we headed for the bulk of the U.S. fleet: heavy-duty trucks, which make up 80 percent [...]
EDFix Call #13 – Summary (12 min.) Download MP3 | Subscribe in iTunes EDFix Call #13 – Full (50 min.) Download MP3 | Subscribe in iTunes Get Call Updates by Email With Mike Millikin of Green Car Congress, we talked about a one specific strategy for greening fleets: electrification. Because of the limited range of [...]
As we kick off 2011, we’ve taken the time to highlight our efforts to accelerate environmental innovation across the business sector over the past year. Which story do you think has the greatest potential for creating significant change around business sustainability in the years to come? From Heresy to Dogma: How Uncommon Bedfellows Changed the [...]
With sincere apologies to Clement Clarke Moore or Henry Livingston – the likely original authors of The Night Before Christmas, we present a revised edition focusing on Santa’s greener way to get around. *************** 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all during the day, The elves were preparing Saint Nick’s new fuel-efficient sleigh. The reindeer [...]
Recently the US Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a proposed rule for the first ever greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks. A few highlights: the proposed standards will: apply to new trucks and buses manufactured in model years 2014-2018; reduce oil consumption by [...]
With Environmental Defense Fund's Jason Mathers, we moved up the weight scale to medium-duty trucks, also called work or vocational trucks. Think of the “bucket” truck that lifts workers to power lines, or the garbage truck that wakes you at 6. Technically, these are Classes 3 through 5 in the Government’s classification system. These trucks [...]
EDFix Call #11 – Summary (12 min.) Download MP3 | Subscribe in iTunes EDFix Call #11 – Full (64 min.) Download MP3 | Subscribe in iTunes Get Call Updates by Email With Jim Motavalli, we dove into the part of fleet management most like the everyday cars we drive: light-duty fleets. These fleets include rental [...]
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