* Michigan - Rounding up the latest from Ford
-- Ford Motor Co. has been busy of late, revealing 2016 model enhancements for its F-150 pickup, along with new camera technology options for its Super Duty line of trucks, while offering details on a series of research projects aimed at everything from autonomous vehicle testing to uncovering the daily habits of fleet drivers... A new split-view camera feature will be available on Ford's 2016 Super Duty model to help drivers see traffic and obstacles that enter the vehicle’s path from the side by displaying a 180-degree view of the area in front of or behind a vehicle. Split view uses real-time video feeds from 1-megapixel wide-angle lens cameras in the grille and tailgate. A tri-panel display in the 8-inch screen helps customers understand quickly whether an obstacle is coming from either side or straight on. It automatically shuts off when vehicle speed reaches 6.2 mph...
Dearborn, MICH, USA - Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr - 7 July 2015
* New York - 5 Trucks and SUVs with absolutely terrible gas mileage
-- Pickup trucks, vans, crossovers and SUVs are more efficient than they once were, but that isn't saying much... The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute found that cars and light trucks purchased in 2014 got an average of 25.4 miles to the gallon. That's still less than halfway to the EPA and Department of Transportation's goal that it set back in 2012, but it beats the roughly 19 miles per gallon that the Department of Transportation measured for the same pool of vehicles in 1995. It's also closing in on double the average mileage of the light-duty vehicles on U.S. roads in 1980...
NY, USA - The Street, by Jason Notte - 8 July 2015Labels: biggest pick up truck, trucks efficiency
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