Initial Jobless Claims Drop for Week
Initial jobless claims fell by 42,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Company Offers Healthcare Access for Truckers
The Man in White LLC launched an Internet-based “Healthcare Touch Point” for professional truckers, www.TheManInWhite.org. This free website serves as a directory and “concierge service” for truckers’ healthcare needs at home and on the road.
Study – US not on path to 1 million plug-ins by 2015
Electric cars are still limited by battery technologies
Does 1 million plug-ins by 2015 even make sense?
The auto industry, particularly the mainstream auto industry, is largely dependent upon 1 single factor for success: scale. Thus, President Obama’s…
ECOtality Wins $2.87M in Bay Area contracts, expands EV Project to the San Francisco Bay Area
ECOtality, Inc. has expanded The EV Project to the San Francisco Bay Area. ECOtality was awarded a $2.87-million contract from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) to become the Project Manager of the organization’s Electric Ve…
UPS Joins ITM Power’s hydrogen on-site trials
UPS has signed an agreement to participate in the Hydrogen On Site Trials (HOST) of ITM Power’s transportable high pressure refuelling unit (HFuel) in the UK.
HFuel is a self-contained module suitable for refuelling hydrogen-powered road vehicles an…
Productivity Increases at Faster Pacein 4Q
U.S. workers’ productivity rose at a 2.6% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2010, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
Qantas hikes fuel surcharge as oil prices rise
Qantas Airways says rising oil and jet fuel prices have forced the carrier to hike its fuel surcharge by more than 50 per cent for some international tickets.
US DOE awards KiOR term sheet for loan guarantee supporting a more than $1B biofuels project; drop-in fuels from wood biomass
KiOR, Inc., a developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass, has received a term sheet for a loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program supporting a more than $1-billion biofuels projec…
Buick Regal hybrid helps usher in GM’s base powertrain of the future
Buick Regal hybrid: A taste of GM’s future
Buick the first stop for GM’s E-Assist
Next week GM is set to launch another hybrid based off its E-Assist drive, an upgraded lithium-powered mild hybrid powertrain built off GM’s original BAS hybrid powertrai…
Buick Regal hybrid helps usher in GM’s base powertrain of the future
Buick Regal hybrid: A taste of GM’s future
Buick the first stop for GM’s E-Assist
Next week GM is set to launch another hybrid based off its E-Assist drive, an upgraded lithium-powered mild hybrid powertrain built off GM’s original BAS hybrid powertrai…