Ark. House panel passes part of highway plan
A House committee has passed and sent to the full House a bill that would ask voters to raise the tax on diesel as part of an effort to raise money for Arkansas’ highways.
Linde, BASF and RWE to invest additional 6M in long-term test of CO2 scrubbing project
Linde, BASF and German power utility RWE will invest a further €6 million (US$8.3 million) into another phase of their research on CO2 scrubbing for carbon capture. (Earlier post.) In the current pilot phase, the partners achieved a separation effici…
Characteristics of Hitachis 3rd-gen Li-ion power cell used in GMs eAssist; 4th gen power cells and PHEV cells coming
Input and output power characteristics of 2nd and 3rd generations. Source: Hitachi Review. Click to enlarge.
GM’s eAssist light electrification system—currently offered as the base powertrain in the full-sized 2012 Buick LaCrosse and offer…
Study – US consumers don’t understand hybrids and plug-ins
You don’t have to plug-in a Prius?
Hybrid and EV sales aren’t an easy sell
A plug-in hybrid can use both gas and electricity? A Toyota Prius doesn’t have to be plugged-in?
While those sound like silly questions to fans of hybrid and plug-in vehicles, m…
Why Doesn’t GM Build a Diet Chevy Volt?
Without a doubt the biggest knock against the Volt isn’t its limited electric range or its so-so fuel efficiency, but the $41,000 price tag. Yet GM has the ability to make a much cheaper Volt. So what’re they waiting for?
GM doesn’t make a dime o…
Car Crosses Australia on Wind Power
Eighteen days. Fifteen dollars worth of electricity. Oh, and a distance of 3,107 miles. That’s the impressive stat line of the Wind Explorer, a 441-pound electric car that traveled from one end of Australia to the other and smashed three world record…
Hendrickson Announces So-Cal Training Sessions for April
Hendrickson has scheduled its next round of technical suspension training for the heavy-duty transportation industry with its eighth edition of the Hendrickson Vehicle Suspension Institute (HVSI).
RWI Transportation Opens New Terminal in Dallas
RWI Transportation has opened a new terminal in the Dallas/Fort Worth market.
Weekly Spot Market Freight Volumes Hit Two-Year High
Truckload freight availability on TransCore’s DAT Network of load boards increased by 12 percent nationwide in the week ending March 5, showing the strongest load volume for a single week since TransCore began reporting weekly levels in January 2008.
Strong Commercial Vehicle Order Intake Reiterates Current Market Strength
The fundamentals that support heavy-duty commercial vehicle demand continue to signal the start of an up-cycle for the market, according to ACT Research Co.