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NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced the addition of 70 new electric vehicles to the city’s fleet and launched new efforts to provide New Yorkers with the facts about electric vehicles.
Read More →WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to test vehicle-to-vehicle communications technologies in six different cities.
Read More →ANN ARBOR, MI -- Forty teenage drivers from southeast Michigan will drive a fleet of specially equipped vehicles for 14 weeks beginning this summer as part of a study to test a suite of advanced vehicle safety technologies.
Read More →WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that transit providers will be able to compete for a share of $101.4 million in federal funding by proposing innovative projects that create green jobs, promote the use of clean fuels and cut the nation's dependence on oil.
Read More →WASHINGTON - In a consumer advisory launched June 2, the U.S. Department of Transportation urged all motorists to inspect their tires for proper inflation and signs of tread wear and damage before driving in hot weather.
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After 30 years the Department of Transportation and Department of Energy have collaborated with the auto industry, environmental groups, and consumers to create a new fuel economy label. This gallery shows examples of the labels for vehicles powered by different fuel and energy systems.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new fuel economy labels, the first overhaul of the labels since the program began 30 years ago.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. DOT is holding six Driver Acceptance Clinics to test how drivers respond to vehicle-to-vehicle communications.
Read More →LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act have been used to install more than 1,800 electric vehicle (EV) chargers across the country to date.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a new public service announcement (PSA) promoting the department's "Faces of Distracted Driving" series, which has been viewed over 100,000 times since its launch in November 2010.
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