The long standing success stories of the small car market, the Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla, might be up for a rude awakening in the North American marketplace.  The threat of fuel shortages, shrink in market share, and bad automotive press have lit a fire under the engineers at General Motors and Ford.  Can Detroit build a better vehicle than Tokyo?  On paper, it seems so.
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Saturday morning kicked off the 2010 Cleveland Internation Auto Show at the I-X Center.  Vehicle manufacturers from all over filled the I-X Center with new models and concept vehicles to show off what they've been working on.  Of course there were flashy convertibles, trucks, and massive SUVs, but how many vehicles were shown for the environmentally conscious motorist?
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    Compressed Natral Gas (CNG) is a newly discovered way for mainstream American to fuel their vehicles.  However, government fleets have been fueling their vehicles with CNG for years.  Currently, the U.S. has roughly 1,100 CNG filling stations across the country compared to the approximately 12,000 filling stations worldwide.  CNG may be an answer to America's need for cleaner, efficient, domestically produced abundant fuel needs.
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What Is Green Truck Summit?
     The Green Truck Summit is considered the industry’s foremost educational forum on how the “green revolution” impacts vocational trucks. The Green Truck Summit is considered the industry’s foremost educational forum on how the “green revolution” impacts vocational trucks.
TOPICS THAT WELL BE DISCUSSED Read more »

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The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) presents the Work Truck Show and Green Fleet Seminar. Read more »

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Case Western Reserve University will host a one and a half day
workshop that will explore the technological solutions for reliable
electricity storage, the effective integration of renewable energy, and
national grid security on Monday and Tuesday, October 20-21, at 8 a.m.
(both days), in Nord Hall. Read more »

On the morning of August 20 at Burke Lakefront airport, fleet managers from across the city turned out to witness the Cleveland launch of the Ohio Green Fleets Program.  This program is a creation of Clean Fuels Ohio with local support from NOACA and EarthDay Coalition's Clean Transportation Program.  The debut featured a wide variety of 'green' vehicles, including a hybrid-electric dump truck, several heavy duty vehicles & school busses with various retrofit technologies, and a propane powered van among several other emerging technologies.

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The Ohio Green Fleets Program has three core components:

1. PARTNERSHIPS with fleet managers to develop a Green Fleet policy
tailored to their specific needs
2. HANDS-ON SUPPORT and assistance in implementing the policy
3. STATEWIDE RATING SYSTEM to recognize those fleets that have made
progress toward their environmental goals

Ohio Green Fleets is a collaboration of the Ohio Energy Office, Earth Day Coalition and several local and regional organizations    

Its uniform statewide recognition system will make it easy to determine who has become a leader in green technology use for transportation energy. This public recognition system can be a badge of pride for organizations and businesses.

Ohio Green Fleets’ success will improve the quality of life for all Ohioans as they work for cleaner air, better health, and a strong economy free from dependence on imported petroleum.
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This program is of special importance to Northeast Ohio due to the economic and health challenges we face due to our Federal non-attainment status for both fine particle pollution and ground level ozone.  Since both on-road and off-road vehicles are significant contributors to this problem, the Ohio Green Fleets program can do much to facilitate change the way in which local fleets are managed. 

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Kick-off & Media Event / Logo Unveiling

-Additional details are forthcoming-

Don't miss this rare opportunity to come together and work with your
fleet peers from all sectors of the transportation industry!

This event is open to the public by invitation of the local hosts,
vendors/sponsors and Ohio Green Fleets Program Committee! Please
invite those that have an interest in attending. Only vendors that are
Ohio Green Fleet sponsors are permitted to have a display at this Read more »

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AFVi presents, Fleet Solutions: A Primer on Green Fuels, Vehicles and Technologies
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 @ 1:30 p.m. EST

Mark your calendar and sign up today for this free 90-minute webinar, sponsored by Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi). Read more »

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FREE webinar presented by AFVi (Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute) though you must register to participate

Who should attend:
Fleet professionals, CEOs and board members of companies with fleets
who are interested in learning more about available federal funding and
incentives for alternative fuels and vehicles. Read more »