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News•September 6, 2005

GM Favors Urea Injection to Clean Up Diesels

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.

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News•September 6, 2005

Multi-Displacement System to Save Customers 60 Million Gallons of Fuel Annually

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.

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News•September 6, 2005

Minneapolis Honda Dealer Delivers 100,000th Hybrid Vehicle in U.S.

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.

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News•August 30, 2005

Tire Prices Climb as Oil Costs Soar

SAGINAW, MI – Increasing oil prices are not only causing financial problems at the pump, but also in tire stores.

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News•August 30, 2005

CARB Extends Johnson Matthey CRT Diesel Particulate Filter Verification for Use with Biodiesel

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.

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News•August 30, 2005

Comdata and Fiscal Complete Marketing Alliance for Integrated POS/Back Office System

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.

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News•August 30, 2005

DaimlerChrysler and GM Finalize Hybrid Agreement

DETROIT – DaimlerChrysler and General Motors have signed a definitive agreement to jointly develop hybrid powertrains.

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News•August 16, 2005

Fuelman Receives Vendor of the Year Award

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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News•August 16, 2005

Low Sulfur Diesel Hits Record Output

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported that U.S. refineries set several production records in the first half of 2005, including a record 2.99 million bpd of low-sulfur diesel, the type required for highway use.

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News•August 16, 2005

Hybrid Drivers Can Now Apply to Drive Solo in Carpool Lanes

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Bush's signature on the $286 billion federal transportation bill will allow hybrid car owners to now begin applying for decals allowing them to drive solo in California carpool lanes, reported the Associated Press.

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