Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Lawmakers may open roads to alternative vehicles (Lexington Herald-Leader)

6 Jul 2008

With gasoline prices on the rise, some lawmakers want to relax restrictions that bar the smallest and least expensive low-speed electric vehicles from the state's roadways. "We've been talking a long time about whether we should do something to address the rising costs of fuel," said state Sen. Gary Tapp, R-Shelbyville. "This would certainly begin to help address the problem." Tapp said he ...

Biofuel dumped: Greenwich drops alternative energy source as cost rises (Norwalk Advocate)

6 Jul 2008

GREENWICH - The town has dropped a plan to use a soy-based biodiesel fuel to power about half of its 300-vehicle fleet after the price of the environmentally friendly fuel became too high, officials said.

Trumbull man takes BMW's new alternative-fuel sedan for a spin (Norwalk Advocate)

6 Jul 2008

Most motorists would have been forced to call AAA or a tow truck. But when Alex Nunez ran out of fuel on his way to work in Greenwich the other day, he did nothing - and still got to his destination on time.