WebTech Wireless Narrows Fourth-Quarter Loss
WebTech Wireless, a supplier of GPS location-based and fleet telematics services, reported a loss of C$3.55 million for the fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a loss of C$7.26 million a year earlier.
Can the EU Get Off Fossil Fuels by 2050?
The internal combustion engine can’t get no love these days, especially in Europe. The European Union will announce a plan next week that eliminates the use of fossil fuels in vehicles in Europe by 2050. Can it be done?
Probably not, I’d wager, tho…
UAW Ratifies Five-Year Contract at Volvo’s Virginia Truck Plant
Volvo Trucks North America said United Auto Workers union members have ratified a five-year contract covering about 1,300 workers at its New River Valley heavy-duty truck plant in Dublin, Va.
MIT team develops world’s first inexpensive "artificial leaf"
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., Solar
Long considered a scientific Holy Grail, a functioning “artificial leaf” has apparently been created by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In a presentation at the 241st Nationa…
BA crew backs strikes as royal wedding looms
British Airways cabin crew voted Monday to hold more strikes in their long-running dispute with the airline, raising the prospect of possible walkouts during a busy spring that includes the royal wedding and the Easter holiday.
Gasoline Hits $5.40 (Regular!) in California
This photo was posted over on the Quattroworld (Audi) forums earlier today, and it clearly shows a Death Valley, California Chevron station charging $5.40 for a gallon of regular, and $5.62 (.9) for each gallon of 91 octane “premium”. The price …
I-405 near Seattle to shut down
Truckers will face detours as a section of Interstate 405 in Bellevue, Wash., will shut down April 1-4.
Anti-trafficking group to visit truck show
Non-profit Chapter 61 Ministries started the project two years ago to fight human trafficking.
3 killed in crash of vintage plane in Dickens County
Three people have been killed in the fiery West Texas crash of a vintage airplane.
EPA Oversight of Diesel Grants Criticized
Ineffective oversight of the federal diesel emissions reduction grant program by the Environmental Protection Agency may have caused EPA to overstate the environmental benefits of the program, according to a new audit by the agency’s inspector general.