This evening we didn’t have the second coming of Christ, but we did see a couple nigh-on-impossible vehicles announced. A semi-truck that does 0-60 miles/hr in 5 seconds? (unloaded) And a 4-seater sports car that does 0-60 miles/hr in 1.9 seconds? And, the truck will be available in 2019, and…
The irony of this is rich – Today, the EPA announced new ozone standards, strengthening the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone to 70 parts per billion (ppb) from 75 ppb to protect public health. EPA also is strengthening the “secondary ozone standard” to 70 ppb, which will…
Electric Vehicles International (EVI-INC) announced today a goal of deploying 500 electric delivery trucks in California over the next two years, piggy-backing on Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive order last week calling for the expansion of electric truck and car usage. Electric Vehicles International (EVI), a Stockton CA based electric truck…
On the Motley Fool is a piece about how Heckmann Corporation is looking to expand the use of liquified natural gas use in big trucks. The strategy is ingenious, gives Heckmann the ability to claim green credibility by using natural gas fuel, while giving a method to expand the LNG…
The other day Ford and Toyota announced a partnership to develop hybrid drive train technology for light trucks and SUV’s. That nice announcement filled my mind with images of contractors, construction workers and farmers driving around hybrid F-150’s or F-250’s starting in 2020ish. But then a couple brain cells…
