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- Solar Energy Powers More Vehicles as Gasoline Use Drops
- John Addison submits: Solar is powering more vehicles. Americans have reduced their use of petroleum 5 percent this year. So far, petroleum reduction is the result of fewer miles traveled solo as people cut travel to deal with high gas prices and a slowing economy. At the margin, however, solar...
- External links 2008-10-22
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- Taking fleet technology to the bank.(private fleets must use technology wisely to succeed)(includes related article on Walgreen Company's fleet management)
- 00-00-0000 "It is extremely difficult for private fleets to survive today," says Garry Horn, manager of transportation of Southern States, The Richmond, Va.-based retail cooperative. "Private fleets have to run smarter, an 00-00-0000 "It is extremely difficult for private fleets to survive today,"...
- Research articles 1998-07-01
- Top 100 Fleets Centralize to Improve Operations
- Centralized control, technology and experience enable these fleet managers to cope with the challenges of managing large, national fleets. Operating fleets with thousands of trucks in hundreds of locations is never an easy job, but centralizing ontrol, using the latest technologies to improve productivity and relying on experience...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Online Fleet Services.(GE Capital Fleet Services launches online motor vehicle registration services for commercial fleets)
- GE Capital Fleet Services has launched a pilot program designed to provide commercial fleets with online titling, licensing and registration renewal service. The Internet program is currently being ... GE Capital Fleet Services has launched a pilot program designed to provide commercial fleets with...
- Research articles 2000-08-01
- Watch your assets: material and product inventories aren't the only assets you need to manage. Here's how to find savings managing facilities and their contents--including material handling fleets and over-the-road vehicles.(technology)
- Asset management and maintenance are major concerns in today's far-flung supply chains. Company-owned assets range from facilities and their contents, to the equipment fleets used to manage production and logistics functions. Asset and maintenance Asset management and maintenance are major concerns in today's...
- Research articles 2003-08-01
- Used equipment powers small fleets' recovery. (Up and Comers '93)
- Firms with $1 million fleets rebuild contract volume and cash flow with used and rented machines America's small construction firms are paying some bills and keeping their noses to the grindstone while the construction industry's budding recovery Firms with $1 million fleets...
- Research articles 1993-06-15
- The U.S. Senate - Alternatives - lifts restriction limiting government fleets and biodiesel usage - Brief Article
- The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a measure lifting a restriction that limits government fleets to using biodiesel for just half of their alternative fuel requirements. Since the majority of biodiesel users are government fleets, the move, part of an overall energy package, creates the potential to nearly double the...
- Research articles 2002-05-01
- U.S. department of energy sees no point in alternative fuels 'EPAct' mandate for private, local government fleets - DOE - Around the World of Diesel - Energy Policy Act - Brief Article
- In a notice of proposed rulemaking, DOE says that private/local government alt-fuel vehicle fleets would only have a trivial impact on the "Energy Policy Act" EPAct goal of having 30% of vehicles running on something other than gasoline or diesel. The law covers centrally-fueled light-duty vehicles in big cities, but...
- Research articles 2003-03-17
- Qualcomm to offer service for small fleets.
- Qualcomm Inc has announced plans for a new service to be called 'TruckMail.' It is a mobile communication system for trucking fleets with less than 100 units which use traditional manual dispatching methods. TruckMail will allow the transmission of text mQualcomm Inc has announced plans for a new service to...
- Research articles 1998-10-01
- Four fleets are honored for using propane.(PHOENIX, ARIZONA)(Port Arthur Transit, Warren Wilson College, Capital Area Rural Transportation System and Historic Tours of America are winners of the 2006 Propane Exceptional Energy Fleet Awards)(Clean Cities C
- Fleets designed for rural transportation, tourists, city bus routes and commercial mowing are winning praise for their use of propane. Fleets designed for rural transportation, tourists, city bus routes and commercial mowing are winning praise for their use of propane.
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- DOE Provides Funds to Federal Fleets for EVs.(Brief Article)
- The Department of Energy DOE recently awarded $821,000 in incremental funding to 25 federal fleets for the leasing of 80 electric-powered Chrysler EPIC minivans and 95 Ford Ranger electric vehicle EV pickup trucks. The agency said the EVs will The Department of Energy...
- Research articles 2000-02-01
- Schneider, Wal-Mart Top Lists Of Year's Most Expanded Fleets
- Schneider National and Wal-Mart Stores topped the lists of for-hire and private carriers, respectively, that most expanded their trailer fleets over the past year, based on a review of data in the 2004 TRANSPORT TOPICS 100 lists of large U.S. and CanadianSchneider National and Wal-Mart Stores topped the lists of...
- Research articles 2004-08-23
- Senate Bill Would Make Tax Credit Available To Fleets That Invest in Rail Infrastructure
- Trucking fleets are among the companies eligible to receive a 25% tax credit for investing in new rail infrastructure under legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate.Trucking fleets are among the companies eligible to receive a 25% tax credit for investing in new rail infrastructure under legislation introduced in the U.S....
- Research articles 2006-08-07
- Check out these wheels: car rental companies are conservatively adding new makes and models to their strictly controlled fleets. (Car Rentals).
- As the year draws to an end, car rental companies are already looking to the next year and to the manufacturers' 2003 car makes and models. Once again, the firms are in the midst of updating their fleets and bringing in the newest and most exciting cars...
- Research articles 2002-12-02
- DOE Provides EV Funding to Federal Fleets.(Brief Article)
- The Department of Energy DOE recently announced that it has provided $14,300 to six federal vehicle fleet operators to be used for the addition of electric-powered Ford Ranger pickups to their inventory. The six electric vehicles EVs will help the fleets lower their fuel consumption...
- Research articles 2001-03-23
- IEPA Designates Five New Green Fleets.(Illinois Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency IEPA recently announced the designation of five additional companies as "Illinois Green Fleets." IEPA said the five companies, which were recognized at a clean fuels conference held recently by Chicago Area Clean Cities, are Hollub Heating, Inc., Illinois...
- Research articles 2001-10-31
- Fleets already concerned about '07 engine costs
- Last month's "Emissions Summit II" held in conjunction with The Maintenance and Technology Council's TMC annual meeting produced good news and bad news, to use a well-worn cliche. The good news for truck fleets is that all the engine manufacturers said they would be able to meet EPA's '07...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- John Flynn: "the trickiest thing in this business is that most people operating fleets like this tend to act from experience, … without any empirical data. We have the data."
- The Player: John J. Flynn. 56, CEO and president of Fort Lauderdale-based First Fleet Corporation [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Latest Play: Sold First Fleet to PHH Arval, a division of Cendant Corporation which manages car and light-truck rental fleets; he will stay on to run the company as an independent...
- Research articles 2004-05-01
- Telematics and 'Green' Initiatives Surge in Private Truck Fleets, Says PHH FirstFleet Survey; Driver Shortages, Fuel Management, Higher Operating Costs Still Top Concerns for Fleet Managers
- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- America's private truck fleets are increasingly employing telematics to help drive down the cost of doing business, according to industry leaders responding to a survey commissioned by PHH FirstFleet. In addition, truck fleets are "going green" in order to implement environmentally sound practices. PHH FirstFleet...
- Research articles 2006-08-07
- Get plenty of shop without breaking the bank. (maintenance and repair shops for construction equipment fleets)(includes related articles)
- Equipment managers analyze their businesses, from service philosophy to fuel delivery, before outfitting repair facilities Even fleets that aren't growing or replacing a lot of machines are always changing. Units are constantly deteriorating as they work, and there seems to be a constant need...
- Research articles 1995-05-01
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