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NewsNovember 24, 2008

IRS Announces 2009 Standard Mileage Rates

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2009 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving purposes.

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NewsNovember 23, 2008

California Regulators Halt Alameda Station's Sale of Biodiesel

ALAMEDA, CA --- A California state board has stopped a local Safeway gas station from offering biodiesel fuel, citing problems with the station's fuel storage tanks, the Mercury News reported.

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NewsNovember 23, 2008

Volkswagen's 2009 Jetta TDI Named Green Car of the Year

LOS ANGELES --- Volkswagen's 2009 Jetta TDI has been named Green Car Journal's 2009 Green Car of the Year, besting competitors that included a pair of advanced hybrids, a clean diesel sport sedan, and a trendy fuel-efficient microcar.

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NewsNovember 21, 2008

Oregon, Nissan Unveil Electric-Vehicle Initiative

LOS ANGELES — Renault/Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn told reporters that Nissan will bring a fleet of electric leased vehicles to the state of Oregon as a first step to having "pure electric" vehicles on U.S. roads by 2010, Edmunds.com reported.

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NewsNovember 21, 2008

Nova Biosource Fuels Passes New Quality Tests for Biodiesel

HOUSTON --- Nova Biosource Fuels Inc., a refiner and marketer of biodiesel, announced it has successfully passed newly required quality tests for more than a year.

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NewsNovember 20, 2008

ExxonMobil Fleet Program Saves up to 5¢ Per Gallon

IRVING, TX – ExxonMobil's Fleet Program offers businesses with fleet vehicles a way to control fuel costs with rebates of up to 5¢ per gallon on all Exxon and Mobil fuel purchases.

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NewsNovember 20, 2008

FleetPride Purchases Automotive Brake Co. of Newburgh, Inc.

THE WOODLANDS, TX – With the completion of the acquisition of Automotive Brake Co., FleetPride has added 23 U.S. retail locations during 2008.

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NewsNovember 19, 2008

Border Valley Trading Switches Over to LNG Truck Fleet

TOPOCK, AZ --- Applied LNG Technologies USA (ALT) announced an agreement to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Border Valley Trading for use in the company's new fleet of LNG-fueled trucks used in the distribution of their feed products.

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NewsNovember 19, 2008

Gasoline Prices Plunge Below $2 in Gulf Coast, Midwest

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- For the ninth consecutive week, gasoline prices fell in all regions of the country, with the U.S. average price for regular gasoline tumbling another 15.2 cents to reach $2.072 per gallon, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Nov. 19.

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NewsNovember 19, 2008

Diesel Averages $2.809 a Gallon

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. average price for diesel fuel slid 13.5 cents to $2.809 per gallon, the lowest since June 18, 2007 and 60.1 cents less than the price a year ago, the Energy Information Administration reported on Nov. 19.

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