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News•August 16, 2005

Caterpillar Engines With ACERT Technology Deliver Strong Fuel Economy, Reliability, and Performance

PEORIA, IL — Four years after their introduction, more than a quarter-million Cat engines with ACERT Technology are in service today, with approximately 32,500 customers adding 69 million miles on the road.

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News•August 16, 2005

U.S. Diesel Engines Demand to Reach $16.3 Billion in 2009

CLEVELAND — According to a new study, entitled “Diesel Engines,” from The Freedonia Group, Inc., U.S. demand for diesel engines and related aftermarket parts is forecast to increase 4.2 percent annually through 2009 to $16.3 billion.

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News•August 16, 2005

Higher Gasoline Pump Prices on the Horizon

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. drivers — who are already paying the highest retail gasoline prices on record — should expect further gasoline price increases due to skyrocketing costs for crude oil and a flurry of recent refinery problems.

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News•August 16, 2005

Diesel Hits $3 a Gallon in California

SACRAMENTO, CA — The average price for a gallon of diesel soared 20.7 cents to $2.801 on the West Coast and 28.6 cents to $2.943 in California last week.

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News•August 9, 2005

Fleet Managers Evaluate Hybrid Vehicles With a New Cost Calculator Tool

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new software tool for government and business fleet managers — available for free at www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/hev/cost_calc.html or www.newdream.org/hev — compares the costs and emissions of hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) to conventional vehicles.

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News•August 9, 2005

California Again Fights Fed Ethanol Requirement

SACRAMENTO, CA — California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed suit against the U.S. government to wipe out the federal rule requiring the use of ethanol in California gas tanks, reported the Sacramento Bee newspaper.

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News•August 9, 2005

Saturn Goes Green With New Hybrid Line

DETROIT — Saturn will launch a line of hybrid vehicles to be called the Green Line Series starting in mid-2006, according to Edmunds.com. The first model will be the 2007 Vue Green Line SUV crossover outfitted with a stop/start device that shuts off the engine at stoplights to conserve fuel.

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News•August 9, 2005

25% of Toyota's U.S. Sales Will Be Hybrids by End of Decade

TRAVERSE CITY, MI — One-quarter of Toyota Motor Corp.'s U.S. sales will be hybrid vehicles by the end of the decade, according to Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. Toyota has 10 hybrid vehicles under development for global markets, in addition to the ones it already has launched.

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News•August 9, 2005

Green Mountain Power Trucks to Run on B-20 Biodiesel

COLCHESTER, VT — Green Mountain Power's fleet of linetrucks will begin using biodiesel as a result of a new fuel arrangement with Champlain Oil Co. Green Mountain Power plans to introduce the clean-burning, organically produced fuel to its more than 20 diesel engine trucks in the Chittenden and Addison County areas this month.

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News•by Staff•August 9, 2005

Green Mountain Power Trucks to Run on B-20 Biodiesel

COLCHESTER, VT — Green Mountain Power's fleet of linetrucks will begin using biodiesel as a result of a new fuel arrangement with Champlain Oil Co. Green Mountain Power plans to introduce the clean-burning, organically produced fuel to its more than 20 diesel engine trucks in the Chittenden and Addison County areas this month.

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