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Coke, bottlers growing hybrid fleets

Coca-Cola and its bottlers are increasing the number of hybrid vehicles they use in their sales and delivery fleets. By the end of this year, Coke's sales fleet of 800 vehicles will contain 550 hybrids (as of now, it has 325), and by the end of next year the entire fleet should be hybridized. The Atlanta-based soft drink giant's green fleet includes the Toyota Prius, Camry Hybrid, and Highlander Hybrid along with the Ford Escape Hybrid. Similarly, both Coca-Cola Enterprises and Coca-Cola Consolidated, the company's #1 and #2 bottlers ... Read more →

Most promising green technologies number five: diesel Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click the new Mercedes diesel for a high res gallery Sure, diesels are already widely available all over the world. One reason is that diesel engines are simply more efficient than gasoline engines. ...

Mercedes boss doesn't plan to let cost be an issue for more efficient cars Sam Abuelsamid

Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche told Motor Trend this week that increased cost was not going to be an issue for his company to meet new fuel economy standards. Obviously getting improved efficiency ...

Peugeot to create a diesel hybrid Le Mans car, possibly racing in 2009! Sam Abuelsamid

Peugeot may well be the first team to run a hybrid vehicle at Le Mans and it looks like it will be a diesel, too. New Peugeot CEO recently told the French paper L'Equipe that a diesel-hybrid ...

Interview with Steve Fambro from Aptera Motors Jeremy Korzeniewski

If you read our previous update regarding the Aptera, you already know that the company is now taking deposits on their futuristic three-wheeled machine. I was able to get in contact with Steve ...

Volvo Agrees to Buy Nissan Diesel for $1.1 Billion 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The world's second-largest truck company, Volvo AB, has agreed to buy Nissan Diesel Motor Co. for $1.1 billion in a bid to gain a greater foothold in the booming Asian market. Asia has been a weak spot for Volvo thus far, comprising just seven percent of its sales in 2006. By buying Japan's fourth ...

Volvo Trucks to display parallel hybrid diesel-electric system at U.K. show 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Volvo Trucks, which has full control of the Mack Trucks brand in North America and Renault Trucks in Europe, will be showing off an example of their hybrid diesel–electric D7 engine and I-SAM (Integrated Starter, Alternator Motor) drivetrain system at the Commercial Vehicle Show to be held in ...

Volvo C30 plug-in hybrid concept: high-res pictures and specs 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Volvo C30 concept. German auto website, Autobild, is reporting that Volvo is working on a plug-in diesel-electric hybrid with a similar powertrain design to the Chevy Volt concept unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show in early January. Like ...

Volvo revving up its trucks with heavy-duty hybrid drivetrains 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hot on the heals of the announcement that Wal-Mart is researching dual-mode, diesel-electric drivetrains in its massive truck fleet is the news that Volvo Group has proven its I-SAM hybrid truck technology. Volvo Group, in partnership with the US Air Force has shown that its I-SAM (Integrated ...

Transport authorities embrace hybrid buses 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

When most people think of hybrid vehicles, the Prius, or other similar petrol-electric passenger vehicles come to mind. But there is another hybrid revolution under way in the stop-start world of transit buses; hybrid diesel-electrics. Around 20 percent of all transit buses are now hybrid ...

Citroen introduces diesel-electric hybrid prototype 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Auto Express is reporting that Citroen has introduced a working prototype of a consumer diesel-electric hybrid vehicle in the form of a converted Berlingo called the Efficient-C. This unique drive train is presumably what French Prime Minister David Mendibourne had in mind when he pledged to ...


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