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SEARCHMENUSEARCHSTOCKTON, CA – The San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) has rolled out six hybrid buses to its mass transit fleet.
Read More →HARTFORD, CT – The state of Connecticut is adding more fuel-efficient vehicles to its fleet, according to the Associated Press. Vehicles such as the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic, Ford Escape, and GMC Sierra will be integrated into service. The vehicles are part of the 575 alternative-fuel and hybrid vehicles the state has purchased.
Read More →BISMARCK, ND – North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven has traded a sedan for an SUV, according to the Web site www.kxma.com. Hoeven's official car is now a black 2006 GMC Yukon. For the past three years, he's driven a Buick Park Avenue. Both vehicles are leased.
Read More →THOUSAND OAKS, CA – J.D. Power and Associates has ranked the Caterpillar C-15 highest in customer satisfaction with vocational heavy-duty truck diesel engines, according to a recently released study on Heavy-Duty Truck Engine/Transmissions. A Caterpillar engine has ranked highest in the vocational segment five consecutive times.
Read More →CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is testing a transit vehicle — powered by General Motors' hybrid propulsion technology — that will be used for the city's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) initiative called Silver Line.
Read More →LOS ANGELES – General Motors will help lead a joint demonstration project — along with the state of California, Chevron Technology Ventures, and Pacific Ethanol — to learn more about consumer awareness and acceptance of E-85 as a motor vehicle fuel by demonstrating its use in GM's flexible-fuel vehicles.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first 50 GM hybrid-powered buses manufactured by New Flyer Industries will begin to roll into the Washington Metro fleet by the end of this year. Metro purchased 28 buses and has agreed to buy 22 more.
Read More →Outsourcing is the big ogre that hangs over many government fleet operations all around the country. As governments scramble for larger segments of a static or even declining tax dollar pie, they are increasingly looking at outsourcing, hiring an outside private operator, to handle their work.
Read More →PLEASANT HILL — Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack accepted the donation of an E-85-enabled SUV on July 6, saying the vehicle will be used in the state's efforts to promote ethanol, according to the Globe Gazette newspaper.
Read More →DETROIT — Police in Wisconsin are crediting General Motors' OnStar system and the AMBER Alert program with the successful rescue of a 17-month-old child taken from his mother's home.
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