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NewsMarch 29, 2006

Group Says New Air-Hybrid Engine Doubles Fuel Efficiency

Engine maker Scuderi Group its Air-Hybrid Engine doubles the fuel efficiency of today's conventional engines and reduces toxic emissions by up to 80 percent.

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NewsMarch 16, 2006

Bill Mandates Biodiesel Use by Washington State Fleets

Washington joins other states that also require a certain percentage of fuel to come from alternative sources.

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NewsMarch 9, 2006

CSI Wireless Will Sell Telematics Business

CSI Wireless, makers of Asset-Link GPS hardware, will sell its telematics business after it incurred 40 percent of the company's net loss.

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NewsFebruary 22, 2006

New Emissions Rules Promise Disruption in Truck Sales

ACT Research truck industry analyst Kenny Vieth projects that the number of heavy-duty trucks built in North America will total 358,000 in 2006, then crash 42 percent, to 207,000.

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NewsFebruary 2, 2006

Canada Tests GPS System to Catch Speeders

When a driver hits a certain percentage above the posted speed limit, the device kicks in and makes it difficult to press the accelerator.

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NewsFebruary 2, 2006

Inaugural Runzheimer Survey Reveals Business Vehicle Program Trends

For those organizations with company-provided vehicles, 85 percent provide their employees with leased vehicles. The remainder are company-owned. About 69 percent of these organizations manage their program internally, and 31 percent rely on an outside firm for fleet management.

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NewsJanuary 19, 2006

Trucks Vs. Cars

Trucks have long been perceived in the wrong when involved in accidents with cars, though recent studies show this isn't true. The federal government is reapportioning funds to focus on car violations.

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NewsJanuary 11, 2006

Sales of Hybrid-Electric Vehicles Expected to Grow 268 Percent by 2012

J.D. Power and Associates predicts huge growth in hybrid-electric vehicle sales, but minor growth in number of new models that will utilize the technology

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NewsDecember 29, 2005

Colorado's Road Rage Hotline Calls Up 50 Percent

Colorado's road rage hotline is taking an average of 134 cell phone calls a day from motorists threatened by aggressive drivers, according to the Rocky Mountain News.

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NewsDecember 28, 2005

Automakers Widen Seats to Accomodate Growing U.S. Girths

With 62 percent of American adults now considered overweight or obese, automakers are making seats wider, adding more space to interiors and using bigger virtual mannequins to help design vehicles, according to the USA Today.

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