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General Motors provided more details on its upcoming 2015 Chevrolet City Express cargo van, which the automaker is sourcing from Nissan. The vehicle will come in two trim levels, LS and LT, according to GM, and feature a 2.0L four-cylinder DOHC engine.

Tags: Cargo Vans, Nissan, Nissan NV200, 2015-MY, Chevrolet City Express

General Motors and Nissan have signed an agreement where Nissan will build a small cargo vehicle that GM will sell in the U.S and Canada.The vehicle will be based on the Nissan NV200, will be called the Chevrolet City Express, and will go on sale in the fall of 2014.

Tags: Cargo Vans, Nissan, General Motors Corp.

Ford Motor Co. brought a CNG-fueled dump truck version of F-650 medium-duty truck to the 2013 ATD show in Orlando and the automaker's Todd Kaufman, marketing manager, explained how this particular project came about.

Tags: CNG conversion, CNG vehicles, Ford Motor Co., Ford F-650, National Fleet Services, Truck Tech Engineers Inc.

WEX stated the national retail price for a gallon of gasoline started the month at $3.55 per gallon, which is down close to 10 cents per gallon from where the price started in April.

Tags: gas prices, Fuel Prices, Diesel Prices, WEX Index, WEX Inc.

The designation is based on the vehicle's favorable performance in moderate overlap front, side, rollover, and rear crash tests.

Tags: Toyota, IIHS, Toyota RAV4, crash tests, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, IIHS Top Safety Pick

Mercedes Benz unveiled its new 2014-MY Sprinter Van, which the automaker said has a new design, is more economical, and more environmentally friendly. The company said this redesign comes after seven years of the current-generation Sprinter.

Tags: Mercedes-Benz, Commercial van, 2014-MY, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Light & Medium

General Motors announced that its 2014 GMC Sierra’s standard 4.3L EcoTec V-6 engine will offer the most torque of any standard V-6 in the vehicle’s segment, at 305 lb.-ft.

Tags: Pickup trucks, GMC Sierra, General Motors Corp., 2014-MY, V-6 engine

Ford is adding 900 jobs and a third crew for the F-150 and another 1,100 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2013 to build the all-new Ford Transit.

Tags: Ford F-150, vehicle manufacturing, Ford Motor Co., Ford Transit

General Motors said it is planning to take its Cadillac brand's semi-autonomous “Super Cruise” driving technology to the next stage of testing, which includes real-world driving assessment and other tests.

Tags: vehicle safety technology, Cadillac, autonomous vehicle, General Motors Corp., Cadillac XTS, Cadillac ATS, driver assistance systems

Venchurs Vehicle Systems, a Qualified Vehicle Modifier of CNG conversions for Ford Motor Company, announced a new price point for its CNG conversion system (bi-fuel and dedicated) for 6.2L F-250 and F-350 pickup trucks.

Tags: CNG conversion, Ford F-350, Ford F-250, Venchurs

According to the White House, Charlotte, N.C.'s Mayor Anthony Foxx made a major investment in Charlotte’s transportation infrastructure, which helped improve the region’s economy.

Tags: Obama Administration, U.S. Transportation Secretary, Department of Transportation

Toyota showed the latest edition of its 4Runner at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, Calif., on April 27. A more rugged-looking exterior design and new interior materials and comfort features are new for 2014.

Tags: Toyota, 2014-MY, Toyota 4Runner

General Motors said its upcoming 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV will have a range of 82 miles when fully charged and will get an EPA-estimated combined city/highway 119 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe).

Tags: electric vehicle, fuel economy, General Motors Corp., 2014-MY, Chevrolet Spark EV