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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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Rhode Island is the latest in a string of states to look at hiking the fuel tax to help prop up budgets suffering from the recession.
Read More →In August, Missouri voters will decide whether to raise the state’s fuel taxes by 4 cents a gallon. The legislation, passed in a last-minute rush on the last day of the session, would raise an estimated $431 million for state highways, roads, bridges and public transportation.
Read More →New federal standards for diesel engines take effect Oct. 1, 2002, and impose substantial penalties for engine makers engine makers whose new engine designs fail to meet emission standards. A California Environmental Protection Agency spokesman indicated the state is considering its own options, and that no decision has been made on instituting state penalties for diesel engine manufacturers.
Read More →U.S. Bank Voyager Fleet Systems Inc. now offers FuelForce, a fuel management tool powered by MultiForce Systems Corp. FuelForce authorizes and controls the dispensing of products to fleet vehicles from any number of sites while collecting fuel usage and vehicle data for fleet management.
Read More →A letter to the members of Congress gave the American Petroleum Institute (API) view of the current energy situation at the start of the summer season. The first point API made was that there is an adequate supply of gasoline as the U.S. heads into the summer driving season
Read More →The California Air Resources Board (ARB) kicked off the Zero-Emission Vehicle College Tour 2002 at California State University, Sacramento, providing the students, faculty, and others the opportunity to see various clean vehicles first-hand and ask questions about the technologies used to power them.
Read More →The Missouri House passed a bill raising the state’s 17-cent diesel tax by 3 cents, half the amount proposed by the Senate.
Read More →The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued an advisory warning that terrorists could target fuel trucks and petroleum transfer facilities.
Read More →AM General Corp. is responding to the Army’s call for a fuel-electric hybrid military vehicle by working to develop a diesel-electric hybrid version of the Humvee. This next-generation Humvee could use a silent electric motor to sneak up on the enemy and then finish the job with an electronic weapons system.
Read More →According to a survey of 900 filling stations taken by the Department of Energy (DOE) during the week which ended on May 28, the retail price of gasoline fell by 1 cent to $1.387 per gallon.
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