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AT&T Adds Couple Electric Ford Transit Connect Vechiles To Fleet

By on March 11, 2010 in Corporate Acts, Driving Toward Green

Azure Dynamics Corporation announced AT&T has agreed to purchase two of the first Ford Transit Connect Electric vans, the latest addition to AT&T’s growing fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles. The Ford Transit Connect Electric — the all-electric version of the 2010 Ford Transit Connect, the North American Truck of the Year — will be powered by [...]

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Ford on the Right Track With Sustainability Efforts

By on June 18, 2009 in Driving Toward Green

By John Gartner – Matter Network Ford Motor Company has been newsworthy recently as much for what it’s not doing as what it is. The auto giant has been the only one of the big three not in bankruptcy or asking for bailout funds, and its products are also not emitting as many greenhouse gases [...]

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The Number of Hybrid Drivers in Massachusetts Jumps 36 Percent in Less Than a Year

By on May 22, 2008 in Driving Toward Green

Travelers of Massachusetts offers key discounts for those driving environmentally-friendly vehicles WORCESTER, Mass. — Massachusetts drivers are increasingly going green as the number of registered hybrid vehicles in the state has increased by 36 percent during the past nine months. The timing couldn’t be better for those drivers as the state’s new managed competition system [...]

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Top Five Questions (and Answers) About Green Transportation

By on April 21, 2008 in Driving Toward Green

Navistar Clarifies Myths About Environmental Impact of Trucks, Buses, Diesel Engines WARRENVILLE, Ill. – As the world becomes more vigilant and active about key environmental issues, many industries have renewed commitments to green initiatives. One group that has been steadily improving the environmental landscape is the commercial transportation industry. The industry has traditionally been thought [...]

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Aluminum Can Help Transportation Industry Meet Sustainability Objectives

By on March 6, 2008 in Driving Toward Green

PITTSBURGH – Aluminum is part of the solution to improve the sustainability of the transport industry. That was the key message given by Randall Scheps, Alcoa’s director of Ground Transportation, to attendees at the Weststart-CALSTART Clean Heavy Duty Vehicle Conference held recently in San Diego. The conference focused on advanced technology for cleaner commercial transportation [...]

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