Airfares are up 13 percent
U.S. airlines saw higher revenue in February, and passengers paid significantly higher airfare than a year ago, according to the Air Transport Association of America .
Hours of Service
To no one’s surprise, the association for fleets who specialize in truckload cargo has come out strongly in favor of legislation mandating the use of electronic logging devices .
Is Chevy Volt hate worse than Toyota Prius hate?
Move over Prius, there’s a new whipping boy in town
Is the Volt the latest green whipping boy?
When the Chevy Volt first debuted at the Detroit Auto Show several years ago, I was pretty supportive. At that time Volt founder Bob Lutz suggested that the …
50 cc of Moped-flavored Awesome: Satan Since 2003
Before you click play: there is some probably NSFW language in the video (lower the volume).
As a fan of oddball things in general and scooters and mopeds in particular, I’ve been to my share of scooter rallies and moped rides, and this short traile…
Driver Arrested in Connection with Fatal Accident on Dulles Toll Road
Photo Courtesy of Google Images Five Injured UPDATE: A male driver involved in the three-car accident on the Dulles Toll Road that resulted in one fatality has been arrested by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police.
Labor Issues
A veteran southern Ontario trucker is adding his voice to the anti-pay-per-mile chorus.
DOE to award up to $12M for applied RD in hydrogen storage technologies
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT) Program will award up to $12 million to advance hydrogen storage technologies. A non-federal cost share of 20% is required for the projects.
This FCT Program Funding Opportunity Announ…
Oerlikon Graziano, Vocis Driveline develop Independent Shift Rail transmission; DCT speed in a smaller, lightweight package
Italian transmission specialist Oerlikon Graziano and UK partner Vocis Driveline Controls, itself part-owned by Oerlikon Graziano, developed an innovative 7-speed automated manual transmission (AMT) that combines the dual-clutch principle of a DCT with…
Deliver-E Trike is Ready for the Rough Stuff
With twin electric motors powering this new-age delivery trike to a top speed of 50 mph and nearly 40 miles of range, Simon Williams’ Deliver-E concept is ready to – um – deliver the goods.
Williams is aiming his Deliver-E specifically at letter c…
Trailer maker plans to hire 200
Lafayette-based Wabash National Corp., the top truck-trailer manufacturer in the country, will add 200 jobs to build fluid tankers for another Indiana company.