Green Automotive retains Roush for support on testing of Zotye electric SUV for US market
Green Automotive Company Corporation has retained Roush Industries to provide structural and vehicle engineering support as the company begins the process of testing and confirming that its All-Electric SUV meets or exceeds US Federal Motor Vehicle Saf…
BAF Technologies launches new line of bi-fuel Ford vans and pickups
BAF Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., has expanded its CNG product line to include Ford vehicles equipped with the BAF proprietary bi-fuel compressed natural gas (CNG) system.
Set for availability in May 2011, the new BAF of…
India boosts science research 14%, with cuts to renewable energy and agriculture
Scidev.net. India’s 2011-2012 budget boosts funding 14% across eight key science-related departments and ministries—science and technology, agriculture, atomic energy, defence, earth sciences, health, renewable energy and space—up US$1 billio…
DAF Coming on Strong in Europe
In 2010, DAF Trucks N.V. — a subsidiary of Paccar — further strengthened its position on the European truck market.
National Van Lines Agents Join AMSA
All agents in the National Van Lines family across the U.S. have joined the American Moving & Storage Association effective immediately, the two organizations announced last Friday.
AAA Jumps on the Clean Diesel Bandwagon
AAA last week put clean diesel engines on its list of the top new vehicle technologies designed to increase performance, reduce environmental impacts and improve safety. While they’re referring to passenger cars, this is good news for trucking’s ima…
Fortune’s Most Admired Companies: FedEx In Top 10, Trucking Performs Well Overall
The annual World’s Most Admired Companies report released last week listed FedEx as the 8th ranked company, up five positions from the organization’s rank in 2010.
Oil Prices Hit 29-Month High
The price of crude oil rose past $104 a barrel Friday to end the week at the highest level since September 2008, as bad news from Libya and good news about the U.S. economy spurred supply-demand worries.
Researchers develop new approach for enzymatic production of methanol from methane
Binding pocket representation of P450 enzyme with activator (perfluoro chain in green) and docking poses of a methane
cluster (carbon atoms in black and hydrogen atoms in white) hovering
above Fe=O (red) in the porphyrin ring. Zilly et al. Click to…
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