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SEARCHMENUSEARCHDETROIT — General Motors’ Chevrolet and GMC gasoline-electric hybrid pickup trucks — which double as mobile power generators — got their first real-world test helping hurricane victims in Florida, according to Automotive News on August 16.
Read More →RICHMOND, CA — Last year, residents complained that city street sweepers often failed to follow their routes.
Read More →PHOENIX — Ford and General Motors, two major suppliers of vehicles that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane, are discontinuing production of some models after the 2004-model year to focus on gas/electric hybrid vehicles and hydrogen-fuel research.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a report on August 6, by Senator Susan Collins of Maine, Chairman, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, the federal government spends more than a billion dollars each year to maintain a fleet of vehicles, some of which it doesn’t need.
Read More →MADISON, WI — In identifying another 504 vehicles for elimination, Wis. Gov. Jim Doyle on Aug. 4 wrapped up his seven-month effort to trim the fleet to its 1994 level while increasing accountability by state employees who use taxpayer-funded cars, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper.
Read More →LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ — In cooperation with Kelly Walker Associates, the National Conference of State Fleet Administrators (NCSFA) has established a three-tier certified fleet manager program designed to meet the needs of fleet professionals at all levels of the public fleet operation.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over 1,500 federal fleet managers, vendors, and exhibitors recently attended the Fed Fleet Conference in New York City the week of July 19. Staff from the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition (NEVC) participated in the event for the fourth consecutive year, the agency reported.
Read More →MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX — After two years of no new patrol cars and a budget shortfall in the 2003-04 fiscal year, Montgomery County Sheriff's Department budget of $25,347,263 was approved by Commissioners Court.
Read More →COLLIN COUNTY, TX — Though Collin County will use a cleaner fuel in its diesel equipment, it is also looking to add vehicles that run on neither diesel nor gasoline to its fleet, according to the McKinney Courier Gazette newspaper.
Read More →LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ – The National Conference of State Fleet Administrators (NCSFA) will hold its annual conference at the Chateau on the Lake in Branson, Mo., Sept. 21-25.
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