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NewsAugust 4, 2014

Drowsy Driving Top Condition of People Who Shouldn't Drive

Drowsy driving ranked at the top of seven conditions listed in the survey that should have caused drivers not to get behind the wheel. Survey respondents also widely supported (60 percent) making drowsy driving against the law.

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NewsAugust 4, 2014

GM’s 2014 Truck and Crossover Sales Pass 1 Million Units

Sales of crossovers and trucks, which include pickups, vans, and SUVs, surged by double-digits, pushing combined sales to 1,048,114 through July. Commercial deliveries were up 69 percent and all other fleet deliveries were up 21 percent.

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NewsJuly 31, 2014

PERC Launches Propane.com

The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) has launched a new website, Propane.com, to serve as a source for information about propane safety and newly developed propane-powered technology for agriculture, commercial landscape, industrial, on-road fleets, and residential industries.

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NewsJuly 18, 2014

Housing Starts Up 7.5 Percent Year-Over-Year

Housing starts in June were 7.5 percent higher than they were the same time a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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NewsJuly 16, 2014

Research: By 2035 Alt-Fuels Will Power 14 Percent of Trucks

Medium and heavy duty vehicles (MHDVs) represent less than 5 percent of the total vehicle market today, and the vast majority of these use conventional internal combustion engines (ICE) powered by either gasoline or diesel.

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NewsJuly 15, 2014

Cummins to Develop 2.8L Medium-Duty Truck Engine

Cummins Inc. announced the development of an engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by as much as 80 percent compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck.

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NewsJuly 10, 2014

Clean Diesel Sales Growth Outpacing Gasoline, Hybrids

Sales of diesel passenger cars increased 25 percent during the first six months of 2014, while sales of gasoline cars grew 4.2 percent and hybrid growth turned negative, according to new data.

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NewsJuly 9, 2014

Used-Vehicle Depreciation Rate Doubles in June

Used vehicles sold at auction depreciated 1 percent in June compared with a 0.4 percent rate in May, which is typical for summer months, according to Black Book.

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NewsJuly 8, 2014

Orders for Class 5-7 Commercial Vehicles Slow

After “best since early 2006” orders in April, Classes 5-7 have cooled over the past two months. In June, net orders fell 9 percent from May and 1 percent from year-ago levels to 14,700 units.

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Articlesby Joanne TuckerJuly 8, 2014

Cox Looks to Sprinter & Hybrid Vans for Better MPG

Replacing more than 1,500 vans with the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has helped the media company achieve an 85-percent increase in miles per gallon.

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