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EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

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EPA announced the awardees at the 2016 American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2016 SmartWay Freight Carrier Excellence Award recipients are: Airtime Express Inc. billion in fuel costs—equivalent to eliminating annual energy use in over six million homes.

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Visteon showcasing advanced gesture recognition and HUD technologies at CES

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Visteon will display two vehicles featuring advanced concepts at CES 2016 this coming week in Las Vegas: one with 3-D gesture technology and the other with a large field-of-vision windshield head-up-display (HUD). Contextual user experience cockpit.

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Toyota continues prepare the market for fuel cell vehicle in 2015

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Showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in January in Las Vegas ( earlier post ), the FCV Concept, which presages the introduction of the series-production vehicle, made its European debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. A new FC bus jointly developed by Toyota and Hino Motors will be launched in 2016. Click to enlarge.

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Blue Bird unveils two new electric school buses at the 2017 STN Expo; partners Adomani and EDI

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Blue Bird unveiled two new electric-powered school buses at the STN Tradeshow in Las Vegas: a Type A Micro Bird G5 electric-powered school bus and an all-new electric Type D chassis which will power its Type D All-American rear engine (RE) school bus. —Phil Horlock, President and CEO of Blue Bird Corporation. Earlier post.)The

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Chevrolet releases more details on Bolt drive unit and battery; one-pedal driving

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Hard on the heels of the reveal of the production Volt EV at CES 2016 in Las Vegas earlier post ), Chevrolet used the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit to release additional details on the battery and drivetrain of the new BEV. The cells are arranged in a “landscape” format and each measures in at only 3.9

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