Great Potential

From coast to coast state governments are working aggressively to advance alternative fuel and advanced vehicle technologies.  Recently the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on grant announcements made by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. $8 million will go toward electric vehicles (EV), charging stations, compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling, taxis, and buses, and municipal and school biodiesel dollars.  The California Energy Commission is at it again, too, having awarded over $1 million to Wrightspeed’s EV manufacturing plant.  The PR NewsWire announcement says development of Digital DriveSystem retrofit kits for medium-duty fleet trucks will mean job creation for the San Jose based company