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Ford F-150 Special Service Vehicle Package Now Available, Fulfilling Fleet Customer Requests for Adaptability, Efficiency

Ford Motor Company, the top-selling commercial truck brand for 27 years, is now offering a new F-150 Special Service Vehicle (SSV) Package aimed at government, municipal and commercial fleets. [...]

Ford Focus ST Features Factory ‘Overboost’ Turbo Engine

Pilots might call it the Focus with afterburners. Everyone else will call it really fast. [...]

Leaf Sets The Pace At 2012 Toronto Challenge

By Philippe Crowe Yesterday, the Nissan Canada Foundation helped the Toronto Challenge kick off its annual fundraiser by providing an ideal pace car for walkers and runners alike: a zero-emission Leaf. The Toronto Challenge celebrated over 20 years of fundraising for community organizations working to improve the quality of life for seniors. read more [...]

GM Insider Says 2014 Chevy Volt Will Get a New Engine

By Jeff Cobb Just days after GM might have slightly cannibalized Chevy Volt sales for the next couple of months by announcing a tweaked battery and other updates due in August, an insider reportedly let the cat out of the bag that 2.0-liter turbo engine will be introduced by summer 2013 for the 2014 model. [...] [...]

2013 Nissan Altima Offers Competive Mileage To Former Altima Hybrid

By Jeff Cobb Nissan may have canceled its Altima Hybrid after having only limited commitment to it, and in light of its enthusiasm for all-electric vehicles, but it also now says its new gasoline-only Altima earns better highway mileage than the hybrid, and just two mpg less combined. Having received EPA certification and reporting its 2013 Altimas [...] [...]

Nissan’s Zero Emission Fund: Drive a Leaf, Plant a Tree

By Bertel Schmitt In Japan, drivers of Nissan’s all-electric Leaf plant trees while they drive thanks to Nissan;s Zero Emission Fund in which carbon credits are paid into this fund by converting the CO2 emissions prevented by individual Leaf owners in Japan. The Leaf already awarded virtual “Eco Trees” to its drivers, simply symbols for environmentally responsible [...] [...]

Toyota Racing Hybrid Team is Ready for Le Mans

By Huw Evans Next weekend, Toyota Racing is hoping to make history when it enters two TS030 sports racers in the LMP1 prototype class. Both cars feature a chassis designed and developed by Toyota Motorsport GmbH (Germany). The propulsion system features a 3.4-liter V8 teamed with a gearbox mounted Denso hybrid electric motor. Super capacitors mounted close [...] [...]