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An estimated 6,227 pedestrians lost their lives on U.S. roads in 2018, which was a 4% increase over 2017 and the highest number of pedestrian fatalities in nearly three decades.
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The reports help fleet managers track which vehicles are under-utilized. Once under-utilized vehicles are identified, fleet managers can decide to rotate vehicles between departments, use pool vehicles, or reimburse for mileage.
Read More →Researchers at the University of Illinois are working with an experimental fuel that blends corn-based ethanol with diesel, according to an Associated Press (AP) report. The fuel is called E diesel. It is currently being tested at two farms in the state in the hope it proves to be durable, cost-effective, and more environmentally sensitive than conventional diesel fuel.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ford Five Hundred is tops when it comes to crash safety. So is the Mercury Montego – and initial test results place the new Ford Freestyle and Volvo V70 and XC70 in the top safety rank as well, according to a report in FCN on December 14.
Read More →The government estimates that 15,000 people have been saved by airbags since then-Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole signed an order on July 11, 1984, requiring all vehicles to have driver's side air bags or automatic seat belts by 1989 and passenger-side bags soon after, according to a report by the Associated Press on July 10.
Read More →A new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety concludes that a driver’s chances of dying in a crash in a late-model vehicle have dropped by more than a third in three years.
Read More →Vehicle owners in South Africa will need to produce proof of residence in order to renew their car licence in a new law implemented on November 1, 2015.
Read More →ATLANTA - The 28.9 percent fuel economy improvement results in a 15 percent improvement in total cost per mile, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Read More →DETROIT --- Front air bag problems have led General Motors to recall most of its 2007 Saturn Outlook and GMC Acadia SUVs.
Read More →WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA - Combined global sales of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are expected to total 5.2 million units in 2020, or just 7.3 percent of the 70.9 million passenger vehicles forecast to be sold worldwide by that year, according to a report issued by J.D. Power and Associates.
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