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The Zenn of delivering the mail in Washington

Nov 27th 2007 9:37AM - 13 Comments

For package delivery companies and the Post Office, the rising cost of fuel is taking an ever larger bite of revenues. In Washington state, Carolyn Triebenbach has found a solution. As a rural letter carrier Triebenbach does her daily twenty-mile ...

University of Alberta buys 4 Azure Dynamics hybrid vans for mail delivery

May 19th 2009 11:14AM - 1 Comment

The University of Alberta has purchased four hybrid electric delivery vans from Azure Dynamics to use for mail deliveries around the campus. The four vehicles will be running a route that includes 100 buildings and 1,000 pickups and deliveries every ...

Redefining "e" mail: Japan Post to start testing 40+ electric vehicles

Jul 6th 2009 11:52AM - 1 Comment

When the price of oil was soaring last summer Japan Post said it would switch its fleet over to electric vehicles as soon as possible. It's not a little over a year later and this change is starting to take place. By the end of July, Japan Post ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1993 Elektro electric mail vehicle

Oct 12th 2008 6:11PM - 1 Comment

Back in 1993, eBay.de member goldlady77 imported the electric car you see above from Miami to Germany. Fast forward 15 years and the car is now ready for a new home. Similar to the old CitiCar, this boxy EV was designed for mail carrier duties ...

REPORT: CARB hid information about scientist in diesel emission rules fight

Nov 24th 2009 11:58AM - 27 Comments

Strict regulations on diesel emissions that the California Air Resources Board approved in December 2008 are coming under renewed fire. At the time, members of the trucking industry and others complained that CARB was acting all Chicken Little and ...

Lithium battery recycling facility suffers explosions, fire

Nov 9th 2009 6:08PM - 21 Comments

A big piece of the end-of-life plan for lithium batteries is recycling and there is only one place in North America currently capable of carrying out that procedure. That facility, owned and operated by Toxco Waste Management in southeastern ...

Venturi to send electric Berlingo First on Shanghai to Paris record-setting roadtrip

Nov 25th 2009 4:03PM - 5 Comments

Venturi and PSA Peugeot Citroën teamed up to build an electric version of the Berlingo a while back and, as they move to finally commercialize the vehicle early next year, they are sending a special version out on a little Shanghai to Paris ...

Don't you dare: French parents criticize Renault for naming new electric car Zoé

Dec 5th 2009 2:51PM - 9 Comments

Renault Zoe Z.E. concept - click above for high-res image gallery Naming a car, even a concept car, is a process fraught with difficulty. Renault, for example, it taking flak for using the common (in France) female name Zoé for one of their ...

REPORT: Vauxhall Ampera production gets snubbed in the UK

Oct 13th 2009 5:03PM - 9 Comments

Vauxhall Ampera - Click for high-res image gallery Where, exactly, the Vauxhall Ampera – the British version of the Chevy Volt – will be built is up in the air now that Magna, Vauxhall's new owner, has decided that the plug-in hybrid ...

REPORT: Nissan Leaf coming to Vancouver in 2011

Oct 9th 2009 7:47PM - 18 Comments

2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for hi-res image gallery Nissan has named five areas in the U.S. – Tennessee and Oregon; San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA; and the Phoenix/Tucson region in Arizona – to be the first to get the Leaf ...

USPS study shows V2G could speed internal investment return

Sep 8th 2009 6:00PM - 0 Comments

Chrysler U.S. Postal Service Minivan - Click above for high-res image gallery We haven't heard anything about the 250 electric Chrysler Town and Country mini-vans joining the United States Postal Service (USPS) fleet since the Earth Day ...

Phoenix Motorcars still on track to release all-electric SUT in 2010?

Oct 12th 2009 1:58PM - 5 Comments

Phoenix SUT - Click above for high-res image gallery We're still trying to figure out what is up with Phoenix Motorcars, but the company's website is hinting that things are going on behind the scenes. We don't remember text on the site before: ...

Mission (sorta) Accomplished: Shocking Barack Tour ends [w/VIDEO]

Oct 30th 2009 6:57PM - 8 Comments

After retracing the Detroit-to-DC bailout-begging route taken earlier this year by auto execs, two intrepid souls dispatched by electric motorcycle maker Brammo have finally successfully accomplished their "Shocking Barack" mission. Sort of. ...

GM and Weekly Reader to provide classroom materials on energy and environment

Oct 16th 2007 6:40PM - 1 Comment

Anyone with kids in grade school has probably seen the Weekly Reader. The publishers of the classroom magazine have now partnered with General Motors to produce a new curriculum for fifth through eighth grade students covering energy and the ...

PSA-Venturi partnership selected to provide electric vans to French Post Office

Mar 24th 2008 7:46AM - 2 Comments

Like Newteon, PSA Peugeot Citroen is eyeing the EV contract for La Poste. PSA is teaming up with Monaco-based Venturi Automobiles to produce battery-powered vans based on the Citroën Berlingo First and Peugeot Partner Origin for the French Post ...

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