
Regulatory inconsistencies across markets, relatively stable oil prices; and consumer concerns about cost and ease of operation present challenges for sales of hybrid and electric vehicles.
Read More →New vehicles in California, Missouri and Ohio launch as part of plan to improve fleet fuel efficiency and reduce environmental impact.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses.
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DALLAS - The full line of Ford trucks today was named "Truck Line of Texas" by the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in the country's largest truck market, and MyFord Touch won the group's Outstanding Feature.
Read More →TORRANCE, CA - Enova Systems, Inc., an innovator of proprietary hybrid and electric drive systems propelling the alternative energy industry, has received an incremental order to deliver 100 electric drive systems to Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV), manufacturer of the all-electric Smith Newton truck.
Read More →PLANO, TEXAS - PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division began rolling out some of its fully electric delivery trucks in Columbus. These ten electric delivery trucks will ultimately be part of the largest planned fleet of commercial all-electric trucks in North America.
Read More →WASHINGTON - Domestically produced natural gas, which already fuels fleets across the country, has been left out of the government's proposed rule to reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency in medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, in spite of the fact that natural gas is the cleanest burning alternative transportation fuel commercially available today.
Read More →LANSING, MI - General Motors announced a $37 million investment in its Lansing Delta Township assembly plant earmarked for tooling and equipment to enhance the plant's manufacturing capabilities.
Read More →COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Annual Fleet Study by CK Commercial Vehicle Research shows a 47-percent increase in the number of fleets who plan new Class 8 and medium-duty power unit purchases in 2011 versus those that planned orders for 2010 as reported in the annual study conducted in October 2009.
Read More →WARRENVILLE, IL - Navistar issues a response to the regulatory proposal to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses released Oct. 25 by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
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