America’s Natural Gas Highway

Soon, trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) will travel on America’s natural gas highway.  Clean Energy Fuels is building an LNG fueling infrastructure to enable a cleaner distribution and trucking industry for America.  LNG is a cleaner fuel for heavy-duty trucks with a lower specific carbon content, lower CO2 emissions, and lower soot emissions[…]

Odyssey Day 2012 Wrap Up

Odyssey Day 2012 was a great success. There was an amazing turnout of people and everyone seemed to have a lot of fun. Attendees heard presentations about alternative fuels and had the chance to look at an impressive and diverse fleet of alternative fuel vehicles.  Pictures of the event are below. Thanks to all the[…]

U.S. EPA School Bus Rebate Program

Dear Clean Cities Stakeholders, San Diego Clean Cities Coalition wants to let you know about an exciting funding opportunity for school districts. There’s a new rebate program from the U.S. EPA to fund diesel emission reductions. The rebate program is designed to provide a more streamlined mechanism to fund replacement of older medium- and heavy-duty[…]

Odyssey Day Event on October 23, 2012

San Diego Regional Clean Cities Coalition is hosting an event, known as Odyssey Day, in conjunction with the California Center for Sustainable Energy  on October 23, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  Our local Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Day Odyssey will be one of many events held across the country to showcase cleaner, more[…]

San Diego firm testing high performance spark-plugs for natural gas engines

San Diego-based MultiSpark Inc is studying a novel spark plug designed in natural gas engines, according to a recently released research brief. The multipoint spark plug should lead to improved ignition and a more complete fuel burn, increasing performance and lower emissions. The research is support by an transportation energy innovations small grant

Environment Meets Efficiency – How You Can Save Money by Going Geen

     Environment Meets Efficiency   Thursday, May 24, 2012     8:00am – 10:00am Last chance to register to hear how:   Hewlett Packard  San Diego County Regional Airport Authority SDG&E  Stone Brewing  & Buster Biofuels    use clean technologies to add to their bottom line, reduce emissions, and be more efficient.   ____________________________________________ $15 for[…]

Pricing Announced for CNG Powered Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana Full-Size Vans

The fully integrated and dedicated Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) option, available this fall for Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans, will be priced at $15,910 MSRP, General Motors announced Tuesday 08/31/2010.

Odyssey; October 15th 2010

National AFV Day Odyssey The Journey Continues National AFV Day Odyssey A biennial event dedicated to promoting cleaner choices in transportation! The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) undertook this project because of the critical need to support the alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) industry. More public awareness is necessary to help ease our dependence on[…]

2010 San Diego Clean Cities Progress Report

The 2010 San Diego Clean Fuels Coalition Survey is currently underway, we are gathering data regarding many organization’s alternative fuel/advanced technology fleets in order to complete our 2010 annual report for the Department of Energy (DOE) Clean Cities Program. The DOE uses this data to report to Congress, as required by the Energy Policy Act,[…]

EarthDay Clean Fuel Vehicle Showcases

San Diego EarthWorks will be presenting their annual Earth Fair on Sunday April 18th at Balboa Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Clean Fuel Coalition and San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership will be in attendance on the west side of the Cleaner Car Concourse. There will be information on various clean fuel organizations[…]