A team of researchers from Purdue University and diesel engine manufacturer Cummings have shown that, with engine parameter modulation including lower AFR (air/fuel ratio), higher EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) fraction, and earlier start of main injection (SOI), it is possible to mitigate the biodiesel-NOx effect with blends of soy-based biodiesel [...]
The University of Dayton Research Institute recently was awarded a $49.5 million Air Force research grant to develop advanced jet fuels and combustion technologies. The six-year cooperative grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate will address key areas in the development of synthetic, alternative and blended fuels, [...]
China BAK Battery, Inc., one of the largest lithium-ion battery cell manufacturers as measured by production output, has begun to execute a contract with Jilin Hi-tech Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd, an affiliated company of First Automobile Group Co., Ltd, one of the largest automobile manufacturers in China, to provide [...]
A new study for the UK’s LowCVP by Transport & Travel Research Ltd (TTR) [...]
Kenworth Truck Company is expanding its product line with the introduction of the Cummins Westport ISL G natural gas engine for the Kenworth T800 short hood and W900S models. Now available for order, Kenworth's natural gas models are focused on vocational, municipal, and pickup and delivery applications.
Kenworth [...]
Superyachttimes.com. Egypt-based Pharos Marine unveiled plans for a 60-meter dual-fuel hydrogen-diesel electric superyacht, the Orcageno.
The Orcageno. Click to enlarge.The propulsion system uses a generator driven by a hydrogen-diesel internal combustion engine which can be operated by either hydrogen or diesel oil to provide power [...]
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has selected the LEAP-X1C engine from CFM International—the 50/50 venture between GE and SAFRAN Group—as the sole Western jet engine to launch its new C919 150-passenger single-aisle aircraft, due to enter service in 2016. COMAC forecasts a potential market of more than [...]
Pratt & Whitney has launched testing of a full-scale PurePower engine core, marking a major milestone in the development of its next-generation jet engines. The engine core—which consists of an ultra-efficient high pressure compressor, a low-emissions combustor, and an all new high pressure turbine—was designed jointly by Pratt & [...]
Natural gas may soon be the dominant fuel for producing electricity, according to Leonardo Maugeri, senior executive vice president of Eni S.p.A, a leading energy company and a founding member of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI).
“Gas is the easiest option” for answering increasing concerns about fuel availability, price, distribution, [...]
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. plans to stage the world premiere of the Honda New Small Concept, a concept model of a new small-sized vehicle which Honda is currently developing especially for India and other emerging nations, at the Auto Expo 2010 to be held in New Delhi, India from [...]
Argonne National Laboratory, which has contributed heavily to the research and development of Li-ion battery technology, is now pursuing research into Lithium-air batteries. Li-air batteries use a catalytic air cathode that converts oxygen to lithium peroxide; an [...]
As one of its efforts related to Denmark’s EDISON (Electric vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated market using Sustainable energy and Open Networks) project (earlier post), Siemens is developing rapid charging systems for automotive batteries, initially targeting 400V and 63 amps. The long-term goal is to achieve up [...]
GE South African Technologies (GESAT), GE Transportation’s entity in South Africa, will supply 100 locomotives to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). The GE C30ACi, the first AC diesel electric locomotive to be introduced to sub-Saharan Africa, will have a GE FDL engine that delivers 3,300 gross horsepower (GHP) using an [...]
Scientists at the [...]
Germany’s Handelsblatt reports that Daimler and Evonik want to invest an additional €200 million (US$287 million) in their joint Li-ion manufacturing venture Deutsche Accumotive GmbH & Co. KG to boost production at the plant—currently under construction (earlier post)—from the initial 300,000 cells per year targeted in 2011 to [...]
In the Pre-Budget Report (PBR) released on 9 December, UK Chancellor Alistair Darling announced that all electric cars will be exempt from Company Car Tax (CCT) for 5 years and electric vans will be exempt from Van Benefit Charge (VBC) for the same period. A 100% first year [...]
Xinhua. PetroChina expects that its Changqing oilfield—currently the country’s third-largest—will post an annual growth of 24 percent in oil and gas output this year.
By Dec. 19, the oil and gas equivalent production at Changqing had exceeded 30 million tonnes, and the figure would reach 31 million by the [...]
FNA. Iran’s largest car and truck-manufacturing company, Iran-Khodro, will unveil what it calls the Middle-East’s first hybrid bus.
“The hybrid system designed in this project was installed on one of Iran-Khodro Diesel Co. (IKD) city buses. The related tests regarding parts have been done and we are going to perform [...]
Analysis of seven years of data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite indicates that increased levels of atmospheric water vapor, a naturally occurring greenhouse gas, creates a powerful positive feedback loop which could more than double the climate warming effects from carbon dioxide, absent any [...]
A preliminary analysis of worldwide surface temperatures from January to November conducted by the Japan Meteorological Agency shows that the average land and sea surface temperatures for 2009 have been +0.31 ºC above normal, based on the 1971-2000 average, and that 2009 will be tied with 2002, 2003, and [...]
Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.
[Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina [...]
As part of an aggressive deployment strategy for improving fuel efficiency across its product line-up in the near-to medium-term, [...]
by Jack Rosebro
Following an all-night session that sent two weeks of climate talks into overtime, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 15th Conference Of Parties (COP 15) yesterday tentatively approved a non-binding, three-page political statement that had been hashed out the previous night in face-to-face meetings [...]
The Seoul Metropolitan Government started a test-run of LPI (Liquefied Petroleum Injection) hybrids from Hyundai-Kia Motors (earlier post) as taxis on 3 December.
The Korea National Joint Conference of Taxi Association will select participating taxi companies and support the monitoring of its operation. Hyundai-Kia Motors will monitoring and developing [...]
Chrysler Group LLC has awarded Chris (Chunting) Mi, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, $3.1 million for his proposed, “Ram Pickup Truck PHEV Development and Demonstration Project.”
In August, Chrysler was announced as being selected for $70 million in funding from the $2.4 billion [...]
Australia-based Mission NewEnergy Limited, a biodiesel [...]
Panasonic Corporation has developed an 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The new 3.1 Ah cell has a nickel cathode and an energy density of 675 Wh/L.
The company successfully achieved safety and higher capacity by using its Heat Resistance Layer (HRL) [...]
The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded selections for $60 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support transmission planning for the country’s three interconnection transmission networks. The six awards will promote collaborative long-term analysis and planning for the Eastern, Western and Texas electricity interconnections, [...]
Delphi Electronics & Safety outlined its plans to implement an $89.3 million award (earlier post) from the Department of Energy (DOE) to support expansion of its power electronics engineering capabilities as well as the establishment of a new manufacturing operation in Kokomo, Indiana.
Among the first products expected to [...]
China automaker Geely Group has signed a global strategic cooperation agreement with Johnson Controls. Johnson Controls will provide a range of auto parts to Geely, and the two will cooperate in the clean energy sector in unspecified areas.
Geely is in the process off consolidating its supplier base, and [...]
I.M. Group, the UK-based automotive importer and distributor for Subaru, Isuzu and Daihatsu, has signed an agreement that will see it import vehicles from Chinese auto maker, Great Wall Motor Company Limited, into Europe starting next year.
Initially, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will be targeted. Then, [...]
General Motors announced today that the intended sale of Saab Automobile AB would not be concluded. After the withdrawal of Koenigsegg Group AB last month, GM had been in discussions with Spyker Cars about its interest in acquiring Saab. During the due diligence, certain issues arose that both parties [...]
Regional Development Agency One North East and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., entered the next phase of their partnership by signing a definitive agreement which sets out a road map for the roll-out of electric vehicles and infrastructure in North East England. The agreement also contains firm commitments on incentives [...]
Nikkei. Japan convenience store chain Circle K Sunkus Co. plans to use the new Prius Plug-in hybrid vehicles (earlier post) as company cars.
As a start, the convenience store chain operator will deploy a Prius Plug-in Hybrid at its office in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, next Thursday. This vehicle will [...]
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Aisin Seiki Co, Ltd will provide a total of 30 residential, solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC) cogeneration systems developed jointly by Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas), Kyocera Corporation (Kyocera), TMC and Aisin to five Japanese gas companies, as part of the New Energy and Industrial [...]
Sandia National Laboratories will use $4.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modify and enhance its existing Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory (BATLab), with the goal of developing low-cost batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Sandia’s BATLab is recognized as a leader in the field of [...]
British Columbia and the California Air Resources Board have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to pave the way for stringent greenhouse gas emissions standards for new light-duty vehicles.
The MOU commits the BC Ministry of Environment and the California Air Resources Board to move forward in partnership in [...]
GV Energy Inc., a British Columbia, Canada company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Terrace, British Columbia to acquire land in the Skeena Industrial Development Park to be used as the site of a biorefinery that will produce dimethyl ether.
The bio-refinery will be designed to [...]
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced up to $71 million funding for 20 new research projects under its Technology Innovation Program (TIP). Selected projects range from unmanned, hovering aircraft for inspecting bridges to a high-speed sorting system for recycling aerospace metals to nanomaterials for advanced [...]
Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. has completed a License Agreement with Great Wall Alternative Power Systems Ltd. to advance the development and production of Cyclone’s Schoell Cycle heat-regenerative external combustion engines for the China market.
Under the terms of the License, Great Wall Alternative Power Systems (GWAPS) will develop in China [...]
In cooperation with eight partners, scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are working on the development of highly efficient methods for hydrogen production from microalgae.
The “H2 from microalgae: With cell- and reactor design towards economically feasible production” (HydroMicPro) project is being coordinated by Professor Clemens Posten [...]
Buick will offer its LaCrosse CX model with a new fuel-efficient, direct-injected Ecotec 2.4L four-cylinder engine as standard and priced at $26,995. (Earlier post.)
LaCrosse sales are up 238% compared with a year ago when sales of the previous model were winding down. Buick sales in November rose [...]
Chrysler Group LLC will begin production in the fourth quarter of 2010 of Fiat’s 1.4-liter, in-line four-cylinder Fully Integrated Robotized Engine (FIRE) featuring Multiair for incorporation into its powertrain lineup. (Earlier post.) The first application [...]
Researchers at MIT have developed a new bicycle rear wheel—the Copenhagen Wheel—that can capture energy from braking and deliver the power back to provide a boost. The wheel, designed to be easily interchangeable with any standard bicycle’s rear wheel, also offers a variety of extra functions including real-time [...]
A123 Systems is forming a joint venture with SAIC Motor Co. Ltd, a leading automaker in China. The focus of the joint venture is to develop, manufacture and sell complete vehicle traction battery systems for use in hybrid electric and pure electric passenger vehicles and heavy duty truck and [...]
Fourteen major cities, members of the C40, announced the formation of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network at the Climate Summit for Mayors in Copenhagen. In collaboration with four vehicle manufacturers and the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), these cities will focus on four key areas necessary for becoming electric vehicle [...]
Mazda Motor Corporation has launched the fully updated the Mazda Carol micro-mini for the Japanese market, its first full remodeling since September 2004. Featuring reduced curb weight and a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with an auxiliary gearbox, the Carol provides improved eco-friendliness and even better value.
BMW has introduced the Concept ActiveE, the latest electric vehicle project under BMW Group’s initiative to produce vehicles that explore solutions to minimize environmental impacts while preserving the kinetic driving experience for which BMW has long been known—the [...]
BorgWarner will supply engine and drivetrain technologies for the Hyundai Tucson and ix35, including:
Chain timing systems from BorgWarner Morse TEC for the 2.0- and 2.4-liter gasoline engines. The Morse TEC “silent chain” timing drive offers low noise and superior durability, providing precise and efficient performance for the life of [...]
A Swedish industry-first electric automobile coalition has been established to fuel the advancement of zero-emission, high performance vehicles.
The ZE Saab 9-3. Click to enlarge.Funded by SEK 86 million (approximately US$12 million) from a Swedish Energy Agency grant announced on 10 December, the coalition includes [...]
Perspective by Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Oil is a strategic commodity second to none—it underlies the global economy and even the American way of life. Of course, other countries benefit from this fact, with about $900 million flowing out of the US to buy foreign [...]
Guangzhou Automobile Co. Ltd (GAC) and MIRA have signed a contract for MIRA to provide support on a new vehicle programme for GAC. Through a combined GAC/MIRA team of engineers, this engineering programme will help GAC to deliver its new passenger car—the first to carry GAC’s own brand—to the market.
GAC is one [...]
by Jack Rosebro
Global 2ºC maximal warming limit as compared to past and present temperatures, as well as temperatures projected for various IPCC reference emissions scenarios, 2000—2100. Inset box represents instrumental records. Source: WGBU. Click to enlarge.From the opening day of the United Nations Framework [...]
Highway barriers erected along roadways to block the sound and sight of traffic for the adjoining neighborhoods may also be reducing the amount of pollutants, such as soot from diesel exhaust, reaching area residents, [...]
Xinhua. Beijing will have more than 4 million vehicles on the road this coming weekend, according to the municipal traffic management bureau.
New vehicle sales in the capital are maintaining about a 2,000 unit daily pace, and the number of cars in Beijing hit 3.99 million as of last Sunday. [...]
GE Aviation and AAI Corporation, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the US Army performed the first proof of concept flight demonstrations of an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) controlled with a GE Flight Management System (FMS) certified for use in commercial manned aircraft.
These flights used [...]
Given increasing emissions of CO2 and the subsequent increased absorption by the oceans, ocean acidity could increase by 150% by 2050, according to a major new review and synthesis study released by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This is an increase 100 times faster than [...]
The delayed Boeing 787 Dreamliner (earlier post) completed its first flight event yesterday. The flight marks the beginning of a flight test program that will see six airplanes flying nearly around the clock and around the globe, with the airplane’s first delivery scheduled for fourth quarter 2010.
The 787 [...]
Volvo Trucks will begin field testing in Sweden and the UK in 2010 of heavy-duty diesel trucks fuelled by a combination of methane gas and diesel.
The field tests will start with a mixture containing up to 70% methane gas. The remainder will consist of bio-mix diesel—fossil diesel mixed [...]
Existing US policies that stress energy efficiency and alternative fuels, together with higher energy prices, will curb energy consumption growth and shift the energy mix [...]
QuantumSphere, Inc. and the University of South Florida announced that they have exceeded the 2010 Department of Energy (DOE) goals for solid state hydrogen storage.
In a two-year materials discovery program funded [...]
Magneti Marelli and Telit Communications S.p.A. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the area of GSM and GPRS modules to be used on automotive telematics devices. The agreement aims at developing info-mobility and tracking functions and services, and provides for Telit to supply Magneti Marelli with cellular M2M [...]
A core group of 15 commercial airlines has signed non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for negotiating purchases from two different producers of synthetic jet fuel: AltAir Fuels LLC and RenTech Inc. These alternative fuels will be more environmentally friendly, on a life cycle basis, than today’s petroleum-based [...]
Accelergy Corporation, an advanced coal-to-liquids company, has formed a strategic partnership with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota. Under the terms of a new agreement, Accelergy will license EERC’s proprietary technology as part of its Coal Biomass to Liquids (CBTL) process to [...]
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, has signed an agreement with ASA Ethanol Holdings, LLC to buy two ethanol plants that had been previously owned by VeraSun Energy Corporation. ASA Ethanol Holdings, LLC is a company owned by a former syndicate of [...]
Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research [...]
Kia has announced that its new K7 sedan, which will be exported as the Cadenza, has received its carbon footprint certificate from the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI).
The all-new Cadenza. Click to enlarge.The Cadenza, which will be sold in the North American [...]
Air Liquide recently was chosen to supply two new hydrogen filling stations in Korea, designed and developed by the Group’s Advanced Technologies teams.
The first station, which will supply hydrogen at a pressure of 350 bar, will be delivered in the first quarter of 2010 for the government demonstration project, [...]
Novozymes, an international enzymes and microorganisms company, has entered two new research partnerships in Brazil. A partnership with Cetrel, the largest provider of environmental solutions for the manufacturing industry in Latin America, is focused on the production of biogas from sugarcane bagasse using enzymes. The biogas can be used [...]
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, announced that it will stage the world debut of a new dedicated hybrid concept vehicle during the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
The vehicle will be revealed during a news conference held on Monday, 11 January at COBO Hall.
Toyota provided [...]
Kepler Motors, founded by World Speed Record Holder Russ Wicks, is unveiling its MOTION supercar at this year’s Dubai International Motor Show, 16-20 December. The MOTION’s Dual Powertrain Technology (DPT) delivers a combined 800 hp (597 kW) from a 550 hp (410 kW) modified Ford EcoBoost twin-turbo 3.5 liter [...]
Dyadic International, Inc., a biotechnology company developing enzymes for use in the production of cellulosic ethanol, has extended its collaboration with The Scripps Research Institute by entering into an agreement with Scripps to re-annotate the genome of Dyadic’s patented and proprietary Chrysosporium lucknowense fungus, known as C1. (Earlier [...]
Speaking at the 2009 World Methanol Conference in Miami, Richard J. LeBlanc, CEO of Chemrec, strongly advocated increased efforts to promote the benefits of dimethyl ether (DME) throughout North America.
Studies of various land-use efficiencies for various biofuels and processes by [...]Exxon Mobil Corporation is acquiring XTO Energy Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at $41 billion. The agreement, which is subject to XTO stockholder approval and regulatory clearance, will enhance ExxonMobil’s position in the development of unconventional natural gas and oil resources.
XTO is a US producer engaged in the [...]
BMW handed over forty electric MINI E cars to their test drivers on Sunday—all members of the public—in the start of two consecutive six-month field trial periods which will evaluate the psychological, social and technical aspects of [...]
Saab Automobile AB has closed on the sale to Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co. Ltd (BAIC) of certain Saab 9-3, current 9-5 and powertrain technology and tooling. Saab will assist BAIC to integrate this technology into future BAIC vehicles.
This arrangement is excellent for both parties, now and for the [...]
Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. successfully ran for the first time its Mark V engine on steam, a major milestone for the Schoell Cycle heat regenerative, external combustion engine technology.
Cyclone’s Mark V Engine, which can generate more than 100 hp (75 kW) and 860 lb-ft (1,166 N·m) of starting torque [...]
The Nikkei reports that Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. (Mitsui Kinzoku), plans to enter the lithium-ion battery manganese cathode materials market, with a projected investment of up to ¥10 billion (US$113 million by 2013).
Mitsui Kinzoku is currently delivering cathode prototypes to battery manufacturers that supply automakers. A battery [...]
In Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) formally announced the introduction of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid—the plug-in [...]
Engineering News. South Africa is reinvigorating its efforts to develop automotive lithium-ion batteries, with the government’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) now determining the commercial feasibility of battery manufacturing in the country.
South Africa’s drive to build batteries include the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Industrial Development Corporation [...]
The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Foundation at the University of North Dakota has issued global, exclusive licensing rights to Whole Energy Fuels Corporation for a novel cellulosic biofuel technology which converts biomass and other recycled material without using enzymes, fermentation, or extreme operating conditions into compounds in [...]
Edmunds.com, a leading online resource for automotive consumer information, forecasts that in 2010, approximately 11.5 million cars and light trucks will be sold in the United States. The industry is currently tracking to sell approximately 10.3 million cars and light trucks this year.
Edmunds.com analysts also predict that about 3.2% [...]
France-based MDI (Moteur Development International), the developer of a compressed air powertrain and several derivative vehicles, officially handed over the keys to two AirPods to KLM earlier in December. The AirPods are under testing for a minimum period of three months [...]
The first stage of a Government-supported UK-wide project to trial electric and ultra low emission vehicles began Saturday in the West Midlands with the keys to 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) (earlier post) being handed [...]
A team of researchers from Zhejiang University (China) and the Austrian Academy of Sciences has successfully synthesized a new SnO2 nanoarchitecture: extremely thin sheets, with minimum thicknesses of [...]
Tom LaSorda, former Chrysler Group President and CEO, and Steven Landry, former Chrysler EVP of North American Sales and Marketing and Global Service and Parts have joined the Board of Directors of ALTe LLC, the Michigan-based engineering and technology company developing a Range Extended Electric Vehicle (REEV) powertrain system for [...]
Russia’s Irkut Corporation has selected the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan PurePower PW1000G engine (earlier post) to power the Irkut MC-21 aircraft. The selection represents the third airframe application win for the PurePower engine, which provides customers a significant reduction in fuel burn and noise with lower environmental [...]
An overwhelming number of scientists (84%) say the earth is warming because of human activity, while just 4% of scientists say there is no solid evidence the earth is warming. Yet only 56% of Americans say that scientists agree that global warming is real and man-made, according to Pew [...]
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced two final rules that will further reduce the availability and use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which are primarily used as refrigerants and harm the ozone layer.
A diminished ozone layer allows more radiation to reach the Earth’s surface, leading to serious health [...]
Quallion LLC, a developer of customized lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs for medical, military, aerospace, and vehicle applications, remains on track to develop an advanced lithium-ion anti-idling HVAC system for heavy-duty trucks, Dr. Hisashi Tsukamoto, the company’s co-founder, CEO and CTO, recently told Green Car Congress.
In May, Quallion had [...]
The Florida communities of Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, and the City of Miami are purchasing 11 Autocar E3 refuse trucks fitted with parker Hannifin’s RunWise hydraulic hybrid technology. (Earlier post.) Delivery is expected in mid-year 2010.
RunWise features proprietary software that allows for seamless shifting and smoother braking, improving drivability. [...]
High Gear Media, the publisher of 75 targeted consumer automotive websites, and Tesla Motors are launching an automotive writing contest to win a tour and test drive of the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport in California.
The contest is open to anyone who uses one of High Gear Media’s automotive [...]
A new report from Pike Research forecasts that the global natural gas vehicle (NGV) sector is poised for a new period of growth. The cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that the number of NGVs on the road worldwide will grow to 17 million vehicles by 2015, up from 9.7 [...]
Jefferson County (Colorado) Commissioners unveiled what they believe to be the first hybrid snowplow in the US. The plow, a modified 2009 International Model 7300 Hybrid, could be in service by next week.
Jefferson County will learn more about the truck’s energy efficiency as a snowplow as it begins [...]
