Hours of Service

The impact of “human factors” on road safety is the focus of a three-year study being prepared by Transport Canada.

SIM-Drive EV has range of 333 km on JC08

Nikkei. SIM-Drive Corp., a spin-off from Keio University (earlier post), unveiled electric vehicle capable of traveling 333 km (207 miles) on a fully charged battery on the JC08 cycle.
In January 2010, SIM-Drive announced that 34 companies and municip…

MiraQua: A Tiny Miracle

Today there seems to be more and more and yet more vehicles on the road than ever. Everybody wants to have their own transport and a smaller car with least carbon emission seems to be an ideal solution for this inexhaustible number of cars that seem…

Qantas to cut capacity, reduce management to offset fuel

Australia’s Qantas Airways plans to axe capacity and management jobs and retire some aircraft early under cost-cutting measures aimed at offsetting soaring fuel prices and the impact of natural disasters in Japan, New Zealand and Australia.