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Go Green Global Appoints Paul J. Cavise to Board of Directors

Go Green Global Appoints Paul J. Cavise to Board of Directors

| January 26, 2015

Go Green Global Technologies Corp. ” (OTC Pink: GOGR), a water and fuel technology company, has announced that Paul J. Cavise Jr., Esq. will join its Board. Cavise graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Sciences and a dual concentration in Engineering and French. He later attended Fairleigh […]

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Clean Diesel Vehicles Take Awards at D.C. Auto Show

Clean Diesel Vehicles Take Awards at D.C. Auto Show

| January 26, 2015

  Three clean diesel vehicles with strong fuel efficiency and long-term value were among the vehicles honored for environmental and high-value accomplishments at the Washington Auto Show recently. Here’s the scoop: The Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel was named the “2015 Green SUV of the Year” by the Green Car Journal. The 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI […]

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International Truck Launches New Fuel Efficiency Pack for ProStar

International Truck Launches New Fuel Efficiency Pack for ProStar

| January 25, 2015

International® Truck has recently introduced a new fuel efficiency package for the International® ProStar®—the International ProStar ES. The ES, short for efficiency specification, offers industry-leading aerodynamics, a drivetrain with advanced downspeeding and the most efficient rear axles in the industry. In addition, it boasts the spec’ing expertise of International’s Performance Engineering Team and Navistar’s proprietary […]

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Gas Tax Has Tough Time Igniting Supporters

Gas Tax Has Tough Time Igniting Supporters

| January 25, 2015

As gas prices continue to spiral downwards, dropping below $2.00 a gallon in some parts of the U.S., the country as a whole still seems to have little appetite for raising the gas tax. Most understand the need: to help finance the maintenance and repair of our nation’s aging roads and public transit systems. Some […]

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Ford Launches Smart Mobility Plan and 25 Experiments to Change Travel

Ford Launches Smart Mobility Plan and 25 Experiments to Change Travel

| January 25, 2015

Ford at Consumer Electronics Show highlighted how it is using innovation not only to create advanced new vehicles but also to help change the way the world moves by solving today’s growing global transportation challenges. The company announced its Ford Smart Mobility plan to use innovation to take it to the next level in connectivity, […]

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Kayne Partners Makes Capital Investment in Drivewyze Receives

Kayne Partners Makes Capital Investment in Drivewyze Receives

| January 25, 2015

Kayne Partners, a private equity group, has made a capital investment in Drivewyze and its sister company, Intelligent Imaging Systems – designed to support the growth of its mobile-based weigh station bypass service for the trucking industry. The Drivewyze approach is engineered to help commercial trucking companies save time and money by allowing their trucks […]

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FlightCar Rolls with Peer-to-Peer Car

FlightCar Rolls with Peer-to-Peer Car

| January 25, 2015

FlightCar (www.flightcar.com), what the company calls “the world’s first peer-to-peer car sharing company to operate at airports,” has expanded operations to include Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) and Oakland International Airport (OAK). FlightCar, which already operates in seven other major U.S. cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Dallas, enables its […]

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BYD Rolls out World’s Largest Battery Electric Vehicle, 60-foot Articulated Bus

BYD Rolls out World’s Largest Battery Electric Vehicle, 60-foot Articulated Bus

| January 25, 2015

BYD Motors, an American Manufacturer of battery-electric transit buses, has recently rolled out the world’s largest battery electric vehicle – a 60-foot articulated bus – in Long Beach, California. The vehicle can carry 120 passengers and will be driven from BYD’s factory in Lancaster, California where it was designed and built to Long Beach for […]

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LA to Rollout a Bike-Sharing Program in 2016

LA to Rollout a Bike-Sharing Program in 2016

| January 25, 2015

According to recent reports, notably in the LA Daily News, LA Metro will be accepting proposals for a countywide bikeshare program.   The contract award is anticipated to be made in June of this year. Initially, the pilot would start in Downtown LA, followed by Pasadena. The strategy is to put bikeshare stations around the […]

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New ATD Chairman Challenges Truck Dealers to “Become Engaged”

New ATD Chairman Challenges Truck Dealers to “Become Engaged”

| January 24, 2015

Eric Jorgensen, chairman of the American Truck Dealers (ATD), urged dealers to become engaged in all levels of their industry’s wide-spread operations to move their businesses forward. “We’re part of an industry that not only puts people behind a big wheel, but also propels the nation forward,” he said in remarks at the ATD Convention […]

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