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BRENTWOOD, ESSEX – Ford has won Fleet Manufacturer of the Year at the 2008 Fleet World awards, presented annually to manufacturers achieving the highest possible level of excellence in their sector.

Tags: Fleet Manufacturer of the Year, Fleet World, Ford

SALT LAKE CITY – This year's NAFA's Institute and Expo held its first-ever Green Fleet Awards. Award recipients made significant strides to reduce their company's energy consumption, lower vehicle emissions, and increase overall fleet efficiency.

Tags: Green Fleet Award, NAFA Institute & Expo

SALT LAKE CITY – NAFA presented its Larry Goill Award for Quality Fleet Management to David Bragg, fleet operations superintendent for Fayetteville, Ark.

Tags: City of Fayetteville, Larry Goill Award

ALPHARETTA, GA – As a result of its continued growth and success, LeasePlan USA has expanded its client relations group.

Tags: client relations, LeasePlan USA

CEDAR PARK, TX – IFS provides one-stop shopping for customers looking to purchase and finance fleet vehicles, from financing to completion of titlework.

Tags: Innovative Funding Services, vehicle fleet financing

AKRON, OH – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is raising prices on all of its consumer tires up to eight percent, effective on or after June 1.

Tags: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., price increase

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Continental Tire North America Inc. will raise prices on several tires sold in the U.S. and Canada up to nine percent.

Tags: Continental Tire North America, price increase

GÖTEBORG, SWEDEN – Environmental expert Stephen Wallman of Volvo Car Corporation was awarded the Clarence von Rosen gold medal by the Royal Swedish Automobile club for his groundbreaking work with the environment.

Tags: gold medal, Royal Swedish Automobile club, Volvo Car Corporation

PRINCETON, NJ – NAFA Fleet Management Association CAFM program participants can earn 12 semester hours of college credit from Ferris State University in Michigan.

Tags: CAFM program, Ferris State University, NAFA Fleet Management Association

FINDLAY, OHIO -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will have another price increase in North America effective July 1 of up to eight percent, according to Modern Tire Dealer magazine.

Tags: Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

BRANDETON, FL – Each of the seven grand prize winners will receive a 2008 Ford E-150 utility truck, valued at $26,500, and specially outfitted to help them grow their businesses.

Tags: Ford F-150 , GE Security, sweepstakes

TAIWAN -- Federal Tire Corp. will implement a price adjustment on Federal and Hero brand tires prior to August 2008, according to Modern Tire Dealer magazine.

Tags: Federal Tire

TOKYO – Worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius have passed the 1 million mark, with approximately 1,028,000 units sold as of the end of April this year.

Tags: Japan, Prius, Toyota

LAS VEGAS – AFVi recognized outstanding leadership in the alternative fuels and vehicles industry as part of the opening day of the annual conference.

Tags: AFVi, Conference + Expo 2008

ARLINGTON, VA --- In recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests, the 2008 Smart Fortwo, the smallest car for sale in the U.S. market, earned the top rating of "good" for front and side crash protection.

Tags: 2008 Smart Fortwo, crash tests, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

SALT LAKE CITY – Congratulations to all the award recipients announced at NAFA's 2008 Institute & Expo! Here's a recap of the winners.

Tags: awards, NAFA I&E

TORONTO – PHH Arval is hosting a complimentary webinar designed specifically for sourcing professionals May 15 from 1-3pm Eastern.

Tags: PHH Arval, Webinar

ITASCA, IL – Emkay, Inc. announced its 2007 Auction Award Winners at the 2008 Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR).

Tags: CAR 2008, EMKAY

ATLANTA – UPS has just announced the order of 200 hybrid electric vehicles, in addition to another 300 compressed natural gas vehicles for its U.S. delivery fleet.

Tags: CNG, HEVs, UPS

FREDERICK, CO – UQM Technologies, Inc., is taking orders for its new 125 kW propulsion system suitable for high performance automotive applications including all-electric, plug-in hybrid, and series hybrid vehicles.

Tags: propulsion system, UQM Technologies

PRINCETON, NJ – ALK Technologies, Inc. announced the release of the PC*MILER 22 Product Line, the 22nd annual upgrade of its routing, mileage, and mapping software solutions.

Tags: ALK Technologies, PC*MILER 22 Product Line

DELRAY BEACH, FL – Remarketing company FLD, Inc. has announced that Brian Smith has joined the firm as director of business development.

Tags: business development, FLD

DUBLIN, IRELAND – Research and Markets provides a 45-page overview of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) technology and its impact on load, generation costs, and emissions.

Tags: PHEVs, Research and Markets

ATLANTA – Atlanta-based EarthSearch Communications International Inc. showcased its new radio frequency identification (RFID)-integrated technology at the 2008 NAFA I&E.

Tags: EarthSearch Communications, GPS, RFID

ITASCA, IL – Greg Tepas, President and CEO of EMKAY, Inc., a nationwide full-service fleet leasing and management company, has been elected chairman of the UNICO Carlease Organization.

Tags: EMKAY, Unico

HOUSTON – ExxonMobil Chemical will introduce new co-extruded separator grades for hybrid and electric vehicle batteries at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) in Tampa, Fla., May 12-16.

Tags: electric vehicles , ExxonMobil Chemical, hybrids

SAN MARTIN, CA – The Millennium Plus GPS Fleet Management System enables fleet managers to track vehicles from any computer that has Internet access or a phone line.

Tags: GPS, graphs, Millennium Plus

TAMPA, FL – GPS Fleet Solutions has announced an agreement with the US Postal Service to begin a GPS vehicle tracking project.

Tags: GPS Fleet Solutions , US Postal Service

PASADENA, CA – CALSTART (www.calstart.org), a North American transportation technologies consortium, has announced the winners of its Blue Sky Award 2008.

Tags: Blue Sky Award, CALSTART

ATLANTA -- By increasing the number of hybrids in their fleets, Coke and its bottlers are saving hundreds of dollars in fuel costs per vehicle.

Tags: Coca-Cola , Ford Escape, fuel management, Hybrid, Saturn Vue, Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander

DEARBORN, MI – The new six-speed automatic transmissions in the 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner deliver more torque and use less energy at cruising speeds, which saves gas.

Tags: 2009 Ford Escape , Ford, Mercury Mariner , save fuel , Six-Speed , Six-Speed Transmissions

DES PLAINES, IL – Wheels has just introduced two new fleet decision tools designed to help fleets effectively manage their costs.

Tags: FleetView, Wheels

AKRON, OH – No fewer than 10 tiremakers recently have raised or will raise their tire prices as a result of escalating raw material, energy, and transportation costs, according to Modern Tire Dealer magazine.

LAS VEGAS – The Alternative Fuels & Vehicles Conference + Expo 2008 in Las Vegas May 11-14 will host 2,000 public and commercial fleet decisionmakers to learn and discuss more about fuels, vehicles, and technologies available today.

Tags: AFVi, Alternative Fuels & Vehicles Conference + Expo

DEARBORN, MI – Ford has introduced a dealer-installed SYNC accessory kit that allows select 2008 Navigator and Navigator L customers to enjoy the voice-activated communications system.

Tags: Ford Navigator, SYNC accessory kit

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The new Energy in Brief series strives to make EIA information more accessible to energy novices.

Tags: EIA, energy