Sunday, April 11th, 2010
FedEx Shows Off Their New Green Machine On ‘America’s Main Street’
FedEx Corp. celebrated the expansion of its alternative-energy vehicle fleet with a road trip for the first all-electric FedEx parcel delivery truck in the United States.
Four purpose-built electric trucks optimized for electric operation from the wheels up are slated to hit the road in the Los Angeles area starting in June 2010. By the end of June, the FedEx alternative energy fleet will have grown to 1,869 vehicles in service worldwide. Helping to diversify and expand the all-electric and hybrid-electric vehicle market around the globe. (more…)
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Since before Hurricane Ike came to town, we lost electricity. The generator
has been my close friend for about 6 days.
My generator is a 6500 watt 13 hp JEWEL. It takes 5 gallons of regular
gas and burns at a rate of 12 – 13 hours at a pop. If you time it right,
you do not have to run out in the middle of the night to re-fill the tank.
I have learned alot about generators these days due to the parents going
kaput on Sunday night. Theirs just simple wore out from years of use. It
blew out the muffler, starting blowing oil, and then found copper windings (more…)
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