Fuel Management

DETROIT - 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.

Tags: Chevrolet, CNG, General Motors, GMC, MSRP

WASHINGTON - Choice Environmental Services of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Republic Services, Inc., were among the recipients of the 2010 National NGV Achievement Awards from NGVAmerica and the Clean Vehicle Education Foundation.

Tags: Choice Environmental Services , Clean Vehicle Education Foundation, Green Fleet, natural gas, NGVAmerica, Republic Services, Inc.

ATLANTA - FleetCards USA shares tips from their trends advisory council - FleetCards TrendWatch - regarding fuel efficiencies and diesel fuel.

Tags: FleetCards USA, fuel card

TORRANCE, CA - Enova Systems, Inc. has moved toward large scale production supply of its all-electric drive system for the Smith Newton, the world's largest battery-electric-powered production truck.

Tags: Enova Systems, Inc., Newton, Smith Electric Vehicles

DETROIT - General Motors has finalized the production process for its compressed natural gas (CNG) powered Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans, allowing the company to deliver fleet customers complete vehicles with a fully integrated and dedicated CNG fuel system starting this fall.

Tags: Chevrolet, CNG, Express, General Motors, GMC, Savana

WARRENVILLE, IL - Navistar, Inc. announced results from independent, third-party testing which prove the new 2010 International ProStar+ Class 8 tractor with the MaxxForce 13 Advanced EGR engine is the industry leader in fluid economy.

Tags: fuel economy, Navistar, ProStar+, Transportation Research Center

EL MONTE, CA - Navistar International Corp. announced the U.S. EPA and CARB presented preliminary proposals aimed at the compliance loopholes found in current 2010 liquid-based SCR systems.

Tags: CARB, EnSIGHT, EPA, Navistar, SCR

DALLAS - To improve air quality and reduce emissions from in-use diesel engines, the EPA awarded more than $1 million to reduce diesel emissions to the Port of Corpus Christi Authority.

Tags: diesel emissions, EPA, Port of Corpus Christi

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI - Penske selected Yara's Air1 brand of DEF to be a primary supplier of DEF across the USA and Canada.

Tags: Air1, DEF, Penske, Yara

WASHINGTON - President Obama has directed the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to boost the fuel efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, starting with model-year 2014 vehicles.

Tags: fuel economy, heavy-duty, medium-duty, President Obama, U.S. DOT, U.S. EPA, White House

GAINESVILLE, GA - Yocum Oil and Diamond Oil are now trained and certified to sell Air1 Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) through Mansfield Oil's DeliveryONE network. Collectively both companies will supply DEF in 252 counties in 3 states, including Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Tags: Air1, DEF, DeliveryONE, Diamond Oil, Mansfield Oil, Yara, Yocum

WASHINGTON - A recent nationwide survey by the Rubber Manufacturers Association found 55 percent of vehicles have at least one under-inflated tire and only one in six vehicles has four properly inflated tires.

Tags: maintenance, Rubber Manufacturers Association, tire

GILBERT, AZ - The first Arizona general contractor to put the high-efficiency HEPO Oil Bypass Systems on its fleet expects to reduce annual oil consumption by more than 66 percent, or 3,500 gallons.

Tags: Eco-Edge, HEPO Oil Filter, Hunter Contracting

HOUSTON - FuelQuest, Inc., an on-demand software and services company for the global downstream energy industry, announced a five-year contract with Lucky Deuces Casino and Truck Stop.

Tags: FuelQuest Fuel Center, Lucky Deuces, Truck Stop

WASHINGTON - A $1-per-gallon biodiesel tax credit that expired Dec. 31 would be extended under legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

Tags: biodiesel, President Obama, tax credit

MASON, OHIO - Cintas Corp. recently ordered 100 hybrid electric walk-in Ford vans, its first large-scale deployment of green technology, for use in its California vehicle fleet.

Tags: Azure Dynamics , Cintas Corp. , E-450, Ford, hybrid

NEW YORK - As part of its initiative to reduce operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions, the department has elected to run a Hino diesel hybrid cab-over for parts delivery.

Tags: diesel , Hino, hybrid, New York

CARTERET, NJ - Prime Lube, Inc., secured a strategic partnership with Germany's Kruse Group to become the first Mid-Atlantic manufacturer of BlueSky Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) for distribution across 12 states, the District of Columbia and two Canadian provinces.

Tags: BlueSky DEF, diesel , Kruse, Prime Lube

HOUSTON - UPS announced its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles has expanded with the deployment of 25 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks to Houston.

Tags: Green Fleet, Houston, hybrid, UPS