August 8, 2008
UNITED KINGDOM – Lotus Engineering's system synthesizes external sound on electric and hybrid vehicles to make them more audible to pedestrians and cyclists.
Tags: hybrids, Lotus Engineering, silent operation
July 29, 2008
LONDON – In the UK, 300,000 car crashes have been caused by GPS and 1.5 million drivers have swerved through traffic using the system, according to a recent survey.
Tags: accidents, GPS, UK
August 26, 2008
PHOENIX – The Fleet Hall of Fame award will be presented Sept. 11 at the 2008 annual AFLA Conference in Phoenix.
Tags: AFLA conference, Automotive Fleet, Fleet Hall of Fame
August 25, 2008
AUBURN HILLS, MI --- Chrysler LLC's Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) began rolling off the assembly line last week at its Newark, Del., assembly plant.
Tags: Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Chrysler LLC's Hybrid Electric Vehicles , Dodge Durango Hybrid
August 22, 2008
CLEVELAND – Fleet Response hosted an inaugural Safety Summit for fleet risk and safety professionals last week in Cleveland.
Tags: Fleet Response, Safety Summit
August 19, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- A proposal to reconsider the legal drinking age of 21 has touched off a wave of criticism from health, safety and transportation advocacy groups and government officials.
Tags: drinking age
COLOGNE, GERMANY – Volume production of the new Ford Fiesta, the first of a generation of new global small Ford cars, has started at the company's Cologne plant in Germany.
Tags: Cologne plant, Ford Fiesta, Germany
August 18, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its 2007 estimate of total highway fatalities, and the data indicate that last year there were 41,059 deaths overall, a 3.9 percent decline from 2006 and the lowest number since 1994.
Tags: Department of Transportation, Governors Highway Safety Association , highway deaths 2007
August 17, 2008
SAN DIEGO --- DriveCam Inc., a global driver risk management company, said that analysts in its Risk InfoCenter recently reviewed incidences of rear-end crashes to determine the impact of following distance on the likelihood of collision.
Tags: DriveCam Inc., fleet risk management, rear-end crashes
August 15, 2008
ROCKLEIGH, NJ – Richard Buchheit has been appointed to Volvo Cars of North America (VCNA) as manager, commercial sales.
Tags: commercial sales, Volvo Cars of North America
August 13, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- BMW AG is recalling 200,000 vehicles because of concerns that the front passenger air bag may not deploy in a crash.
Tags: BMW recall, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
August 12, 2008
TORONTO – Geoff Ballard, a Canadian pioneer of the fuel cell industry and an entrepreneur that Time Magazine once named one of its "Heroes for the Planet," passed away August 2.
Tags: fuel cell industry, Geoff Ballard, pioneer
MADISON, WI – ALD International has announced the appointment of Miel Horsten as chief executive officer of its subsidiary ALD Automotive USA.
Tags: ALD Automotive , ALD International, CEO
SANTA ROSA, CA – Al Yousuf Group is providing a $10 million financing arrangement for future working capital enabling electric vehicle manufacturer ZAP to meet growing demand for its electric vehicles.
Tags: Al Yousuf Group, ZAP
DEARBORN, MI --- Ford unveiled plans to introduce a side mirror design on the 2009 Edge that minimizes blind spot risk.
Tags: 2009 Ford Edge, Ford blind spot mirror
August 11, 2008
TOKYO, JAPAN --- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) announced it has signed a letter of intent with Southern California Edison (SCE) to work together to test and evaluate the new i MiEV electric vehicle.
Tags: Mitsubishi i MiEVs , Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Southern California Edison
August 6, 2008
AUBURN HILLS, MI --- The all-new 2009 Dodge Ram is loaded with 35 safety and security features, the automaker announced.
Tags: 2009 Dodge Ramis
August 4, 2008
CHICAGO – Donlen Corporation will be a premier sponsor of Bobit Business Media's upcoming Green Fleet Conference, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Sept. 15-16.
Tags: Donlen Corporation, Green Fleet Conference
ST. PAUL, MN – The Automotive Fleet and Leasing Association (AFLA) recently elected five new members to its board of directors.
Tags: Automotive Fleet and Leasing Association, board of directors
August 5, 2008
ALEXANDRIA, VA - The National Vehicle Leasing Association (NVLA) announced its synopsis of the current condition of the auto leasing industry.
Tags: Leasing, National Vehicle Leasing Association
IRVINE, CA — General Motors recently presented a Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell electric vehicle to the Postal Service for testing in a mail-delivery environment.
Tags: General Motors, hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, U.S. Postal Service
DEARBORN, MI – Ford's 30-unit fuel cell fleet has exceeded expectations of the it hydrogen research engineers and earned accolades for durability, reliability, and capability.
Tags: Ford Motor Company, fuel cell vehicles, Hydrogen
August 2, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- For the second week in a row, retail diesel prices tumbled in all regions of the country, according to a weekly report from the Energy Department.
Tags: diesel prices, Energy Information Administration
ANN ARBOR, MI --- Hyundai Motor Co. expects to introduce its first hybrid in the U.S. market as early as 2010, according to a report from Reuters.
Tags: hybrid Sonata , Hyundai Motor Co.
PHOENIX - Registration for total commercial fleet manager attendees at this year's AFLA Conference has reached a record-high. Visit www.aflaonline.com to register for the Sept.10-12 event.
Tags: AFLA conference, commercial fleet manager
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