Higher Fuel Prices Prompt Increase in Truck Overloading

Higher fuel costs have created budgetary pressures to minimize operating expense, prompting some companies to make the most of every trip by overloading trucks.

Energy Information Administration Releases Annual Alt-Fuel Vehicle Report

Highlights include data from 2011, including a 13-percent increase in overall consumption of alternative transportation fuels, a 52-percent jump in E-85 consumption, and a boost in biodiesel use.

City of Los Angeles Leases Honda Fuel Cell Vehicle

Hybrid Conversion Cuts Fleet Vehicle’s Fuel Usage by 30%

This Ohio-based heating and cooling company represents a good test case for an aftermarket electric drive system due to its daily stop-and-go service routes.

Supermarket Chains Settle Suit, Agree to Buy Alternative Fuel Trucks

AFVi to Host Alt-Fuel Conference May 11-14

LAS VEGAS – The Alternative Fuels & Vehicles Conference + Expo 2008 in Las Vegas May 11-14 will host 2,000 public and commercial fleet decisionmakers to learn and discuss more about fuels, vehicles, and technologies available today.

Fuel Costs Exerting More Influence on Selector Development

Overall operating costs for commercial fleets increased 3 percent, on average, in calendar-year 2007. The increased expense was directly attributable to the cost of fuel. The price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline increased almost 7 percent over the record-high prices in 2006.

DOT Warns of Possible Terrorist Threat to Fuel Trucks

DOT, EPA Propose Fuel Efficiency Standards for Trucks, Buses

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Monday, Oct. 25, announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses.