Opinion: Setting Aside? Count Trucking In.
The U.S. transportation industry, which contains many hundreds of small businesses among the sizable firms, has a government champion: the Small Business Administration.
Duke’s Garage Unveils Electrified Classic Porsche Replicas
Taking a classic car and converting to electric power seems to be gaining popularity with the old car crowd. Dukes Garage, a company that specializes in EV conversions, has introduced replica Porsche 356 eSpeedster and eSpyder electric cars.
Based out …
Demand for truckers speeds up
While many employers remain cautious about hiring, there’s at least one job where one can still expect a sign-on bonus and a starting salary of about $40,000 a year.
Is the car just evil, even if it’s a hybrid or plug-in?
Time to brake the automotive mold
Or can the mold be broken?
“‘Growing out of oil’ will not be possible relying on a single technological solution. It requires a new concept of mobility, supported by a cluster of new technologies as well as more …
Germany wants to avoid false choice of nuclear or fossil fuels
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., EV/Plug-in, Solar, Japan, Germany, USA
ComEd power plant, Byron, Illinois
The tragedy of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan will continue to affect the automotive world in a roundabout way: by making…
China Southern Airlines reports huge net profit growth for 2010
China Southern Airlines Company Limited posted an upsurge in profits in 2010 from the low base in the previous year due to rebounding demand.
Engine Emissions
Navistar International and EcoMotors International have signed a deal to support the latter company’s opoc engine architecture.
F-22 Raptor Goes Mach 1.5 on 50% Biofuel Blend
A lot of self-proclaimed “patriots” seem to love oil as much as they love America. Maybe the military’s use of biofuels can change some minds, as a F-22 Raptor was able to go Mach 1.5 times on 50% camelina oil blend.
The U.S. Air Force wants to a…
Solix BioSystems introduces 4,000 liter outdoor algae growth system
Solix BioSystems (formerly Solix Biofuels) announced the availability for sale of the Lumian AGS4000, a 4,000 liter integrated Algae Growth System (AGS) that provides an outdoor growth environment for the evaluation of algal species or as a source of c…
Molycorp and Ames Laboratory sign cooperative research and development agreement on rare earth magnets
Molycorp Inc., the Western hemisphere’s only producer of rare-earth oxides, has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory. The Molycorp-Ames Laboratory effort will focus…