Truck Driver Killed
A truck driver from California was killed in a freak accident just after midnight Thursday in the Columbia River Gorge.
“Still Alive” Saab Brings Sexy PhoeniX Hybrid Concept to Geneva
Swedish car maker Saab was the unlikely survivor of “old” GM and the nerdy auto builder is strutting into 2011 with style. At the Geneva Auto Show Saab showed off the “PhoeniX” all-wheel drive, 47 MPG hybrid.
The aptly-named PhoeniX is supposed…
Lifecycle analysis finds Fischer-Tropsch diesel from coal and biomass with CCS can use less fossil energy than petroleum diesel, with GHG close to or below zero
WTW total energy and fossil energy use. Credit: ACS, Xie et al. Click to enlarge.
A new study by Michael Wang and Jeongwoo Han at Argonne National Laboratory and Xiaomin Xie at Shanghai Jiao Tong University assesses the effects of carbon capture a…
Airline profits to fall by half: IATA
A Continental Airlines plane is fueled in Houston in April. Rising oil prices have forced IATA to revise its profit outlook.
Stronger underride guard rules sought
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has asked federal officials to require greater rear impact protection for commercial trailers.
Class 8 orders drop in February
Class 8 truck net orders for North American markets totaled 24,300 units in February, down 3,000 from January, ACT said.
Maxwell CEO says ultracaps are perfect for General Motors’ eAssist hybrids
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2012 Buick Regal eAssist – Click above for high-res image gallery
When General Motors debuted the 2012 Buick LaCrosse with eAssist at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 2010, the automaker made it clea…
ATA Backs More Domestic Oil Production
American Trucking Associations has urged the Obama administration to open up opportunities for domestic oil production as a way to lessen the impact of political tumult in the Middle East.
2020: Plug-ins set to dominate the auto market?
While plug-ins dominate the auto industry by 2020?
Have electric vehicles been over-hyped or are they being under-estimated?
Over and over I hear plug-in fans and advocates claim that plug-in vehicles are going to go mainstream much faster than what in…
Productivity Rises in Fourth-Quarter, Year
U.S. workers’ productivity rose at a 2.6% annual rate in the fourth quarter, matching an earlier estimate, the Labor Department said Thursday.