NASHVILLE, TN - Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) has formed an integrated mining tire business unit and reorganized its Bridgestone Commercial Group.
Read More →CAMBRIDGE, MA - Using electric vehicles can markedly lower the costs of a fleet of delivery trucks. Electric vehicles can cost 9-12 percent less to operate than trucks powered by diesel engines.
Read More →DETROIT – Chevrolet will introduce a diesel version of its Cruze to the U.S. market in 2013, building on its global powertrain expertise and adding to the popularity of the vehicle, which was first released to U.S. fleets and consumers in 2011.
Read More →WASHINGTON – Clean Cities has updated its Clean Cities Tools brochure, a PDF that lists descriptions and website addresses for more than 20 online tools designed to help fleets reduce petroleum use.
Read More →WASHINGTON – NHTSA and the DOT proposed new guidelines designed to encourage automakers to limit the risk of driver distraction when using communications, navigation, and entertainment technologies built into vehicles.
Read More →AAA said that areas in the center of the U.S. using gasoline from refineries with access to less expensive crude oil are seeing prices hold steady or even drop.
Read More →The American Trucking Associations has filed a petition for review of the FMCSA's new hours-of-service rule for commerical truck drivers.
Read More →Fleet that apply and are awarded with funds will be provided by American Fueling Systems with a detailed alternative-fuel feasibility study specific to their fleet operations.
Read More →In a ZoomSafer survey, not only are more commercial fleet operators implementing on-the-job cell phone policies for their drivers, but more are enforcing established policies too. Part of the increase is likely due to the FMCSA’s recent ban on cell phone use while driving for commercial drivers.
Read More →WASHINGTON – Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 13,200 2011 model-year F-53 and F-59 stripped chassis vehicles manufactured from Feb. 1, 2010 through July 1, 2011 as well as 2012 model-year F-53 and F-59 stripped chassis vehicles manufactured from May 10, 2011 through Oct. 25, 2011.
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