New Fuel Tank Requirements For Automakers Part Of Effort To Reduce Post-Crash Deaths

Federal regulators, in a bid to cut the number of lives lost in post-crash fires each year, ordered automakers to adopt stronger fuel tanks capable of preventing leaks during crashes at higher speeds, the Detroit News reported on December 1.

Ford May Make Diesel Part of Its Plan to Improve Fuel Economy

Volvo Cars of North America Teams with VPSI to Demonstrate Alternative-Fuel Vehicle to Michigan Fleets

U.S. Gain Brings RNG Development Online

U.S. Gain announced a new renewable natural gas (RNG) development project located in Springfield, Neb., producing clean fuel for the transportation industry, as well as a RNG supply contract for Southern California Gas Company’s (SoCalGas) natural gas fueling station network.

Halliburton Deploys Pilot CNG Light-Duty Truck Fleet

Halliburton said it purchased a number of bi-fuel CNG models and is assigning the vehicles to 15 U.S. locations in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, California, Louisiana, Utah, and Pennsylvania.

Ford Rolls Out Blueprint for Sustainability to Improve Fuel Economy, Reduce Emissions

LOS ANGELES - Ford Motor Company is rolling out a range of global environmental technologies that will provide customers more fuel-efficient vehicles that emit fewer greenhouse gases without compromising their expectations for safety, interior room or performance.

Senate Energy Bill Seeks to Increase Flex-Fuel Vehicles, Extend Biofuel Tax Credits

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan (D) has introduced an energy bill that includes provisions to increase production of flexible-fuel vehicles and to extend ethanol and biodiesel tax credits.

Two New Five-Cylinder Diesels from Volvo: More Power and Less Fuel Consumption

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN – Volvo Cars sharpens the company’s diesel offer. Two entirely new, five-cylinder, 2.4L turbo diesels give customers the possibility to combine more power with class-leading fuel consumption and CO2-emissions.

GM, DCX, & U.S. Dept. of Energy to Make Fuel-Cell Vehicles

WASHINGTON, D.C. — General Motors and DaimlerChrysler announced on March 28 that they have signed agreements with the Department of Energy to develop hydrogen fuel cell vehicles over the next five years, according to the Associated Press.