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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's new fuel-efficiency rules for automobiles undercut the auto industry's marketing claim that electric cars are "zero emission" vehicles, and instead score against them carbon dioxide emitted by electric-power plants.
Read More →Effective Jan. 1, the heavy-duty onboard diagnostic (HD OBD) ruling requires truck manufacturers install OBD systems on trucks 14,001-lbs. GVWR or greater.
Read More →CHARLESTON, WV - A series of audits revealing the state spends $60 to $70 million a year on its fleet are contributing factors to Gov. Joe Manchin's proposed legislation to consolidate and centralize the state's vehicle fleet.
Read More →EDEN PRAIRIE, MN - GE Capital Fleet Services will host a Webinar, Dec. 1, examining current and potential federal legislation and its impact on the fleet industry.
Read More →AUSTIN, TX – Commercial vehicles and large trucks in Texas would be required to give bicyclists and other vulnerable road users at least six feet of passing clearance under the "Safe Passing" bill, according to The Houston Chronicle.
Read More →PHILADELPHIA – First-time offenders would be charged a $150 fine and $300 for second offenses, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.
Read More →On Dec. 11, California adopted the most stringent emission standards in the nation for on-road heavy-duty diesel trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 14,000 lbs.
Read More →Starting in 2010, OEMs will be required to install dashboard malfunction indicator lights and diagnostic trouble codes on heavy-duty trucks to warn drivers of emission problems.
Read More →SANTA ROSA, CA – Called the FREEDOM Act of 2009, bill S271, would revise the 1986 Internal Revenue Code providing tax credits for the manufacture, conversion, and acquisition of plug-in electric vehicles.
Read More →SANTA ROSA, CA – Called the FREEDOM Act of 2009, bill S271, would revise the 1986 Internal Revenue Code providing tax credits for the manufacture, conversion, and acquisition of plug-in electric vehicles.
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