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September 29, 2008

GM's 'Boost' in Efficient Four-Cylinders Includes More Turbos

FLINT, MI – GM will double its global production of small four-cylinder engines (1.0L to 1.4L) by 2011, with more than half of the increase coming in North America.

Tags: Chevrolet Cruze, four-cylinder engines, General Motors, GM

September 29, 2008

GM Announces $370M Investment for New Small Engine Manufacturing in North America

FLINT, MI – GM's new plant will begin production in the U.S. in 2010, and will be the exclusive manufacturing facility in North America to produce the Chevrolet Volt's range-extending engine.

Tags: Chevrolet Volt , General Motors, GM, manufacturing plant

July 22, 2008

USPS Working with GM to Test Alt-Fuel Vehicle Replacements for 195,000-Unit Fleet

IRVINE, CA – On July 23, the U.S. Postal Service will outline its strategy for converting to an environmentally friendly fleet and announce an alternative-fuel vehicle test.

Tags: alternative-fuel vehicle, GM, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, U.S. Postal Service

June 12, 2008

GM and Clean Energy Working to Expand Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure

LOS ANGELES – Clean Energy Fuels Corp. will open a hydrogen fueling station in Los Angeles with support from General Motors Corp. The two companies also announced that they are exploring further opportunities to expand the hydrogen infrastructure.

Tags: Clean Energy, GM

June 6, 2008

GM Announces New Products, Capacity Adjustments; Continues Transformation of North American Business

WILMINGTON, DE – GM has announced a range of strategic initiatives to aggressively respond to growing demand for fuel-efficient vehicles and to economic and market challenges in North America.

Tags: GM, initiatives

June 2, 2008

GM Implements Nationwide Process for Locksmiths to Obtain Key Information

DETROIT – Registered locksmiths will now be able to obtain information to make replacement keys for GM vehicles.

Tags: GM, National Automotive Service Task Force

April 4, 2008

Hydrogen Car Prospects Sputter

NEW YORK – California regulators have realized that manufacturers won't be able to make as many hydrogen-fueled cars by 2014 as regulators had once hoped, according to Forbes.

Tags: Ford, chrysler, GM, Honda, mandate, Nissan, plug-in hybrids, Regulations, Toyota, zero emission vehicles, ZEV

April 4, 2008

Daimler Chair and GM Vice Chair Discuss Fuel Reduction

DETROIT – Daimler AG Chairman Dieter Zetsche and General Motors Corp. Vice Chairman Robert A. Lutz recently discussed the financial aspects of environmentally friendly cars, why diesel engines haven't caught on in the U.S. the way they have in Europe, and other issues, with The Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) Jeffrey Ball.

Tags: CAFE, daimler, diesel engines , GM, Lutz, Smart car, Wall Street Journal, Zetsche

February 15, 2008

GM Fuel Cell, GMC Hybrid SUV Will Be at Oscars

LOS ANGELES – Chevrolet’s Fuel Cell Equinox and GMC’s Yukon Hybrid are set to transport Hollywood stars to the 80th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 24.

Tags: Chevy Equinox, Fuel Cell, GM, GMC Hybrid SUV, Hybrid, Oscars

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Anti-Idling Programs: A Quick Way to Reduce Fuel Spend

By Mike Antich
Reducing unnecessary idling is the simplest and easiest way for a fleet to reduce fuel costs. Besides wasting fuel, excess idling also causes unnecessary emissions, noise pollution, and needless engine wear-and-tear. The amount of unnecessary idling varies by fleet, but some fleets have recorded idling as much as 35 percent of the time.

Credit Gridlock Will Impede Sales of Used Fleet Vehicles

By Mike Antich
The bread-and-butter customers of out-of-service fleet vehicles are buyers with C and D credit, namely subprime buyers. However, funders have tightened underwriting standards to manage these higher risk borrowers. Some lenders have caps on how low a FICO score they are willing to fund, which is often above the threshold of subprime borrowers. If this continues, it will have significant long-term implications for the sale of used fleet vehicles.

Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010: A New Way to Reduce Truck-Related Fatalities

By Mike Antich

Branded Fleet Vehicles Puts Drivers in Conflict with Homeowner Associations

By Mike Antich

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Fleet Financials - November/December 2007

In This Issue:
inVentive Health, Inc, - Not Your Average Company, Negotiating a Multi-Year Fleet Management Agreement, Fuel Management RFP ‘Musts’ and much more…