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GP Strategies to Build Thirteen LNG Fueling Stations for UPS

GP Strategies to Build Thirteen LNG Fueling Stations for UPS

Global performance improvement solutions provider GP Strategies Corporation today announced that its Alternative Fuels business unit has signed a multimillion-dollar contract to design and construct thirteen liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations for UPS across the US. GP Strategies is the engineering, equipment ... Continue reading

Deployment of Alternative Fuel Vehicles has already enabled AT&T to avoid the purchase of 7.7 million Gallons of Gasoline

Deployment of Alternative Fuel Vehicles has already enabled AT&T to avoid the purchase of 7.7 million Gallons of Gasoline

Halfway there and not breaking speed, AT&T has reached the halfway mark of its commitment to invest up to $565 million to deploy approximately 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles over the course of a ten year period through 2018. Since AT&T began its commitment, the company has placed over 7,500 alternative fuel vehicles ... Continue reading

One of Washington's Largest Private Real Estate Developers and the Leading Electric Car Charging Service Provider Expand Workplace EV Charging

One of Washington's Largest Private Real Estate Developers and the Leading Electric Car Charging Service Provider Expand Workplace EV Charging

Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCQB: CCGI) ("CarCharging"), a nationwide provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, is pleased to announce its partnership with Lerner Enterprises ("Lerner"), one of the largest private real estate developers in the Greater Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Through this ... Continue reading

Chevrolet, GMC Expand CNG Offerings

Chevrolet, GMC Expand CNG Offerings

PHOENIX – Chevrolet and GMC will offer new bi-fuel versions of the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy-duty trucks and all-new dedicated compressed natural gas versions of the 2014 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size passenger vans next year. The vehicles were announced at the Green Fleet Conferen ... Continue reading

Ryder Signs Pennsylvania Macaroni to Flex-to-Green Lease for Natural Gas Trucks

Ryder Signs Pennsylvania Macaroni to Flex-to-Green Lease for Natural Gas Trucks

Ryder System, Inc. , a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, today announced it has signed a new Flex-to-Green Lease agreement for 10 diesel-powered refrigerated straight trucks with Pennsylvania Macaroni Company, Inc. With a Flex-to-Green lease, Pennsylvania Macaroni receives all t ... Continue reading

Refreshed 2014 Hyundai Tucson Ups Fun And Value Quotients

Refreshed 2014 Hyundai Tucson Ups Fun And Value Quotients

Standard Gasoline Direct Injection Technology and Standard SACHS Amplitude Selective Damping Improve Driving Performance for All COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 2, 2013 -- The Hyundai Tucson, known for its combination of style and function, adds even more value in 2014 with advanced 2.0-liter Nu and 2.4-liter Theta II Gasolin ... Continue reading

The Fuel Rewards Network Program Announces First Winners in its 'Fuel for a Year Sweepstakes'

The Fuel Rewards Network Program Announces First Winners in its 'Fuel for a Year Sweepstakes'

Continuing its pledge to save Americans $1 billion on fuel, the Fuel Rewards Network™ (FRN) program is giving its members the chance to win up to $2,560 in free fuel, every month from July 2013 to the end of the year. ... Continue reading

Nissan Rogue Gets Complete Redesign for 2014 Model

Nissan Rogue Gets Complete Redesign for 2014 Model

2014 Nissan models are seeing some big changes. The 2014 Pathfinder saw a complete redesign, and now the manufacturer has continued their redesign kick with the 2014 Nissan Rogue. On top of a complete style change, the compact crossover will offer a best-in-class highway fuel economy of 33 MPG, a jump of 5 MPG from las ... Continue reading

Honda Accord Hybrid--Highest EPA-rated city mpg of any 4-door sedan in America

Honda Accord Hybrid--Highest EPA-rated city mpg of any 4-door sedan in America

Fuel prices can be scary, but the EPA-rated 50 mpg1 city 2014 Accord Hybrid will take some of the fright out of going to the gas pump when it debuts at U.S. dealers nationwide on Halloween (October 31). With a host of standard equipment, the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) ranges from $29,155 for the well- ... Continue reading

Ford adds 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine to a new 'special service police' sedan model

Ford adds 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine to a new 'special service police' sedan model

Vehicle’s special service police designation designed to meet the needs of detectives, administrators, campus police and law enforcement agencies looking to maximize fuel efficiency EPA fuel economy certification expected in December At the request of law enforcement agencies looking to reduce fuel costs, Ford is ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Building New Production Plant In Portugal

BorgWarner Building New Production Plant In Portugal

Larger Production Plant in Viana do Castelo will Serve Increasing Customer Demand for Environmentally Friendly Emissions and Diesel Cold-Start Technologies ... Continue reading

2014 E250 BlueTEC Sedan Gets 45 MPG EPA Highway Rating

2014 E250 BlueTEC Sedan Gets 45 MPG EPA Highway Rating

The newest Mercedes-Benz E-Class – the 2014 E250 BlueTEC sedan – has achieved an impressive estimated EPA rating of 45 miles per gallon on the highway and 28 mpg around town. The first diesel E-Class to be available with 4MATIC achieves best-in-class fuel efficiency for a midsize luxury sedan and for the enti ... Continue reading

Gas price averages for Illinois and Indiana are falling slightly as the summer ends

Gas price averages for Illinois and Indiana are falling slightly as the summer ends

Gas price averages for Illinois and Indiana are falling slightly as the summer driving season comes to an end. Illinois and Indiana drivers are currently paying, on average, $3.76 and $3.62 respectively for a gallon of regular unleaded. In August in Illinois, gas prices averaged $3.70, which was down $.14 from July and ... Continue reading

2014 Honda Accord Hybrid 50 MPG 50 MPG 4-door Sedan

2014 Honda Accord Hybrid 50 MPG 50 MPG 4-door Sedan

50MPG Mass production of the new hybrid begins today at Honda's manufacturing facility in Marysville, Ohio - Model to go on sale nationwide later this year ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors' zero-emission vehicle used for the G20 Leaders' Summit

Mitsubishi Motors' zero-emission vehicle used for the G20 Leaders' Summit

MMC Rus, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation's (MMC) official distributor for Russia, has delivered 70 units of the all-electric i-MiEV to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. ... Continue reading

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