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News•October 13, 2012

20th Annual National NGV Achievement Award Winners Announced

NGVAmerica and the Clean Vehicle Education Foundation, two organizations dedicated to increasing the use of natural gas-powered vehicles to improve air quality, have announced ten 2012 winners of the prestigious NGV Achievement Award in addition to one NGV Lifetime Achievement Award

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News•October 10, 2012

ATA Adopts New Position on Sleep Disorder Screening and Testing

LAS VEGAS - Seeing disturbing indications that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may plan to address the issue of sleep apnea among truck drivers with a "guidance" rather than a rulemaking, the American Trucking Associations has a new policy position that will allow its staff to work to convince agency leaders that a formal rulemaking process is necessary

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News•October 9, 2012

Love's Opens First "Fast Fill" CNG Facility for Heavy-Duty Trucks

Love's Travel Stops opened its first compressed natural gas fuel facility designed for rapid fueling of heavy-duty trucks.

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News•October 9, 2012

FMCSA Stands by Driver Fitness Measurement

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says it has long acknowledged shortcomings in its CSA program, but will continue to enforce elements of the program that have come under criticism

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News•October 7, 2012

Ram Truck Dealers to Supply 19 States with Ram 2500 CNG-Powered Pickups

Chrysler Group announced that 13 Ram Truck dealers landed contracts with 19 states to supply their fleets with the new Ram 2500 Heavy Duty CNG pickup truck

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Articles•October 5, 2012

Developing a Plan to 'Green' a Truck Fleet

SCHAUMBURG, IL - Tackling the challenge of "greening" medium-duty trucks was the focus of one of the conference sessions at the 2012 Green Fleet Conference last week, with the NTEA's Fleet Relations Director Bob Johnston presenting a plan truck fleets can follow to successfully meet their sustainability goals

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News•October 4, 2012

Clean Energy to Bring CNG to Virginia

State and local governments in Virginia will be able to buy compressed natural gas from Clean Energy for their vehicle fleets, thanks to a recent agreement signed by the governor.

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News•October 3, 2012

OPIS: California Low-Carbon Fuel Will Mean Higher Pump Prices

Californians could face even higher gasoline and diesel costs when new low carbon fuel regulations gain traction Jan. 1, warn fuel experts at the Oil Price Information Service, which says studies show price hikes of as much as $1 per gallon for gasoline and $2 per gallon for diesel could be on the wa

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News•October 1, 2012

New Research Points to CSA Shortcomings, Reforms

A new research report finds that while some CSA scores are accurate predictors of crash risk, others work in the opposite direction. The report by the American Transportation Research Institute, an arm of American Trucking Associations, uses statistical analysis to see how scores in the five public BASICs relate to actual crash involvement

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News•October 1, 2012

Gasoline, Diesel Prices Drop Slightly

This week the price at the pump for a gallon of diesel or a gallon of gasoline decreased marginally from last week

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