E85 Stations Open

CALSTART's E85 Infrastructure Development project continued in February. At Propel's five station openings in the Sacramento area this week, about 400 hundred flex fuel motorists participated in the E85 promotion. Over 6,500 gallons of renewable fuel were sold and customers reduced approximately 30,000 lbs of CO2 that day, saving over $10,000 at the pump. 

 

California Hybrid Truck, Bus Voucher Project Adds Five New Vehicles to Eligibility List

Check out the five new vehicles added to the HVIP eligibility list.

A ground-breaking California project designed to spur the purchase and use of medium- and heavy-duty hybrids has officially launched with the unveiling of its informational website: www.californiahvip.org.  Californiahvip.org supports the California Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP).  It will provide all HVIP details and requirements, and be the electronic portal used in 2010 to request vouchers that help pay for advanced, clean hybrid trucks and buses. HVIP is managed by CALSTART and sponsored by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Read the press release. Visit the California HVIP web site.

 

This video features two CALSTART member companies, Hydrogenics and FedEx. Hydrogenics helped FedEx, one of the world's largest carrier companies, go green by using hydrogen to fuel forklifts at a distribution center.

 

Watch this LA Times video on the Ford Transit Connect. The company's first all EV light cargo van, which is powered by Azure Dynamics, a CALSTART member company, will add to AT&T's growing fleet of green vehicles. AT&T's Fleet Operations is also a CALSTART member.