All Pumped Up

Fleet managers face significant challenges in choosing vehicles that meet federal requirements for alternative fuels and that still offer cost-efficiency and long-term reliability. This article discusses this challenge, and describes how some local and state government agencies are finding creative solutions. Flex-fuel vehicles that run on gasoline or a gasoline/ethanol fuel blend, hybrid cars and buses, and compressed natural gas vehicles are popular choices.

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• Authors:
  • Kilcarr, Sean
• Publication Date: 2006-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 36, 38, 40
• Serial:
  • American City & County
  • Volume: 121
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Penton Media
  • ISSN: 0149-337X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Compressed natural gas; Cost effectiveness; Fleet management; Hybrid vehicles; Local government agencies; Reliability; State government agencies; Vehicle fleets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Flexible fuel vehicles
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038961
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 3 2007 8:40AM