Recently added articles from Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Today:
Florida school district receives hybrid school buses.(Industry Report)
Mar 12, 2007 ... The School District of Manatee County in Bradenton, Fla., will become the first school district in the country to receive hybrid school buses through the Plug-In Hybrid Electric School Bus Project. Manatee School District's two hybrid school buses are part of the 19 hybrid buses ...
Verizon to Begin Hybrid Pilot Project.(Industry Report)
Mar 09, 2007 ... Verizon will soon begin a pilot project using 13 service vans retrofitted with Enova hybrid drive systems. The gasoline-electric hybrids could improve fuel economy by up to 50% over conventional service ...
Ford to launch new flex-fuel vehicle in Europe.(Industry Report)
Mar 12, 2007 ... Ford of Europe is launching flexible-fuel models of the New Mondeo, Galaxy and S-MAX in 2008. These three new models with join the existing Focus and C-MAX flex-fuel vehicles to give Ford one of the broadest ranges of flex-fuel vehicles available in Europe. The new ...
California encouraging purchase of Honda's natural gas vehicle.(Industry Report)
Mar 12, 2007 ... Vacaville, California, is encouraging the purchase of the Honda Civic GX natural gas vehicle with a Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Incentive Program. The city program cuts $6,800 from the purchase price of a new 2007 Honda Civic GX-the cleanest internal combustion engine powered ...
India's Tata looking for partner for fuel cell vehicle development.(International Report)
Mar 09, 2007 ... India's Tata Motors said this week it is talking with makers of hybrid engines and fuel cells such as Ballard Power Systems about the possibility of using their technology in future car models. Tata Chairman Ratan Tata said India's third largest maker of passenger cars ...