In the 1990’s Mexico City was named the most polluted city in the world. Birds struggled to survive. It was a wakeup call for Mexico City, and 20 million people’s lives depended on it. Since the 1990’s Mexico City has cleaned up their act reducing their high ozone days by almost half of what they had two decades ago. Changes such as; “Don’t Drive Days”, rooftop garden’s, development of public transportation and “Cycle Sundays” have all contributed to the improvements. … Continue reading
5. Abate dead batteries Constant use of the OEM battery to power equipment it’s not meant to power, such as bucket lifts, computers and digital cameras, is the fastest way to drain the vehicles battery. In fact, with police vehicles running idle in the field being such a common occurrence, a typical law enforcement vehicle will need at least two new batteries a year! With mobile electric power, the appropriate power is being used for the appropriate things. Limiting vehicle … Continue reading
Energy Xtreme’s Independence Package®, a mobile electric power solution, was named a Finalist today in the Best New Product or Service – Business to Business category in The 2012 American Business Awards, and will ultimately be a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award winner in the program. Energy Xtreme’s Independence Package offers fleets valuable and financially impactful ways to operate mission critical electrical loads, such as lights, radio, laptop, in car video and LPR, without running the engine to idle … Continue reading
AUSTIN, TX, May 3rd (PRWEB) Austin-based Energy Xtreme has garnered a prestigious Silver Edison Award. The Edison Awards, celebrating its 25th year, has announced its finalists for the internationally renowned 2012 Edison Best New Product Awards. Since 1987, The Edison Awards have recognized ideas at the forefront of new products, services, marketing, design and innovation. Winning an Edison Award has become one of the highest accolades a company can receive in the name of innovation and business. This year’s … Continue reading
Last night in New York City the Edison Awards held their awards ceremony for the Best New Products of 2012. Energy Xtreme took home the SILVER for the Energy & Sustainability Automotive/Transportation category. Regretfully, we were unable to attend, but was certainly excited this morning when we logged on and saw that our Independence Package, mobile electric power system with idle reduction capability, earned such a prestigious award. Many thanks to the Edison Awards and congratulations to all the other winners. … Continue reading
Auto emissions is a global health crisis. Everything we do to our local environment reaches far beyond our backyards. In this article, the ClickGreen staff reveals that researchers have found emissions originating elsewhere in Europe cause an addition 6,000 early deaths in the UK annually. For the U.S. we absolutely need to care about Latin America and Canada’s auto emissions policies. Air pollution isn’t just one countries problem it’s all our problems. There are solutions available now that can not only allivate air pollution … Continue reading
Kudos to Katie for taking steps now to protect the planet for her future. In her town of Sudbury, MA Katie has identitfied high idle areas and posted signs to remind people to turn off their engines. We invite the City of Sudbury to contact us and learn how our mobile electric power unit with idle reduction capability can help them power their police and public works vehicles, along with school buses for up to 4 hours without having to engage … Continue reading
Don’t Idle Here! Cities including Aspen are working to curb idling – as reported in this story by Carolyn Sackarariason, Aspen Daily News Staff. This issue impacts all the municipalities across the nation. We at Energy Xtreme are also working with police forces across the country to reduce idle emissions. A key question in the field for officers and public works department workers is how can they do their jobs without cars idling? Link to story http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/152413
Ford Motors Company has rolled out its newest Ford fleet car http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120328/AUTO0102/203280337/1121/auto/Ford-diesel-to-reduce-customer-fleet-costs , but we’re more interested in how or if this next generation fleet car reduces idling? Is it a viable solution for current capital assets and does it give fleets extra power? Reducing fuel costs, emissions, and fleet costs cannot only rely on municipalities and cities being able to purchase new fleets. We need a solution that works now and for … Continue reading
Idling affects our lives in ways we don’t realize until we read news releases like this one from the EPA. The health of bus drivers, school service employees and thousands of school children in New England were put at risk by idling school buses. Idling engines emit pollutants that have generated a national health crisis. In fact, cancer deaths due to air pollution are more than breast and prostate cancer combined. Based on the data in the below news release, by reducing … Continue reading
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