Driver Arrested in Connection with Fatal Accident on Dulles Toll Road
Photo Courtesy of Google Images Five Injured UPDATE: A male driver involved in the three-car accident on the Dulles Toll Road that resulted in one fatality has been arrested by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police.
Labor Issues
A veteran southern Ontario trucker is adding his voice to the anti-pay-per-mile chorus.
DOE to award up to $12M for applied RD in hydrogen storage technologies
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT) Program will award up to $12 million to advance hydrogen storage technologies. A non-federal cost share of 20% is required for the projects.
This FCT Program Funding Opportunity Announ…
Oerlikon Graziano, Vocis Driveline develop Independent Shift Rail transmission; DCT speed in a smaller, lightweight package
Italian transmission specialist Oerlikon Graziano and UK partner Vocis Driveline Controls, itself part-owned by Oerlikon Graziano, developed an innovative 7-speed automated manual transmission (AMT) that combines the dual-clutch principle of a DCT with…
Deliver-E Trike is Ready for the Rough Stuff
With twin electric motors powering this new-age delivery trike to a top speed of 50 mph and nearly 40 miles of range, Simon Williams’ Deliver-E concept is ready to – um – deliver the goods.
Williams is aiming his Deliver-E specifically at letter c…
Trailer maker plans to hire 200
Lafayette-based Wabash National Corp., the top truck-trailer manufacturer in the country, will add 200 jobs to build fluid tankers for another Indiana company.
I-10 construction in Phoenix
By eTrucker Staff Expect heavy delays from road construction on Interstate 10 in the Phoenix area March 18-19. Westbound I-10 will be narrowed to one lane from Wild Horse Pass to Chandler Boulevard from 10 p.m. March 18 to 6 p.m. March 19 as crews shif…
F-22 Raptor flies on 50:50 blend with camelina-derived renewable jet
An F-22 Raptor successfully flew at supercruise—supersonic flight without using the engine’s afterburner—18 March on a 50:50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and renewable jet fuel derived from camelina. The flight was the caps…
UK new car CO2 emissions fell 3.5% in 2010 and more than 20% since 2000
Emissions of new cars in the UK fell 3.5% to an average of 144.2 g/km CO2 in 2010 according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ (SMMT) 10th annual CO2 report. Average CO2 emissions from new cars have fallen by more than 20% since 2…
NTTA work continuing in Collin County
The North Texas Tollway Authority is moving forward on two projects to improve traffic conditions in Collin County.