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May 27, 2008

Honda Lays Out Hybrid Fleet to Challenge Prius

HONG KONG – Honda Motor is racing against Toyota Motor to develop hybrid cars.

Tags: Honda Motor, Hybrid, Toyota Motor

May 8, 2008

Coke’s Hybrids Help Mitigate Fuel Costs

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

April 24, 2008

IntelliChoice.com: Going Green Makes Economic Sense

IRVINE, CA - IntelliChoice.com's third annual Hybrid Survey shows that most hybrid models beat or meet non-hybrids on overall costs.

Tags: Going Green , Hybrid, hybrid cost, Hybrid Survey , IntelliChoice.com, IntelliChoice.com’s 2008 Hybrid Survey

March 11, 2008

ZAP Launches Sale of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Car

SANTA ROSA, CA - ZAP is currently offering plug-in hybrid conversion systems for the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape Hybrid through a collaboration agreement with Hybrids Plus.

Tags: Ford Escape Hybrid , Hybrid, Toyota Prius , ZAP

March 10, 2008

Daimler Plans Hybrid Mercedes-Benz with Lithium-Ion Battery

DETROIT– Daimler AG is planning to roll out a hybrid version of its Mercedes-Benz flagship S-Class luxury sedan that uses a kind of battery already widely used in consumer electronics

Tags: daimler, Hybrid, Mercedes-Benz, S-Class

March 10, 2008

BMW Unveils Diesel Hybrid

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – BMW unveiled a diesel-electric hybrid concept version of its X5 SUV, and claimed that its efficient dynamics program is saving huge amounts of fuel.

Tags: BMW, diesel-electric, Hybrid

March 7, 2008

FedEx Operates Clean, Green Fleet

SAN FRANCISCO – FedEx uses 48,000 vehicles globally to deliver, as well as another 30,000 vehicles at its airport operations.

Tags: alt-fuel, delivery, Eaton, electric, FedEx, Hybrid, Iveco diesels, Sprinter Vans, Utilimaster, W700

March 4, 2008

UPS Canada Helps Expand Global Green Fleet

MISSISSAUGA, ON – UPS Canada will be rolling out 139 additional cleaner-burning, propane delivery trucks. The majority of these vehicles will be deployed in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta, and the rest distributed between British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

Tags: Hybrid, UPS Canada

March 4, 2008

Eaton’s Largest Hybrid Electric Drivetrain Order

KALAMAZOO, MI – Coca-Cola Enterprises will purchase 120 new trucks in 2008 powered by Eaton Corporation’s hybrid electric drivetrain systems.

Tags: Coca-Cola Enterprises , Hybrid

March 3, 2008

Lexus Gets its Own Prius

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota presented two dedicated hybrid models at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, one a Toyota and the other a Lexus

Tags: Hybrid, Lexus, Toyota

February 29, 2008

IRS Lists Tax Breaks for 2007 Hybrid Purchases

WASHINGTON – Listed are the tax credits issued for hybrids purchased in 2007.

Tags: Hybrid, IRS, Tax Incentives

February 25, 2008

Team One Puts the H in Hybrid for Lexus

LOS ANGELES – Team One Los Angeles recently finished a campaign for Lexus Hybrids that examines what the world would be like without the letter “h.”

Tags: Hybrid, Lexus, Team One Los Angeles

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

February 11, 2008

Lexus Backs its Hybrids with ‘Power of H’ Campaign

TORRANCE, CA – Lexus is introducing its first campaign for all of its hybrid-powered vehicles. The effort, running through April, is Lexus’ first to showcase all of Lexus’ hybrid vehicles — the RX 400h, GS 450h, and LS 600h — at the same time, under one banner: “The Power of H.”

Tags: Hybrid, Lexus

February 8, 2008

California’s Carpool Lane’s Stickers Affect Vehicle Price

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California legislature’s decision to grant certain hybrid owners yellow stickers — known as clean-air stickers — has resulted in some of those vehicles selling for higher prices.

Tags: Carpool Sticker, Hybrid

February 5, 2008

AFVi Presents Live Webinar

LAS VEGAS - Alternate Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) will hold a free 90-minute live Webinar, "All Charged Up: The Promise of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles", Tues., Feb. 26.

Tags: AFVi, Hybrid, Webinar

February 4, 2008

Hybrid Vehicle Conference Set for Feb. 13-14 in San Diego

SAN DIEGO - The 2008 Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium, presented by SAE International, will be held Feb. 13-14 at the Omni San Diego Hotel in San Diego.

Tags: Hybrid

January 13, 2008

BYD to Showcase Plug-in Hybrid at Detroit

DETROIT --- This year's Detroit auto show, which opened yesterday, Jan. 13, features a plug-in hybrid vehicle from Chinese automaker BYD.

Tags: BYD, Chinese automaker, F6DM, Hybrid

December 19, 2007

IRS Issues List of Vehicles that Qualify for the Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit

WASHINGTON – Purchasers of certain large trucks, buses, or other heavy vehicles running on alternative fuel can claim a credit of up $32,000, and purchasers of certain large hybrid trucks and other heavy hybrid vehicles can claim a credit of up to $12,000 if they qualify for the Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit.

Tags: alternative fuel, Hybrid, tax credit

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Rising Commodity Prices Threaten to Increase Truck Prices

By Mike Antich
The high cost of raw materials, in addition to the high cost of fuel, is starting to make a financial impact on fleets by increasing costs for truck chassis, bodies, trailers, liftgates, and other upfit equipment. On July 9, Navistar announced that rising commodity costs have forced the company to increase prices of International truck models. Is this another in a series of commodity-related price increases that we will see from other OEMs, upfitters, and trailer manufacturers?

Bleak New-Vehicle Sales to Usher a Strong Used-Vehicle Market

By Mike Antich
Today's new-vehicle market will generate (ultimately) the used-vehicle market of tomorrow. If there is a decrease in new-vehicle sales, there will be a corresponding decrease in the future number of used vehicles in the marketplace. Even though there is a lot of nervousness in the market, no one is anticipating a dramatic decrease in new-vehicle commercial fleet orders for the 2009 model-year. However, the same cannot be said for the retail new-vehicle market.

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