AFLA in Orlando Was a Hit
The AFLA Conference in early October in Orlando was a hit - with great speakers, great networking and a fantastic venue.
NYC DCAS to Expand Use of 99% Petroleum-Free Renewable Diesel in City Vehicles
The NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) today announced that it will expand use of renewable diesel fuel, a 99% petroleum-free alternative to traditional diesel fuel. The fuel reduces CO2 emissions by 65% compared to the petroleum-based version. This move is part of the City’s efforts to phase out its use of regular diesel.
The City plans to bid a long-term contract to purchase renewable diesel following a successful six-month demonstration period in which the City tested nearly one million gallons of renewable diesel in City fleet vehicles. Each year, City fleet units use up to 17 million gallons of diesel that could be displaced through this initiative.
U.S. Holds Off on Trump’s Auto Tariffs After Trade Meeting
The Trump administration will hold off for now on imposing new tariffs on automobile imports as top officials weigh revisions to a report on the national security implications.
An auto trade war would deal a blow to car-makers from General Motors Co. to Toyota Motor Corp., which have built their supply chains to take advantage of countries with low duties. The National Automobile Dealers Association estimates that the tariffs would add as much as $2,270 to the cost of U.S.-built cars and $6,875 to the cost of imported cars and trucks.
Read the article at Bloomberg.
Safety Rules!
Mike Sheldrick and I had a near-tragic accident last week, and his instantaneous reaction proved the power of the “One-Second Advantage.” Art Liggio, whose column It's That Time of Year offers tips on coping with holiday-season travel, avers that “90 percent of all traffic crashes can be avoided when the driver has just one more second to react and knows what to do with that additional second.”
Zendrive offers a free eBook Winning in the Era of Distracted Driving – a guide for fleet managers to deal with this pernicious behavior, which they say is 100 times worse than we thought!
Don’t miss Mark Boada’s engaging recap of the recent 2018 NETS Conference. He says there is a sea-change in attitudes toward fleet crashes.
Our FMW team wishes our readers a splendid and safe Thanksgiving holiday!
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
EPA Seeks New Truck Pollution Rules
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rewrite rules that limit pollution from heavy trucks but that the EPA says slow the economy. The proposed “Cleaner Trucks Initiative” is drawing expressions of hope but skepticism from some environmental groups.
“We are doing it because it’s good for the environment,” said acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, who notes that the EPA is under no requirement to redo the regulation. “Our goal is to update our standards so that we can get these new technologies in use across the country.”
Read the article at The Detroit News.
