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NewsJune 14, 2006

Mitsubishi to Cut Fleet Sales

Plan is to cut fleet sales to car rental companies and firms from 18 percent of the total in the past year to March to 12 percent in the current financial year ending Mar. 2007.

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NewsJune 8, 2006

Lexus and Toyota Win Big In Revamped Quality Study

J.D. Power says redesigned Initial Quality Study shows that vehicle design plays as critical a role in consumer perceptions of quality as defects and malfunctions. Hyundai in top three for first time. GM receives Gold Plant award.

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NewsMay 24, 2006

Audit Says Too Many Vehicles in DOE Fleet

Federal inspectors call 28 percent of vehicles “underutilized.”

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NewsMay 17, 2006

U.S. Postal Service Unveils First Hybrid-Electric Mail Delivery Van

The hybrid-electric van is expected to see a 30 to 50 percent improvement in fuel economy. Every penny increase in the price of fuel adds $8 million to the Postal Service's fuel budget each year.

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NewsMay 3, 2006

Ford Hybrid Vehicle Sales up 115 Percent

Automaker credits aggressive incentive programs and hybrid marketing campaign.

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NewsApril 27, 2006

Finally, Some Good News on the Environment

According to the 2006 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, tailpipe emissions from carbon monoxide have been reduced by 96 percent since the 1950s. Air quality in Los Angeles and D.C. has improved dramatically too.

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NewsApril 6, 2006

Used-Car Values Reach 4-Year High

ADESA Analytical Services says the average price of $10,094 was 6.9 percent higher than February 2005 and 2.6 percent higher than January 2006.

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NewsApril 6, 2006

Hybridcars.com Conducts Real World Hybrid MPG Study

A study of 111 hybrid drivers found that the average fuel economy for 47 drivers of 2004/2005 Priuses was 49.95 mpg, or 9.2 percent less than EPA's combined estimates.

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NewsMarch 29, 2006

FMCSA Study Finds Driver Behavior Causes Most Truck Crashes

Action or inaction by the driver of either the truck or other vehicle was the critical reason for 88 percent of the crashes.

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NewsMarch 29, 2006

San Francisco to Study Congestion Charging

The one-to-two-year study will look into “congestion charging” schemes similar to London's, which has reduced downtown traffic congestion by about 30 percent and vehicle emissions by about 12 percent.

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