Governors Pushing for Growth in NGVs
State governors are advocating growth of natural gas vehicles as a more environmentally friendly fuel source at about half the cost. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy Michael Ming and Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce Dave Lopez visited Detroit on Monday to meet with automakers and push for CNG vehicles […]
Alternative Powertrain Vehicles Do Well in First Six Months
Vehicles with alternative power sources have done very well in the first six months of 2012, benefiting from market force changes seen in the larger US auto market including higher gasoline prices. The sales trend comes at a time when automakers and dealers are seeing cars do better than trucks – overall, small cars are […]
US Retail Light Vehicle Sales – June 2011 to June 2012
- Total light-vehicle sales in June was expected to come in at 1,265,900 units, 16% increase from June 2011, as reported by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive
- Fleet volume as percentage of total light-vehicle volume was expected to reach 21% in June, after falling below 20% in May
- LMC Automotive maintaining its light-vehicle sales forecast for 2012 – 14.5M units w/ retail sales at 11.6M units
No Budget Growth, No Problem
Fuel spend, compliance, driver safety, maintenance schedules and replacement cycles are challenges that every fleet manager faces. In 2010, the State of West Virginia partnered with ARI in an attempt to overcome some of those obstacles – and it has succeeded in saving $1.6 million as a result! Read more
What is the ‘most-disliked’ new car of the year?
In an article published online, Fortune senior editor-at-large Alex Taylor III writes that the new Malibu is a critical launch for GM and that reviewers have tended to tread lightly with the 2013 Eco, the first of the new design, but that “underneath the comforting purr of diplomatic remarks, several prominent reviewers have raised fundamental […]
