Category Archives: Motoring News

AT&T halfway to its alternative fuel goal

AT&T said it has reached the halfway mark of its goal of 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles in its national fleet.

AT&T says it has placed over 7,500 alternative fuel vehicles in 44 states nationwide, reaching the halfway mark of its commitment to invest up to $565 million to deploy close to 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles by 2018.

UPS to expand American natural gas footprint

UPS to expand American natural gas footprint

UPS announced plans to invest approximately $50 million to build an additional nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations, bringing the total number of stations to 13. Four were announced in April, and all should be operational by the end of 2014.

DSA says “No more foreign language driving tests”

DSA says

The Driving Standards Agency has announced that foreign language theory tests will no longer be available from 7 April 2014, and that interpreters will no longer be available for practical or theory tests.

C-Belt system finds defects in seatbelts

Elbit Vision Systems announced the launch of their latest automotive safety centered product C-Belt, an innovative, new narrow safety belt inspection system.

Continuing its mission to drive innovation through vision, EVS designed C-Belt specifically for the narrow belt market which includes automotive seatbelts, safety harnessing for fire & rescue, safety tie downs for transportation, and other quality driven safety belts.

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Toyota on Prius Brake Lawsuits

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Toyota on Prius Brake Lawsuits

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a Toyota appeal that sought to force arbitration of California lawsuits over the brakes in Prius cars.