The WestStart Network Newsletter, our quarterly publication that will report on the significant activities and programs of WestStart-CALSTART, our participants, and other important stakeholders in the advanced transportation industry on an international and fuel-neutral basis.

WestStart_Network_Volume_3_Issue_3_Fall -This issue includes the following articles: HTUF 2007 Meeting-Hybrids on the Cusp of Production; CHDV Conference Coming Soon; Blue Sky Award Winners; W-C Draws Closer to Ports; BRT Action Plan; Welcome New Participants, The Year in Pictures; CALSTART helps create industry legistlative success.

WestStart_Network_Volume_3_Issue_2_Summer -This issue includes the following articles: Conference Update - Fall Schedule Ramps UP!; FTA Developing Plan for Vehicle Electrification; CleanCarMaps Helps to Make a Better World; HICE Symposium – Discussed Steps Forward for Hydrogen; WestStart - CALSTART Participated in IEA workshop on Heavy-Duty Vehicle Fuel Efficiency; New Project Launched - Potential and Prospects for Biofuels; Getting on Board with MyGo; HTUF Moving Forward; WestStart-CALSTART Welcomes New Participants!; WestStart-CALSTART Presents on APTA on BRT Vehicle Demand; California's Legislators and the Environment.

WestStart_Network_Volume_3_Issue_1_Spring -This issue includes the following articles: CalSTEP Unveils 10-Point Action Plan; HTUF National Meeting Review; CHDV Conference Review; FTA Advanced Fuel Cell Bus Projects; Volvo CEO Ann Bélec Joins CALSTART Board, Welcome New Participants; Blue Sky Award – June 1 Nomination Deadline and Other Program Updates.

WestStart_Network_Volume_2_Issue_3_Summer -This issue includes the following articles: Turning Waste into Energy – Biomethane: An Emerging Renewable Fuel; In Remembrance of Edouard Michelin – President and CEO Groupe Michelin; The Electric Vehicle: Rumors of its Demise are Premature; New Hallmark Policies Under Consideration in California; American Honda’s “Environmentology”; The Road Ahead: The Next Six Months for WS-CS; New Additions to the WS-CS Team; Participants Making News; New Participants this Quarter.

WestStart_Network_Volume_2_Issue_2_Spring -This issue includes the following articles: WestStart-CALSTART Secures Federal Funding for Transit Technology, Fuels, and Innovation Programs; Record Attendance Sparks Momentum of Nation’s Premier Heavy-Duty Vehicle Conference; Two Critical Heavy-Duty Hybrid Meetings Held at Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Conference 2006; Participant Spotlight:Trillium USA; New Participants this Quarter; Top Global Highlights for Spring 2006 in the ATT Industry
2006 Blue Sky Awards Nomination Process Now Open!; HICE: A Transitional Technology?; We’re Growing Again! A New Office and a New Hire Expand the Reach and Expertise of WestStart-CALSTART; Editorial Column: Putting the Green in Green Technology.

WestStart_Network_Volume_2_Issue_1_Winter -This issue includes the following articles: California’s Public and Private Leaders Respond to Transportation Energy Crisis, ‘ CalStep’ - California Secure Transportation Energy Partnership – is Launched, FedEx Express and Environmental Defense Win 2005 Blue Sky Award, Participant Highlight: Haldex Hydraulic Corporation, North American BRT Forum Captures Global Perspective, Need help navigating the EPACT Incentive Maze? (2006 Energy Bill analysis), Award Winners of Clean Snowmobile Challenge Go Global, Editorial Column: Advanced Transportation’s ‘Top 5 Trends’ for 2005, and HTUF Action Grows; Hybrid Business Case Expands.

WestStart_Network_Volume_1_Issue_4_Fall -This issue includes the following articles: HTUF Action Grows, Hybrid Business Case Expands, CALSTART Co-Hosts Environmental Swedish Minister; California Biogas Task Force Launched, Participant Highlight: Permo-Drive Technologies; Breakthrough for H-D Trucking, Report Shows BRT Boosts Ridership, Lowers Emissions, Announcing the 2005 Local-Use Electric Vehicle Compendium, A Call for Hydrogen Projects and White Papers, WestStart-CALSTART Welcomes Jan van Dokkum of UTC Power to Board of Directors, December 1, 2005: California’s Transportation Energy Future Conference & Blue Sky Awards Luncheon, Downtown Los Angeles, Liquefied Natural Gas Equipment Demonstration Project at Port of Long Beach, and the Editorial Column: The Playing Field is Leveling for a Poly-Fuel Future.

WestStart_Network_Volume_1_Issue_3_Summer -This issue reviews the key developments arising out of the Alaska Clean Energy Symposium 2005 in conjunction with a discussion of the U.S. Military’s Clean Fuel Initiative. This issue also contains briefings on the recent legislative successes of the National Fuel Cell Bus Technology Initiative, and the inclusion of important incentives for medium and heavy-duty hybrids in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Further articles include the latest program information from the field, and an editorial column by John Boesel, President and CEO of WestStart-CALSTART, discussing the opportunities inherent in the current energy crisis.

WestStart_Network_Volume_1_Issue_2_Spring-This issue contains a recap of valuable insights presented at WestStart-CALSTART’s Clean Heavy Duty Vehicle Conference, plus a briefing on the current bipartisan House effort to secure R&D funding for the National Fuel Cell Bus Technology Initiative. Further articles include recent program and participant information, and an editorial column by John Boesel, President and CEO of WestStart-CALSTART, discussing the “win-win” solutions that exist to move beyond oil.

WestStart_Network_Volume_1_Issue_1_Winter-This first issue includes a recap of WestStart-CALSTART’s California 2020 Conference, and a report on the 5th Annual Clean Heavy-Duty Conference 2005 in La Quinta, CA on February 22-24th. Other topics include an update on WestStart-CALSTART’s new headquarters, recent program and new participant information, and an Op-Ed piece entitled “The Need for Petroleum Consumption Reduction.”