Should plug-ins drive US energy policy?
The BMW Megacity plug-in vehicle
Are there any foreign oil independence silver bullets?
I used to believe the best hybrid car was a plug-in hybrid. Today, I’m pretty sure the best hybrid doesn’t include a plug, at least for now.
While in theory plug-in…
Pacer Reports 4Q Loss, Full-Year Profit; Sees Intermodal Growth in 2011
Pacer International reported a fourth-quarter loss but said it turned a profit for the full year.
Petition to Bring Ford’s Global Diesel Ranger to America
The fuel efficiency of trucks big and small hasn’t budged in 20 years. Ford is building a fuel-efficient diesel Ranger that can tow a train for the rest of the world, and we must convince them to bring it to America.
The Ford Ranger was first conceiv…
Solazyme and Qantas launch collaboration working toward commercial production of Solajet
Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oils and bioproducts company, has begun a collaboration with Qantas to pursue the potential for commercial production of Solazyme’s microbial-derived aviation fuel, Solajet, in Australia. This represents the first collabor…
Fuel cell company Bing Energy sets up HQ in Florida; partnership with FSU
Bing Energy Inc. (BEI) of Chino, California, a manufacturer of advanced components for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, is moving its headquarters to Tallahassee, Florida. BEI, in collaboration with Florida State University’s (FSU) Dr. Jim P….
GM is Getting Serious About CNG Fleet Vehicles
What you see here is Chevy’s newly-available, 4-tank CNG commercial van. This was news last year, but despite that, this is the first one we’d seen “in the flesh”. So, when one of GM’s marketing reps realized we were ignoring the ZL1 Camaro la…
Airline industry losses get ‘really ugly’ as winter weather causes record cancellations
Gary Schech, right, of Covington, La., covers his face while waiting for his flight, Friday, Feb.
Media
Round two in the war of words on SCR. It’s now the lone holdout’s turn to tell its side of the story.
2011 Chicago Auto Show
We just got back from this year’s Chicago Auto Show press days, and -despite the show being a bit “light” on green-car news, we got a few good pictures, a few good press releases, and even some good swag to show for the day spent in single-digit w…
3-year trial shows use of NExBTL renewable diesel significantly reduces local emissions
A three-year biofuel trial organized by Neste Oil, Helsinki Region Transport (HSL), and Proventia has recently been completed, and the results have shown that Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable diesel can significantly reduce local emissions that have …