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The question is no longer whether electric vehicles are coming, but "How fast?" and "Where first?" In a recently published report, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and RMI's Project Get Ready looked at the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S. to see how they stack up in terms of EV readiness.
November 12, 2010 by Kelly Vaughn
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The Volvo Group, whose brands include Mack Trucks, Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks and UD Trucks, has become the world's first vehicle manufacturer to join the WWF Climate Leaders program. Volvo truck companies have vowed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions produced over the lifetime of the trucks they manufacture through 2014 by 13 million tons.
November 5, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The EPA announced it will redesign its label for new cars to make it easier for consumers to buy the cleanest, most fuel efficient models. But in a recent poll, the two label designs proposed by the EPA confused consumers, who cared more about gas mileage and fuel costs than the new environmental information the EPA now wants to include.
September 30, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division will deploy five all-electric trucks in New York City this month as part of a green fleet expansion that will place 176 electric delivery vehicles on the road over the next year.
September 13, 2010 by GreenBiz Editors
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If you were to believe the mainstream media, the future of transportation is electric. But the conventional gas-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) won't be going away any time soon.
April 5, 2010 by Joel Makower
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Software and automobiles take the next step forward with the announcement that Microsoft will partner with Ford Motor Co. to bring smart energy management to electric vehicles, beginning with the all-electric Focus in 2011.
April 1, 2010 by GreenBiz Editors
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The billionaire's new NGO, Carbon War Room, puts the global shipping industry's massive carbon footprint under the spotlight, and spread the word about simple ways to shrink its impact.
March 11, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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The new Bloom Energy Server was touted far and wide last week as a game-changing fuel-cell device. We talked to some of the first owners of 'Bloom Boxes' to find out why they made the $700,000 purchase -- and whether it's right for your firm.
March 1, 2010 by Matthew Wheeland
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Devices developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that could save the U.S. trucking industry $10 billion a year in diesel fuel are being tested at NASA Ames Research Center, home of the world's largest wind tunnel.
February 18, 2010 by GreenBiz Editors
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With 1,730 stores in the U.S. and western Canada, Safeway Inc. has contracted with environmental and energy management software firm Hara to help reduce energy consumption as well as the retail grocer's greenhouse gas emissions.
February 17, 2010 by GreenerBuildings Staff
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Why should companies worry about carbon management given the lack of a definitive outcome from climate talks in Copenhagen? Panelists from UPS and Motorola shared their firms’ motivations at the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago.
February 10, 2010 by Leslie Guevarra
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Business has officially entered The Age of Sustainability, and businesses that don't figure in sustainability aren’t likely to survive. Here’s a look at the reasons why as well as pointers on how your company can adapt to the change.
February 9, 2010 by Mahesh Pethe
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Global Equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) has extended its money-saving environmental management program to 20 percent of its portfolio, including two companies located outside the U.S.
February 8, 2010 by GreenBiz Editors
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When Chris McKenna, who manages a fleet of trucks for Poland Spring, learned that the company’s drivers were racking up as much as 1,400 hours a month of idle time, he saw an opportunity to make a difference.
February 2, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Energy Department is awarding $115 million for "super truck" efficiency projects. What will bring the best return? RMI experts say real transformation requires the right approach.
January 19, 2010 by Kelly Vaughn
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UPS has rolled out 245 more compressed natural gas trucks in Colorado and California, boosting the company's green fleet to more than 1,900 vehicles worldwide.
January 19, 2010 by GreenBiz Editors
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<a href='http://www.thefordstory.com/'>Ford</a> unveiled its next-generation Focus today at the <a href='http://www.naias.com/'>2010 North American International Auto Show</a>, where the company showed off its best bet for making deeper inroads into the market for fuel-efficient -- as well as efficiently made -- compact cars.
January 11, 2010 by GreenBiz Editors