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Operations•by Deborah Lockridge•July 30, 2015

House Passes Short-Term Highway Extension

The House late Wednesday passed a short-term extension to keep federal highway funding going until October 29, right before members left on August recess, leaving the Senate to deal with before the looming Friday deadline.

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Operations•by Staff•July 30, 2015

Average Age of Vehicles Reaches 11.5 Years

The average age of light-duty vehicles in U.S. roads has reached 11.5 years, which reached a high point since IHS Automotive began tracking the data, the analytics firm has announced.

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Operations•by Staff•July 29, 2015

Audi to Introduce Next-Gen Q7 in Early 2016

Audi plans to roll out its next-generation Q7 full-size luxury SUV in early 2016 and will offer an improved Q3 compact luxury SUV later this summer, Audi has announced.

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Safety•by Staff•July 29, 2015

Volkswagen Adds Collision Avoidance for 2016

The automaker is making such features as forward collision warning and autonomous emergency braking available for the compact sedan and compact hatchback classes.

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Operations•by Staff•July 29, 2015

13 Corporations Agree to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Thirteen large corporations have signed the White House's American Business Act on Climate Pledge, with companies such as UPS, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo using "greener" fleets to help meet carbon footprint goals.

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Fuel•by Staff•July 29, 2015

ServiceMaster Chooses WEX for Fleet Payments

ServiceMaster will roll out WEX fuel cards, payment services, and analytics solutions to its fleet of 6,600 service vehicles to improve the efficiency of its fleet operations, WEX Inc. has announced.

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Green Fleet•by Staff•July 29, 2015

PERC Approves Autogas Nozzle Incentive Program

The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) has approved 10 funding requests, including one for an autogas nozzle incentive program. PERC will allocate $500,000 for a pilot program that will give qualifying marketers an incentive to help their customers replace older autogas nozzles with new, lower-emission autogas refueling equipment.

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Safety•by Staff•July 29, 2015

Mini Coopers Recalled to Improve Crash Protection

To bring the subcompact cars into compliance with federal safety standards, dealers will reinforce the area between the rear interior side panels and the exterior vehicle body.

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Operations•by Staff•July 29, 2015

Lexus Adds Turbo IS Luxury Sedan for 2016

Lexus is adding a new turbo-charged V-6 model, the IS 200t, to its entry-luxury sedan lineup to replace the IS 250 non-turbo V-6 model. Lexus will offer the IS 200t, the IS 300 with all-wheel drive, and the IS 350.

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Operations•by Deborah Lockridge•July 29, 2015

House, Senate to Move on Short-Term Highway Bill

It looks like Congress is going to kick the can down the road again when it comes to highway funding after what looked like a game of "chicken" in recent days.

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