NEW YORK – Clean Pass, a New York state-run program promoting reduced greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption, recently ruled Ford C-MAX Energi owners could drive the entire 40-mile stretch of the Long Island Expressway in the carpool lane.
Read More →New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered gasoline rationing for New York City and Nassau and Suffolk Counties to reduce lines at retail gas stations after the nor’easter storm disrupted power to a terminal served by the Buckeye pipeline.
Read More →NEW YORK – The New York Police Department (NYPD) has deployed two all-electric Vectrix VX-1 Law Enforcement Model motorcycles at the NYC 9/11 Memorial Site.
Read More →ALBANY, NY – The State of New York announced it has issued four times more tickets for texting while driving when compared to the previous year, more than 20,000 tickets since the law took effect on July 12, 2011.
Read More →ALBANY, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo announced $4.4 million has been awarded to 10 companies, municipalities, and other entities to enable more than 325 new electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations to be installed across New York state.
Read More →KANSAS CITY, MO – Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. announced plans to open a manufacturing facility in the state of New York in 2012 to build the Smith Newton all-electric medium-duty vehicle.
Read More →WASHINGTON – Officials from 10 states and the District of Columbia announced the formation of the Northeast Electric Vehicle Network, a group dedicated to promoting electric vehicle use and establishing an EV infrastructure.
Read More →ROCHESTER, NY– The decision by a federal district court in New York applies to employees otherwise exempt from overtime under the Motor Carrier Act who drive vehicles that weigh less than 10,000 lbs. during a normal workweek.
Read More →NEW YORK – Four New York City motor vehicle inspectors on Aug. 30 were arrested and accused of issuing more than 7,000 fraudulent inspection certificates to untested vehicles. The arrests followed an undercover investigation conducted by the New York Attorney General’s Office, the DMV and Department of Environmental Conservation.
Read More →ALBANY, NY – New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that Unicell, a company that makes bodies for commercial trucks and vans, will invest $3.46 million to expand its Buffalo, N.Y., facilities to enable body assembly for an electric truck.
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