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Drivers are finally getting some relief at the pump. The national average gas price has dropped below $4 a gallon for the first time in months, with prices falling in 47 states as oil markets react to developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. Defense Department is accelerating efforts to use alternative energy sources, including biofuel, hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells.
Read More →MONROVIA, Calif. ---- A California-based company, eDrive Systems, has developed a plug-in conversion for the Toyoto Prius that will add about 180 pounds in lithium-ion batteries so that the car can get about 100 mpg and drive up to 35 miles solely on electricity, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Read More →ST. PAUL, Minn. ---- Proposed state legislation seeks to provide Minnesota State University $100,000 to study ethanol-based fuel use in hybrid vehicles and to explore ways to boost the cars' reliance on battery power for short trips, according to the Mankato Free Press.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline jumped by 13.8 cents per gallon between March 13 and March 20.
Read More →FORT WAYNE, Ind. --- The Central Indiana Clean Cities Alliance held a workshop this week to educate local fuel retailers about the infrastructure needed to sell E-85 --- a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.
Read More →AUBURN HILLS, MI – DaimlerChrysler will expand the use of clean, renewable biodiesel fuel by approving use of B-20 (20 percent biodiesel) in Dodge Ram pickup trucks.
Read More →MELROSE PARK, IL – International Truck and Engine Corp. unveiled a new global brand for its 2007 on-highway automotive engines. Beginning next year, International will offer its expanded line of on-highway engines under the MaxxForce International Diesel Power brand.
Read More →HOUSTON – Shell Lubricants has introduced the new Shell VideoCheck, a technological digital inspection service, as an integral component of its services for 2006. The Shell VideoCheck service will be offered to small- and medium-sized diesel truck fleet customers throughout the country as a cost-effective alternative way of inspecting diesel engine components.
Read More →STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Volvo has plans to begin mass production of a hybrid diesel-electric truck engine in 2009.
Read More →AMORY, MS – Robert Tomey, owner of four McDonald's franchises in Texas and Alabama, recently converted his Volkswagen Beetle and the company's Ford pickup truck to run on used vegetable oil drained from his fryers.
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