AT&T to buy 15,000 alt-energy vehicles over next 10 years

In Washington, AT&T announced that they will invest $565 million between now and 2019 to convert 15,000 vehicles to compressed natural gas, hybrids and other advanced fuel systems. The company said that it would buy 8,000 compressed natural gas powered vans from Ford over the next five years, as well as 7,100 other vehicles using primarily hybrids from Ford and Toyota, including gas-electric as well as plug-in electric models.

Free Subscription to the Daily Biofuels Digest e-newsletter

Related Stories

NREL says “no major impact” yet seen in E15, E20 vehicle testing; small non-road engines lack systems to handle higher ethanol blends

In Colorado, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are reporting that they have not yet seen "major impact" on vehicles being tested with E15 and E20 blends. NREL is testing 16 vehic...

World Energy Council releases 2050 forecast of energy demand, sources

The World Energy Council issued its 2050 Transport Technologies and Policy Study, which projected that 15% of vehicles in 2020 will be plug-in hybrid vehicles, a major role for biofuels, and a "footho...

US government to buy 17,000 new fuel efficient vehicles from GM, Ford, Chrysler

In  Washington, President Obama announced that the U.S. General Services Administration will spend $285 million to buy more than 17,000 new, fuel-efficient vehicles from GM, Chrysler, and Ford. The p...

92 percent of government fleet runs on gasoline; switch to flex-fuel meant bigger engines, more emissions, says Washington Post

The Washington Post ran an article detailing how the Federal Government's investment in more than 112,000 alternative fuel vehicles, primarily flex-fuel vehicles, has increased rather than decreased e...

New York City Parks “Fleet of the Year”, with 62 percent alt energy vehicles

In New York, the NYC Parks Department received “Fleet of the Year" recognition from Fleet Owner magazine and New York City declared the Parks Department the city's greenest department. The departmen...

EPA-approved Flex Fuel kit released to convert older vehicles to E85

Flex Fuel US has released a $1200 Flex-Box Smart Kit that converts older cars to E85. The EPA-certified kit, according to the company, results in a 15 percent reduction in overall fuel costs and an...