Archive for December, 2012

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

| December 31, 2012

From the entire team at Fleet News Daily, a Happy, Healthy, Fun and Successful New Year!

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GE Strives to Reduce Cost of Clean Fuel with New Durathon Battery

GE Strives to Reduce Cost of Clean Fuel with New Durathon Battery

| December 14, 2012

  Researchers at GE Global Research, the General Electric Company’s (NYSE: GE) technology development arm, have achieved a first step in reducing the cost of clean fuel, zero emission buses, with a vehicle powered by GE’s new Durathon™ battery in tandem with a lithium battery and a hydrogen fuel cell. This promising development of a new […]

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Michelin Debuts X Line Energy D Tire

Michelin Debuts X Line Energy D Tire

| December 13, 2012

  For fleets and transits looking for a tire that combines fuel efficiency with long tread life and outstanding traction, the new MICHELIN® X® LINETM ENERGY D tire may be the ideal way to roll. According to the company, the MICHELIN X LINE ENERGY D tire is a U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay®-verified fuel economy […]

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MAC Tools Smart Phone APP Delivers Real-time Diagnostics

MAC Tools Smart Phone APP Delivers Real-time Diagnostics

| December 13, 2012

  Plugged-in mechanics looking for a quick, handy way to source vocabulary definitions of diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) that cause a vehicle’s check engine light to illuminate now have a new tool. The new Mac Tools OBD II TaskMobile Lite smartphone application is free and available for iPhone®, iPad® and Android® devices. “It’s difficult to […]

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New GO Transit Facility in Canada Selects Stertil-Koni HD Lifts

New GO Transit Facility in Canada Selects Stertil-Koni HD Lifts

| December 10, 2012

  Stertil-Koni, the leader in heavy duty vehicle lifts, has delivered the  industry’s first hydraulic self-regenerating mobile column lifts to a new GO Transit facility in Canada. Specifically, the company today announced that it has recently delivered cutting edge mobile column lifts and in-ground vehicle service lifts to the new GO Transit East Regional Bus […]

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HD Lifts from Stertil-Koni Tapped for New GO Transit Facility

HD Lifts from Stertil-Koni Tapped for New GO Transit Facility

| December 10, 2012

  Stertil-Koni, the leader in heavy duty vehicle lifts, has delivered the  industry’s first hydraulic self-regenerating mobile column lifts to a new GO Transit facility in Canada. Specifically, the company today announced that it has recently delivered cutting edge mobile column lifts and in-ground vehicle service lifts to the new GO Transit East Regional Bus […]

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