GE Capital Canada and Shell Offer Cheaper LNG Lease Options
GE Capital Canada has signed a commercial agreement with Shell Canada Products to facilitate the Canadian trucking industry’s adoption of liquefied natural gas, the financial services company announced. Shell and GE are offering a way to reduce monthly…
Obama Lowers Ethanol Blending Levels
President Obama’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reduced the federal required levels of ethanol that must be blended with gasoline, which dealt a blow to a biofuel that’s falling out of favor in an era of cheap gasoline. The announcement is the f…
Economic Watch: GDP Shrinks, Consumer Sentiment Sinks
A new government reports shows the American economy contracted in the first quarter of the year for the second straight time. The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday reported the gross domestic product, the widest measure of output of goods and services…
Man Given 2-Year Sentence in CDL Fraud Case
Another man connected with a widespread CDL test-taking fraud scheme was sentenced by New York District Court to 28 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Jose Payano pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection to the CDL test-taking sc…
Peterbilt’s Model 579 EPIQ opening doors with large fleets
Peterbilt says its Model 579 and new EPIQ package are giving it an unprecedented appeal to large fleet buyers
OBAC adds the Western Star 5700XE to its rebate program
OTTAWA, Ont. — The Owner-Operator’s Business Association of Canada (OBAC) has added the Western Star 5700XE to its “Any Way You Like It” rebate program. Eligible members will get $1,200 back on a day-cab or sleeper model 5700XE. The rebate…
Shocking new police operation reveals truck drivers on some of the …
Couple receives well wishes from Hollywood stars, all living presidents and even the Pope as part of star-studded 70th anniversary present from their granddaughter Exclusive: Pictured, the successful 29-year-old investment banker who leapt to his death…
Researchers seeking fleets to participate in first-ever Canadian sleep apnea study for truckers
TORONTO, Ont. – The first-ever study on sleep apnea in the Canadian trucking industry is underway and researchers are hopeful it will answer a lot of questions concerning the safety of our roads and drivers’ health. The study – pioneered…
CALSTART to Manage Alt-Vehicle Incentive Program
The California Air Resources Board has selected the clean transportation consortium CALSTART to continue to administer the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project , which encourages fleet operators to purchase hybrid…
Driverless Trucks Armaggeddon; So, Truck Drivers Will Just Go Do Something Else
I’m a Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute in London, a writer here and there on this and that and strangely, one of the global experts on the metal scandium, one of the rare earths. An odd thing to be but someone does have to be such and in this flavour…