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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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ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue said he will sign an executive order Sept. 2 that will exempt consumers from state motor fuel taxes through the end of September to "relieve some of the financial burden" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, according to the Associated Press.
Read More →PARIS — Europe will dip into its emergency stocks of gasoline to help the United States through an energy crisis that began when Hurricane Katrina smashed into Gulf coast refiners, EU governments said Sept. 2.
Read More →DETROIT — General Motors is leaning toward an emissions system, urea injection, which enables diesel engines to meet tough pollution standards in place for 2009, according to Automotive News. The technology, also known as selective catalytic reduction, is used on freight-hauling trucks in Europe.
Read More →AUBURN HILLS, MI — The Chrysler Group Multi-Displacement System (MDS) is a fuel-saving cylinder deactivation technology that gives customers the power and capability of the HEMI V-8 with an improvement in fuel economy of up to 20 percent.
Read More →TORRANCE, CA — American Honda Motor Co. Inc. has delivered 100,000 hybrid vehicles to retail customers since it began offering the gasoline-electric technology nearly six years ago. Jamie Gulley of Minneapolis, Minn., became the 100,000th hybrid customer when he took delivery of a Honda Civic Hybrid from Richfield-Bloomington Honda in Richfield, Minn.
Read More →SAGINAW, MI – Increasing oil prices are not only causing financial problems at the pump, but also in tire stores.
Read More →MALVERN, PA – Johnson Matthey's Environmental Catalysts and Technologies (ECT) group announces that the California Air Resource Board (CARB) has verified its CRT (continuously regenerating technology) diesel particulate filter system for use with biodiesel fuel.
Read More →BRENTWOOD, TN – Comdata Corp., a provider of payment systems for the transportation and retail industries, has completed a marketing agreement with Fiscal Systems, a provider of integrated back-office and point-of-sale systems for travel centers, to market Fiscal's Trav Star 1 system.
Read More →DETROIT – DaimlerChrysler and General Motors have signed a definitive agreement to jointly develop hybrid powertrains.
Read More →ATLANTA – Fuelman, a division of FleetCor Technologies Inc., and a provider of commercial fleet fueling services is the recipient of Stock Building Supply's Vendor of the Year award this year.
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