National Conference of State Fleet Administrators
FLEET MANAGER NEWS
Bi-Weekly Edition July 20, 2007
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NEW: Senate hearing called to investigate `flex-fuel' fleet
Daily
Review Online - CA,
The Department of General
Services is responsible for environmental policies and laws for the state's fleet and its buildings. Linda
Adams, secretary for ...
State helps fuel ethanol
plant
ABC12.com -
"What this facility will do
will take corn and convert it to ethanol for an alternative fuel for automotive," said
Lt. Governor John Cherry. ...
Ohio encourages alternative
fuels
Akron Beacon Journal -
Governors giddy with green
St.
Petersburg Times -
State buildings must meet strict
energy-efficiency targets and government fleet vehicles achieve greater fuel
economy. - Consumer products, like appliances, ...
State
fleet
director looking at ways to save fuel
costs
Bismarck Tribune - ND,
Give
state fleet people a break. i
also dont work 8 to 5 some of my time is later evenings as well. " " You
evidently don't have a life. ...
State
officials say new cars will have to meet mileage standards ...
KXMC
-
State Fleet Services Director Paul
Hanson says that for the first time, all cars purchased for the fleet will have to get at least 29
miles-a-gallon, ...
Ohio
encouraging biodiesel through tax credits, grants
Dayton
Daily News (subscription) -
By Kristin McAllister The
state's biennial budget allocation of $4.5 million in alternative fuel programs is expected
to make soy biodiesel and E85 ethanol ...
California's green fleet
misleading
Arnold Schwarzenegger's
administration sunk more than $17million into a state fleet of cars and trucks
designed to be environmentally friendly. ...
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
Business world finding more ways to use GPS
technology
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Today 30
percent to 40 percent of fleet
operators use "telematics" services, data-sharing applications that rely on GPS
technology to link an employee in ...
Ford will attempt to break speed record for fuel
cell-powered vehicle
DetNews.com
- Detroit,MI,USA
Scott Staley, Ford's chief engineer of hydrogen electric
vehicle and fuel cell vehicle technology development, said
that pursuing the land speed record will ...
Honda fuel-cell vehicle
coming
Fuel Cell Works (press release) -
... seem confident they'll have a
production version of the FCX hydrogen fuel-cell concept ready for
sale in North America and
Researchers Test Driverless Car On Obstacle
Course
KNBC.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... to test the vehicle created by UCR's College of
Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) and Dotmobil, a
French company. ...
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Dear Fleet Industry Executive,
Managing an efficient and safe fleet operation depends on timely and up-to-date information, products, and services. Today's increasing demand on our time makes it difficult to keep up with the deluge of information coming our way. As a courtesy, NCSFA reviews the industry news, blogs, and new technology to bring the latest fleet headlines directly to you.
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Steve Saltzgiver
NCSFA Executive Director
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