Car buyers: $4.00 gas almost certain this summer
An attack on Saudi oil production would cause gas prices to skyrocket
Food for thought for car buyers
I’ve been closely following the Middle East and oil stories since Egypt, when I predicted $4.00 gas sometime in 2011. Now my call looks like it will p…
Magna eyeing displacing steel with thermoplastic composites in body frame
Plastics News. Magna International Inc. believes the auto industry may be nearing a new turning point at which thermoplastic composites could replace steel in the body frame of the car.
“This is moving from body structure to the full frame,” said W…
Land Rover Range_e 4WD diesel plug-in hybrid previews future production powertrains
The Range_e development 4WD diesel PHEV. Click to enlarge.
Land Rover presented its Range_e development model at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this week. This development model features a plug-in hybrid diesel-electric powertrain that Land Rover e…
Truck Drivers Feeling the Pain at the Pump
Al Williams is driving his big rig from to Birmingham. His pit stop in Ozark for gas is like any other except the price he’s paying to fill up.
U.S., Mexico Reach Cross-Border Trucking Agreement
President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed Thursday to a program that will allow Mexican trucks to travel into the United States, the Associated Press reported.
Update: This New Lancia is the Next 40 mpg Chrysler
After a few tantalizing sketches materialized on Lancia’s European website back in December, many speculated that we were seeing hints of the upcoming Lancia Y (pronounced “epsilon”) compact, which could form the basis for a new small Chrysler in …
A123 Systems to supply packs for EV from major North American automaker
Boston Business Journal.
A123 Systems Inc. has been chosen to produce battery packs for a battery-electric vehicle produced by an unnamed “major” North American automaker, said CEO David Vieau during the firm’s quarterly call earlier this week.
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Expansion appears to be flying high at FedEx hub
FedEx, with 4,700 workers unloading and reloading overnight flights and sorting packages at Indianapolis, has about 80 flights in and 80 out daily.
UK electric truck maker Modec falls into administration
UK-based electric commercial vehicle maker Modec, a partner with Navistar (earlier post), has entered administration. On 4 March 2011, R K Grant, S J Appell and A C O’Keefe of Zolfo Cooper were appointed Joint Administrators; Joint Administrators…
Paperless bookkeeping software
TruckTax Trucker-Books is a paperless bookkeeping software program that is designed to reduce the time and cost investment required by truckers to manage their bookkeeping, accounting and business tax information and filings. The program eliminates the need to prepare and package income and expense information by using a spreadsheet system to send information to their […]