Volkswagen rolling out test fleet of 80 Golf Blue-e-motions

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Volkswagen, Germany

2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion – Click above for high-res image gallery

Volkswagen has begun to deliver its second batch of Golf Blue-e-motion test vehicles to customers in Germany. Of the 80 plug-in Golfs hitting the streets, 53 will be handed over to individuals and businesses in Berlin with the rest headed for [...]

Volatile fuel prices top concern for fleet managers; 28% to add plug-in vehicles within 12 months

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, USA

Corporate fleet managers rated volatile fuel prices as their top concern for 2011, according to a survey conducted by General Electric Capital Fleet Services. The survey of 105 fleet managers found that driver safety and overall cost savings do matter. However, both are considered to be less of a concern [...]

Canada Post adds Navistar eStar electric delivery van to fleet

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, North America

Canada Post operates the largest fleet of delivery vehicles in all of Canada and, until recently, its fleet lacked a single plug-in vehicle. Now, with the addition of a Navistar eStar electric van, Canada Post has at least one battery-powered package-hauling machine.
The $150,000 Navistar eStar boasts an operating range of 160 [...]

Obama: Entire federal fleet to be alt-fuel by 2015

Filed under: Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Legislation and Policy, USA

Today, President Obama will outline a new target for the White House energy policy, one that focuses on variety. According to news reports, the plan will include ways to generate more low-carbon electricity, reduce reliance on foreign oil, expand domestic oil production and ethanol production and push [...]

Video: Local Motors ups Rally Fighter fleet to 5 vehicles, all going to SEMA

Filed under: SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Design/Style, Off-Road

Local Motors Rally Fighter in action – Click above to watch video after the jump

Local Motors, the car builder behind the idea of open-source automotive development, showed off its Rally Fighter at SEMA last year. At that time, it only had one car built. Fast forward to [...]

Chevy gets cracking on Cruze EV fleet testing

Filed under: Concept Cars, Sedan, Technology, Chevrolet, Electric, South Korea, Daewoo

Chevrolet Cruze EV – Click above for high-res image gallery

The Chevrolet Volt hasn’t yet gone on sale, but General Motors is looking at ways of expanding its electric vehicle lineup. Chevy, along with partner LG, is employing a group of all-electric cars in the form [...]

GM begins all-electric Chevy Cruze demo fleet in Korea; no production version planned anywhere

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chevrolet, GM, Asia

2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco – Click above for high-res image gallery

General Motors will push on with pure-electric automobile tests with a new Chevrolet Cruze BEV trial program in Seoul, Korea. For plug-in vehicle proponents, that’s the good news. The bad news? There are no plans to offer a production Cruze [...]

Hyundai CEO John Krafcik commits to 50 mpg fleet average by 2025

Filed under: MPG, Hyundai
During a speech at the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, MI on Wednesday, Hyundai America CEO John Krafcik became the first executive to commit to a 50-mile-per-gallon fleet average and plans to achieve that goal by 2025. That goes well beyond the 35.5 mpg already mandated under corporate average fuel economy [...]

AT&T’s green fleet hits milestone of 1,500 CNG and 2,000 alternative fuel vehicles

Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Natural Gas, Green Daily

As corporate fleets across the globe have slowly transformed into a paradise for green cars, finding a company that hasn’t revamped at least a portion of its vehicles over to greener technology is becoming harder and harder. Though AT&T would not be considered pioneers in the drive towards [...]

Beijing 2010: Geely shows off fleet of alternative power insects vehicles

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, China

Geely IG – Click above for high-res image

It’s not often that we need to look up the definition of a word in a press release – isn’t the whole idea to make information easy to understand? – but we admit to not knowing what “eclosion” meant. Turns out, it’s “The emergence [...]