Automotive Fleet News

PALO ALTO, CA - Three employees of the electric automaker Tesla Motors were killed on Wednesday, Feb. 17, when the small twin-engine plane they were flying in crashed in a East Palo Alto, Calif., residential neighborhood engulfed in thick fog.

Tags: electric vehicles, Tesla Motors

DALLAS - The deployment is part of a $565 million planned investment announced in March 2009 to replace more than 15,000 fleet vehicles with more fuel-efficient models through 2018.

Tags: alt-fuel vehicle, AT&T

BARRINGTON, IL - The company is offering discounts on monthly and annual service plans for models of the VehicleTrak product line purchased through Feb. 26.

Tags: discount, GPS Technologies, VehicleTrak

COLUMBIA, SC - An insurance company is paying nearly $5 million to settle the case of a woman who struck and killed two bicyclists in South Carolina while driving a company vehicle.

Tags: accident, cell phone, driver safety

SAN DIMAS, CA - AC Propulsion and AutoPort are working together to provide an electric vehicle conversion prototype and report for the United States Postal Service.

Tags: AC Propulsion , AutoPort, electric car, U.S. Postal Service, USPS, V2G, vehicle-to-grid technology

It's a familiar scene in movies. Suddenly, a character driving down a mountain road experiences brake failure. But what steps should a driver take if this happens in the real world? Here's some advice, culled from the Kentucky Driver Manual, on what to do during brake failure.

Tags: driver tips, driving safety, Kentucky DMV

MUNICH, GERMANY - The BMW Group announced Feb. 22 the company plans to build its Megacity electric vehicle in a plant in Leipzig, Germany.

Tags: BMW Megacity, electric cars, electric vehicles

NEW YORK - Although prices are expected to rise this summer, experts said they won't reach the $4 price spikes of 2008.

Tags: fuel

DETROIT - The investment includes facility renovation, new machinery, equipment, and special tooling to support the engine program at three plants.

Tags: engine, General Motors

MIAMI BEACH, FL - Car Charging Group Inc. announced it plans to deploy Level 3 fast-charging stations capable of fully charging an electric vehicle in 30 minutes or less.

Tags: Aker-Wade Power Technologies, Car Charging Group, Coulomb Technologies, electric car, electric vehicle charging stations

PARK RIDGE, NJ - The Hertz Corp. said it has entered a joint commitment with Nissan to bring zero-emission mobility to car rental in the U.S. and Europe by early 2011.

Tags: electric car, Hertz, Hertz Green Collection, Nissan Leaf

BARCELONA, SPAIN - Qualcomm Inc., and Audi AG announced that Audi's Mobile Media Interface (MMI) Plus in-car navigation system, featuring integrated UMTS connectivity from Qualcomm, will be available on select Audi A8 vehicles this year.

Tags: A8, Audi, MMI, Qualcomm

Here are some winter driving tips, culled from the Minnesota Driver's Manual, you may want to pass along to your fleet drivers.

Tags: driver safety tips, driving safety

DALLAS - Texas has become the first state in the U.S. to challenge the federal government's finding, issued in December, that greenhouse gases are dangerous to people.

Tags: emissions regulations, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, greenhouse gases

CHICAGO - Kia Motors America (KMA) on Feb. 10 unveiled the Ray Plug-in Hybrid concept during a press conference at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show.

Tags: Kia Motors, Kia Ray Plug-in Hybrid , plug-in hybrids