Word: fleet
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...gasoline conservation was working, aided by a nasty recession, one energy forecast after another anticipated ever better mileage. The American Petroleum Institute, swept up by auto-industry fervor, announced in September 1981 that "forecasts of fuel efficiency for new cars now exceed those mandates (27.5 m.p.g.), suggesting an industry-fleet average of 30 m.p.g. by 1985." Not exactly: this year the average is still 27.5 m.p.g. for vehicles officially labeled as passenger cars, but for the entire fleet of vehicles, including SUVs and trucks, it is much worse. The best overall fuel economy of 22.1 m.p.g. (for U.S.-made vehicles...
...been run by Raith, a former state prosecutor who switched to business mid-career and spent years trying to revive industrial companies in eastern Germany. BASF remains an important client, but Rail4Chem also moves chemicals across Europe for other companies. Business is so good, the company has expanded its fleet from four to 14 locomotives. One of its selling points: unlike DB, which still controls more than 90% of the freight market, Rail4Chem guarantees arrival times. Raith says his trains have been late just three or four times since 2001. Living up to the guarantee is no small achievement. Getting...
...fleet racing event, we steadily built our lead by taking each race one at a time,” Bischoff said. “We think the final winning margin of 69 points is the best in the last twenty years, maybe ever...
...rightfully so. By my resume, I should have been down the block, knocking on the door of Harvard University Press—not wearing a suit and holding a legal-sized leather portfolio for my resume and notepad on the second floor of Fleet Bank. Answering the question was undoubtedly challenging. Essentially, it boiled down to “Why are you here?” although only one interviewer actually phrased it that way. (It was only rivaled by my second-most-frequent question: “Are you related to David Kessler?” David, another junior...
...Miles per gallon the Ford fleet averages today...