Waste Management (NYSE:WM) celebrated the launch of a new fleet of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueled trucks at the company’s facility on Conrad Place in Waterloo. The initiative represents an investment of more than $13 million in the community. “These new vehicles support our overall efforts of reducing carbon emissions from our heavy duty fleet […]
Roadrunner Transportation Systems has announced expansion of less-than-truckload freight service in the Phoenix and Salt Lake City metropolitan areas. Outbound service will begin on June 15 from Phoenix and July 20 from Salt Lake City. The Phoenix and Salt Lake City service centers will focus on service to Southern California, the Great Lakes, Tennessee, Texas […]
Plug In America, a San Francisco-based national nonprofit organization working to advance plug-in vehicles powered by domestic electricity, has announced that as the group approaches its fifth year, it now reaches 150 cities across the U.S. The group also announced that Nissan will serve as the exclusive automotive sponsor for National Drive Electric Week through […]
Following pressure from a number of groups, including Consumer Watchdog, Google said it would issue regular reports offering some details of crashes involving its driverless cars. Google released its first of what it said would be monthly reports on a website dedicated to the driverless car project. Included in the report is a synopsis written […]
Not exactly the stuff of most fleets, but hey, no harm in thinking big. The Big Toyz Racing Motors (BTR), a premier custom fabricator of the world’s longest monster truck and luxury 4×4 vehicles, has announced that the Sin City Hustler the world’s first and only million-dollar monster truck is now on sale. This one-of-one […]
Truly Nolen, a family-owned pest control company with more than 300 iconic yellow mouse cars and two “stretch” Volkswagen bug mouse limousines, has added a new member to the fleet – a third VW mouse limo. For more than 50 years, the cheerful yellow vehicles with the company’s trademark whiskers, eyes and ears have been […]
