Chairman to quit USA Truck posts
Robert Powell, USA Truck Inc.’s chairman and co-founder of the Van Buren carrier, will step down from his position and from the board at the company’s annual shareholders meeting May 4. Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.
Universal Lubricants hits 1.5M gallon production mark for recycled motor oil
Universal Lubricants has hit the 1.5-million gallon production mark for its ECO ULTRA line of recycled motor oil. (Earlier post.) The company has been selling to professional installers, but is now moving the product into retail channels, said John Wes…
Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases
Warning that “there are no quick fixes” and that “we will keep on being a victim to shifts in the oil market until we get serious about a long-term policy for secure, affordable energy”, US President Barack Obama announced a goa…
USA Truck’s Chairman to Retire
Truckload carrier USA Truck said its chairman, Robert Powell, will retire in May and be succeeded by Terry Elliott, who has been a director at the company since 2003.
Future Fisker Hybrids May Use Dedicated 3-Cylinder Range Extenders
SoCal start-up Fisker has just completed its first production car (in Finland), but already they are talking about future cars. One idea; use of a dedicated, 3-cylinder range extender rather than the 4-cylinder EcoTec car engine currently under the hoo…
Is Cellulosic Ethanol Ready to Heed the President’s Call?
POET biomass stack yard in Emmetsburg, Iowa
In the face of rising gas prices and increasing turmoil in the Middle East, President Barack Obama today called for a one-third cut in oil imports by 2020. The President’s plan to accomplish this goal reli…
ATA Chairman Makes Trucking’s Case for Highway Bill at Congressional Hearing
American Trucking Associations Chairman Barbara Windsor told a congressional panel Tuesday that the trucking industry needs a new surface transportation bill, with a focus on highways, as soon as possible.
Truck drivers raise fees due to high fuel prices
Importers will have to pay more than double the price to move cargo from Mombasa port to Uganda after truckers announced new transport rates in response to rising fuel prices.
Obama seeks to cut US foreign oil imports by 1/3 in next decade
New drilling can drive an alternative energy future
Using American energy to win the future
Just finished watching some of President Obama’s speech at Georgetown University regarding America’s energy future. Essentially, the President highlighted some …
Lincolns MKZ Hybrid Sales Surprise Ford
Ford didn’t make a big deal with the announcement that the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid would cost the same as the standard MKZ. Maybe they should have, as sales of the hybrid version have taken off this year.
Ford is the only automaker to offer a hybrid versi…