by Jim Henderson | Apr 2, 2012 | Fleet Management, Government Programs
Mexico and Volkswagen are strange bedfellows. Whether it’s pushing a VW Bus off an assembly line or building a classic VW Bug Type 1’s up until 2003, Mexico and Mexico City love Volkswagen, especially as cabs. While it remains to be seen if 2012 will be the end...
by Jim Henderson | Mar 30, 2012 | Fleet Management, Government Programs
When cars drive themselves, what’s the point of everyone stopping? Where we’re going, we don’t need lights. Google, as you may have heard, has built a fleet of cars that can drive themselves. Now the Nevada Legislature has passed a law to make those driverless cars...
by Jim Henderson | Mar 28, 2012 | Electric Vehicles
A New York-based company is building electric-vehicle charging stations that include solar panels in Brooklyn and says it has sold its first, in central Texas. Pvilion, which was founded last year, says it has installed one of its stations, called the Solar Sail, in...
by Jim Henderson | Mar 24, 2012 | Fleet Management, Government Programs
Several more big companies including Best Buy and Pacific Gas and Electric are joining a year-old Energy Department program that helps corporations make their commercial fleets more fuel-efficient and transition to alternative-technology vehicles. The expansion of the...
by Jim Henderson | Mar 22, 2012 | Government Programs
I am of the opinion, which is by no means universally held, that the Interstate Highway System, whose construction was begun in the 1950s, was good for America, or at least a net plus when it comes to travel between cities. But that’s regarding travel between cities...
