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 20, 2012 | Electric Vehicles
When Doug Hacker decided he needed a car that would improve gas mileage, he figured a Toyota (TM) Prius hybrid was the way to go. Many of his co-workers at Procter & Gamble’s (PG) soap research lab in Cincinnati drove Priuses and bragged about getting more than 50...
by Jim Henderson | Mar 5, 2012 | Environment
American drivers are using less gas to get around, but it’s not because they’re driving fewer miles. Still, we’re spewing less pollution per driver according to research out of the University of Michigan. The average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in...
by Jim Henderson | Mar 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
The average national retail price of premium self-serve gasoline currently is topping $3.78 a gallon. Fuel costs are leaping by nearly 40 cents a month. And drivers who are pumping premium are undoubtedly asking themselves if they can safely switch to regular, which...
