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ARCHIVES 2009 - ENVRIONMENT / TECHNOLOGY

 

 

October 20, 2009 

Fuel sense
Fuel Efficient Cars Make Sense

 

Even with unforeseen low fuel costs, simple, higher mileage vehicles make the most sense. The major changes affecting all areas of the automotive business have never come so fast, and with such profound disruption to decades of industry status quo...
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July 10, 2009 

Fuel economy
Fuelly Ready for the Future

 

When the price of crude oil recovers, sending gasoline prices higher, will your fleet be ready? If you were able to peer into the future to see what your fleet might look like in five or ten years time, what do you think you would see? Even if you’re not the betting kind, you’d likely place your money on a future fleet made up of smaller and greener vehicles...
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March 5, 2009 

Turning Waste Exhaust Into Electricity?

 

Nowadays, just about any engineer involved in automotive research has the task to come up with new ideas to either save fuel or make today’s cars much more efficient...
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August 17, 2009 

ESC – 3 Letters for Fleet safety
Why You Should Always Choose Electronic Stability Control

 

If your company policy is “Safety First,” will you spend $450 to save a life? That is the retail price of Electronic Stability Control (ESC), the most important vehicle safety innovation since the invention of the seatbelt... [Full story]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 3, 2009 

An Electric Transit Connect

 

One of the global vehicles that Ford will introduce to the North American market soon is a commercial vehicle, its small Transit Connect already sold in Europe... [Full story]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 20, 2009 

Fuel Cell Vehicles
Fleets of the Future?

 

In this time of record fuel prices and corporate sustainability programs, most fleet managers are focused on programs for improving mileage and reducing overall fleet emissions and operating costs—while... [Full story]