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NewsFebruary 4, 2007

Gasoline Prices Average $2.165 for Week of Jan. 29

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Retail gasoline prices held steady for the week of Jan. 29, remaining at $2.165 per gallon. Prices were 19.2 cents per gallon lower than at the same time last year, reported the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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NewsFebruary 4, 2007

Gasoline Prices Stabilize

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- With the near-month crude oil futures price rising from a level close to $50 per barrel recently to nearly $57 per barrel Jan. 30, retail gasoline prices have seemingly bottomed, according to the federal government.

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NewsFebruary 3, 2007

New Plan Seeks to Bolster California's Alt-Fuel Use

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Secure Transportation Energy Partnership (CalSTEP) last week unveiled a plan intended to increase California's energy efficiency and alternative fuel use by 2020.

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NewsFebruary 1, 2007

Staples to Discuss 30% Fleet Fuel Usage Reduction

MIAMI – Michael Payette, fleet equipment manager for Staples Inc., will present an industry case study about the results and lessons learned from a fuel review in 2006 at the upcoming eyefortransport Effective Fuel Management for Fleets Conference.

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NewsFebruary 1, 2007

DaimlerChrysler Testing Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles

DETROIT – More than 20 Dodge Sprinter plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEV) will be in service in the U.S. between now and the first quarter of 2008 as part of a test-fleet program.

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NewsFebruary 1, 2007

Ford Unveils First E-85 Ethanol-Fueled Hybrid

DEARBORN, MI — A new version of Ford's hybrid SUV, the Escape Hybrid E-85, will be the first hybrid-electric vehicle to run on ethanol-based fuel.

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NewsFebruary 1, 2007

General Motors Asks Congress to Fund More Alternative-Fuel Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. – General Motors Corp. has called on Congress to increase its support of auto industry efforts to speed implementation of advanced technologies and wean the nation from foreign oil.

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NewsFebruary 1, 2007

Ford Cuts Prices on Redesigned '08 Escape and Escape Hybrid

DEARBORN, MI – The new redesigned 2008 Ford Escape is features a quieter ride and a host of new features and options, with sticker prices averaging $1,100 less than 2007 Escape models. The 2008 Escape also benefits from substantially improved residual values.

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NewsJanuary 30, 2007

Petro Vend's FleetLink Non-Intervention Fuel Control System Offers New Driver I.D. Feature

HODGKINS, IL – Petro Vend's new Driver I.D. helps save money by accounting for vehicles being fueled and prohibiting unauthorized fueling by tracking the drivers that fuel the vehicles.

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NewsJanuary 30, 2007

2007 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty Named Cleanest Diesel on the Market

DETROIT – The new 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 heavy-duty pickups with the Cummins 6.7L turbodiesel engine were recognized at the auto show in Washington, D.C., as the cleanest mass-production diesel-engine trucks on the market.

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