PORTLAND, OR – Freightliner LLC has reached an agreement to transfer ownership of its fire apparatus and emergency vehicles business unit, American LaFrance, to the New York-based investment firm, Patriarch Partners, LLC.
Read More →NORTH PASSAIC, NJ – In an effort to lower gas, insurance, and repair costs, all Passaic County employees who use county cars are now being required to justify their need for a vehicle, according to the Herald Tribune newspaper.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – Natural gas vehicle (NGV) options continue to grow for U.S. vehicle owners, even though the number of factory NGVs from domestic OEMs has declined.
Read More →WENHAM, MA – Wenham, Mass. officials decided to sell the Fire Department's ladder truck on eBay when traditional sales methods failed, according to the Boston Globe.
Read More →GWINNETT COUNTY, GA – A three-month review of the Gwinnett County, Ga., fleet management operations found that its cars were outdated, there were too many managers, and the county was too slow to get vehicles into the shop for oil changes, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Read More →CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The Corpus Christi City Council voted unanimously for city manager Skip Noe to purchase hybrid vehicles, according to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
Read More →CHICAGO, IL – Acme Auto Leasing, LLC of North Haven, Conn., will offer Driveitaway Inc.'s reDrive remarketing platform to its client base of government fleets.
Read More →MILWAUKEE – Days after Valley Cartage, a Wisconsin trucking firm, switched to biodiesel fuel, its trucks started breaking down on the road.
Read More →SPRINGFIELD, IL - From gas tanks falling out of Illinois State Police cars because of rusted frames to transmission failures, state troopers throughout Illinois are experiencing the risks of driving high-mileage patrol cars.
Read More →HILO, HAWAII – Big Island officials are once again considering moving their police officers out of their privately owned cars with the blue lights mounted on top and into county-owned, marked police cruisers.
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