CVSA: Cutting Funding Will Weaken Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
As Congress looks for ways to cut the federal budget and deficit, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance warned a Congressional committee that funding commercial motor vehicle safety programs at lower than current levels would weaken state enforceme…
Goodyear Names Washington Truck Driver Highway Hero
The 28th annual Goodyear North America Highway Hero is an Olympia, Wash., truck driver who helped save the lives of two people in a car that had come to a stop on railroad tracks, including pulling the unconscious driver from his car before it was s…
Government Reports Record-Setting Decline in GHG Emissions
The U.S. Energy Information Administration this week reported a record-setting 5.8-percent decline in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2009. Since 1990, U.S. GHG emissions have grown at an average annual rate of 0.4 percent.
Con-way Expects Full E-log Implementation by June
Con-way Truckload announced that 71 percent of its 3,000-driver fleet is using electronic logs (e-logs), with full integration of the technology expected in June 2011. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expected to make the adoption …
USABC awards A123 Systems $8m contract to develop nanophosphate li-ion batteries
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid
The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a research collaboration between Chrysler Group, Ford Motor and General Motors, has awarded A123 Systems an $8 million, 24-month contract…
Toyota Renames All Models Prius, Makes Everything a Hybrid
In a strange twist of events Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, has announced that it will be changing the name of every model in its lineup…to Prius.
At a press conference this morning President and CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda came out with a b…
Daimler expects strong sales growth
Aerodynamic testing shows optimized airflow over the Cascadia’s new side fairings.
AirTran Dolphin 1 revealed in Atlanta
AirTran Airways ‘ Dolphin 1 is ready for takeoff. Under cloudy skies on Thursday, the airline unveiled Dolphin 1 — a Boeing 737-700 decorated with dolphins and an aquatic theme to mark its partnership with Georgia Aquarium and highlight the AT&T D…
Total and Waste Management invest in waste plastic to synthetic crude startup Agilyx
Agilyx Corporation, a startup commercializing a waste plastic to synthetic crude oil technology, has closed a $22 million Series B round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and joined by new strategic investors, Waste Management, Inc. and T…
China Energy invests $83.8M in Synthesis Energy Systems; 43.5% ownership
Gasification company Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. has signed an agreement with China Energy Industry Holding Group Co., Limited (China Energy), for a cash investment of approximately US$83.8 million to support SES’ business strategy in China, i…