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CNG Vehicles Ramping Up
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At this year’s OKC Auto Show, there was a rather substantial push going on for CNG vehicles, in a special CNG exhibit. Local service stations are selling CNG for the remarkable price of just $0.99 per gallon.[read more]
Post Office to get greener fleet
The U.S. Postal Service announced that it will receive 1000 E-85 ethanol capable and 900 gasoline hybrid vehicles from the U.S. General Services Administration. The 1,900 vehicles from GSA will bring the total number of alternative fuel-capable vehicles in the postal fleet to more than 43,000. At nearly 220,000 vehicles, the postal...[read more]
The Wrong Flex-Fuel
An article in today's Wall St. Journal highlighted another of the more obscure provisions of the mammoth climate bill recently passed by the House of Representatives. The section in question relates to the "Open Fuel Standard", which would authorize the Secretary of Transportation to require auto makers in the US to build a specified...[read more]
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