Fuel Management

NOGALES, AZ - For the company's vehicle fleet, Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services will now be required to submit a plan to review current expenses and reduce unnecessary expenses.

Tags: audit, CPSA, SEABHS

NEW YORK - Although prices are expected to rise this summer, experts said they won't reach the $4 price spikes of 2008.

Tags: fuel

NASHVILLE, TN - Fleet One, LLC has announced the winners of its "Super 7 Sweepstakes". Out of several thousand entries, seven lucky businesses received free fuel credits toward future fill-ups.

Tags: Fleet One, fuel

DALLAS - The deployment is part of a $565 million planned investment announced in March 2009 to replace more than 15,000 fleet vehicles with more fuel-efficient models through 2018.

Tags: alt-fuel vehicle, AT&T

ORLANDO - In anticipation of more than half of its lineup comprised of flex-fuel models by 2012, General Motors is calling for the addition of 10,000 ethanol pumps.

Tags: E-85, General Motors

WASHINGTON - Pepco Holdings recently rolled out its latest hybrid bucket truck and hybrid plug-in SUV at the Washington Auto Show. The fleet currently includes more than 50 hybrid vehicles.

Tags: Pepco Holdings Inc

TORRANCE, CA - Qualifying participants who complete the survey by Friday, Feb. 19, will receive an incentive check in the amount of $50.

Tags: fuel, Kadence International, survey

MEMPHIS, TN - With 90 Ford Transit Connects on the road and another 50 on order, ThyssenKrupp Elevator may eventually replace its 1,500 current cargo vans with the Transit Connect models.

Tags: Ford, fuel, ThyssenKrupp Elevator , Transit Connect

ALEXANDRIA, VA - The American Automotive Leasing Association (AALA) has established a working accord with Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and UPS to help advance opportunities and markets for natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicles.

Tags: AALA, natural gas, NGVAmerica, UPS

WASHINGTON - Pepco Holdings, Inc. will add 10 Chevrolet Volts to its fleet as part of a two-year demonstration to assess the impact of these vehicles on the electric system and to evaluate their commercial application.

Tags: charging station, Pepco Holdings Inc, Volt

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN - GE Capital Fleet Services announced its Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles Rebate Program processed more than $2.5 million in rebates for customers in 2009.

Tags: GE Capital Fleet Services, hybrids, rebate program

ATLANTA - UPS has deployed 245 new delivery trucks powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) to cities in Colorado and California over the past month.

Tags: CNG, Green, UPS

TOLEDO, OH - MedCorp, one of the nation's largest private medical transport providers, is the focus of an upcoming MotorWeek Clean Cities success story.

Tags: Clean Cities, Green, MedCorp, MotorWeek

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp plans to increase global production of gas-electric hybrid cars to 1 million units in 2011, twice the volume of last year.

Tags: hybrids, Toyota, vehicle production

HOUSTON and MODESTO, CA - Modesto, Calif.-based Boyett Petroleum, the latest Voyager Channel Partner to date, will begin issuing co-branded Cruise Americard fleet cards for its customers in the central San Joaquin Valley region of California.

Tags: Boyett Petroleum, partnership, U.S. Bank Voyager

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is investing an additional $450 million in its aggressive electric vehicle plan, paving the way to build a next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle in Michigan beginning in 2012.

Tags: assembly plant, electric car, Ford

SMYRNA, TN - Nissan North America has selected AeroVironment to supply electric vehicle home-charging stations and installation services supporting the introduction of the zero-emission, all-electric Nissan LEAF later this year.

Tags: AeroVironment, charging stations, electric car, LEAF, Nissan

WASHINGTON - The new rates for business, medical, and moving purposes are slightly lower than last year's, reflecting generally lower transportation costs compared to a year ago.

Tags: IRS, mileage, reimbursement

PHILADELPHIA - Arrow Trucking Co. is being sued by a Philadelphia attorney on behalf of the 1,400 former employees laid off right before Christmas, many of whom were truck drivers left stranded at truck stops.

Tags: Arrow Trucking, lawsuit, layoffs

COAL VALLEY, IL - Over the next three years, the global elevator and escalator company plans to fill its 700-unit fleet with the Ford Transit Connect.

Tags: EPA, Ford Transit Connect, KONE, replacement vehicles

ATLANTA - The 28.9 percent fuel economy improvement results in a 15 percent improvement in total cost per mile, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Tags: DOE, fuel, NREL, UPS

HOUSTON - Arrow Trucking employees were reportedly unaware they had been laid off until their gas cards no longer worked or someone showed up to tow away their trucks.

Tags: Arrow Trucking, layoffs

MAGNA, UT - The company was able to find a solution to track equipment utilization in order to improve efficiency and vehicle availability, contributing to a savings of more than $1 million in fuel costs.

Tags: engine idling, fuel savings, GPS Insight, Kennecott Utah Copper