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More than a dozen federal agencies failed to meet their requirements under the Energy Policy Act (EPACT) for acquiring alternative fueled vehicles, according to a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, said the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA).
Read More →Former National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA) President David Ogilvie has accepted an early retirement incentive from Hewlett-Packard in Canada, where he has served for 26 years.
Read More →General Motors, DaimlerChrysler AGs Chrysler, and other automakers are planning to put put thousands of battery-operated cars on California's streets to comply with a zero-emission vehicle law, even though the state might not be able to enforce the law, according to a recent Bloomberg News report.
Read More →Reuters reported Aug. 30 that researchers at the University of Michigan and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found that SUVs could be the most dangerous cars on the road for all drivers. The risk analysis also concluded that many SUV owners travel at increased speeds, under the mistaken impression that their vehicles make them safer than motorists driving smaller cars.
Read More →Spartan Motors, Inc. and its subsidiaries will introduce a new rescue vehicle and fire truck cab, and display some of their latest emergency vehicle innovations during the Fire-Rescue International (FRI) Conference and Exhibition, which begins tomorrow in Kansas City, Mo.
Read More →Don't miss Fleet Expo 2002 and the educational seminars set for October 7-9, 2002 at the Meadowlands Convention Center in Secaucus, NJ. The schedule is as follows:
Read More →A bankruptcy court ruled Aug. 27 that Ryder Systems Inc. can't proceed with a trademark lawsuit against Budget Group Inc., which operates Ryder's former consumer-oriented yellow-truck rental division.
Read More →DaimlerChrysler announced that Mercedes-Benz will begin building the new Grand Sports Tourer (GST) crossover wagon in late 2004.
Read More →Ford Motor Co. on Aug. 30 said it was discontinuing its TH!NK electric vehicle division due to poor customer demand and lack of government support for the environmentally friendly cars. According to the company, Ford paid $23 million in 1999 for the Norway-based electric vehicle company Pivco Industries, renaming it Think or TH!NK, and has since invested $100 million in the technology as a cure
Read More →Reuters reported Aug. 30 that researchers at the University of Michigan and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found that SUVs could be the most dangerous cars on the road for all drivers. The risk analysis also concluded that many SUV owners travel at increased speeds, under the mistaken impression that their vehicles make them safer than motorists driving smaller cars.
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