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2012 Fleets & Fuels Issue Summaries

The following are summaries of past Fleets & Fuels newsletter issues. The full issues, available to paid Fleets & Fuels subscribers, contain far more detail and include contact information -- telephone numbers and e-mail addresses -- for key people at the companies and organizations mentioned in the newsletter articles.

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Page updated January 30, 2012

January 16 issue of Fleets & Fuels

Electric vehicles at the forefront as Navistar, PG&E and other partners on the Electrification Leadership Council outlined plans for a large-scale EV trial, and Electric Vehicles International shares its plans for a new office in Detroit, opening in just two weeks.

Clean Energy Fuels tells how yet another $150 million investment (its third in less than a year) will help it establish a network of truck stop LNG fueling outlets as work continues on CNG stations as well.

Alternative Fuels Advocates, LLC is formed in California,
Azure Dynamics delivers its 1,000th Balance parallel hybrid,
Ballard Power Systems is supplying fuel cells for buses in Brazil and Norway,
the California Energy Commission is providing money for biofuels production and better LNG fueling,
Chrysler is getting ready to re-enter NGVs (no, really),
Coda Automotive offers a new option for smaller batteries, making for a lower-price car, as it signs two California dealers,
buses for Colorado’s Roaring Fork may well be CNG,
Quantum systems for Mahindra & Mahindra hydrogen minibus,
Roush CleanTech quantifies propane’s benefits,
Ryder System signs Source Interlink option for NGVs, and
Southern California Edison gets EV-ready.

We profile Utah’s Via Motors, which unveiled its new line of eRev-drive range-extended electric Vtrux trucks at the auto show in Detroit.

A-1 • Azure Dynamics • BAF • Bus West • California Air Resources Board • California Air Resources Board and the • Calstart • CCE-California Environmental Engineering • CEC-California Energy Commission • Chrysler • Clean Energy Fuels • Collins Bus • ECP Media • Electrovaya • EPA • GE Capital UK • GET-Golden Empire Transit • GFS Corp • GMA-Grocery Manufacturers Association • GNA-Gladstein, Neandross & Associates • GreenKraft • Harvey Gulf International Marine • IMW • Kollmorgen • LBC-London Business Conferences • LNG China • MECi-MEC Intelligence • Metro McAllen • MGES-Mansfield Gas Equipment Systems • NBB- National Biodiesel Board • NPGA-National Propane Gas Association • NPRA-National Petrochemical & Refiners Association • NRDC-Natural Resources Defense Council • NTEA-National Truck Equipment Association • OLEV • OPIS-Oil Price Information Service • PERC-Propane Education & Research Council • PG&E-Pacific Gas & Electric • POLA-Port of Los Angeles • Polar Ford • Propane Centennial • Quantum Technologies • RøhneSelmer • SBE-SB Electronics • STX OSV • Toyota • Venchurs Vehicle Systems • Virginia Tech • Volvo Cars • Wärtsilä North America • World of Concrete • Zeus Development

January 2 issue of Fleets & Fuels

The first U.S.-flag, built-for-LNG ships have been ordered by New Orleans-based Harvey Gulf.

Azure steps it up in the UK and Norway.

Expect an announcement on NGVs from an OEM that’s not offered them for years.

Biofuels suffer legal setbacks and legislative lapses (though the California Energy Commission remains a believer).

A diesel-fueled plug-in hybrid from Volvo, largely for fleets,
a test on Texas buses of OLEV’s new wireless charging technology,
propane proponents get set to celebrate 100 years,
Quantum forges a deal with SBE for better lighter cheaper e-vehicle power electronics,
Electrovaya celebrates a strong fiscal year,
GreenKraft seeks dealers for its CNG trucks,
a key component from Kollmorgen on Virginia Tech’s winning hybrid EcoCAR, and
California utility is moving to sell its CNG stations.

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