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May Fuel Update: Gas Prices Ease, But Relief May Be Short-Lived
After a brief pullback, GasBuddy warns rising oil prices and stalled Iran talks could send pump prices higher again in the days ahead.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. --- After declining four straight weeks, the U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline increased 1.4 cents last week to reach $2.785 per gallon as of Aug. 20. That's 13.9 cents lower than last year, reported the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Read More →GOLDEN, Col. --- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)is now evaluating the performance of 50 hybrid diesel step vans that the United Parcel Service is using on the job.
Read More →DENTON, Texas --- Peterbilt Motors Co. delivered its first medium-duty hybrid vehicles into the market in August to McCoy's Building Supply.
Read More →WENDOVER, Utah --- Ford Motor Co. said it set a land-speed record for a production-based hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered car when its prototype racer reached 207.3 miles per hour at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.
Read More →PASADENA, Calif. --- In a decision that could affect government fleets nationwide, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that publicly funded fleets in southern California can be required to buy low-polluting vehicles that run on natural gas or other alternative fuels.
Read More →WASHINGTON - Competing proposals to raise fuel economy standards for automakers have set off a fierce lobbying effort in Congress and across the nation by environmental activists, the auto industry, and union workers.
Read More →WHITE PLAINS, NY - A city that was among the first in the state to put vehicles fueled by ethanol and natural gas on the road will be among the first again next month when three cars and two pickup trucks fuel up with hydrogen at a Kensico Avenue garage and join the city fleet.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline dropped 6.7 cents to $2.771 per gallon as of Aug. 13. That's 22.9 cents lower than last year, the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported last week.
Read More →NEW YORK --- Weather forecasters are now predicting that Hurricane Dean, now a Category 4 hurricane on a scale of 5, will weaken after hitting the Yucatan and pass into the southern Gulf of Mexico without causing major damage to the Gulf's oil facilities.
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa --- General Motors, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver and Kum & Go L.C. announced plans for 19 new E85 ethanol fueling locations to be opened throughout Iowa by the end of 2008.
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