Why Doesn’t GM Build a Diet Chevy Volt?
Without a doubt the biggest knock against the Volt isn’t its limited electric range or its so-so fuel efficiency, but the $41,000 price tag. Yet GM has the ability to make a much cheaper Volt. So what’re they waiting for?
GM doesn’t make a dime o…
Car Crosses Australia on Wind Power
Eighteen days. Fifteen dollars worth of electricity. Oh, and a distance of 3,107 miles. That’s the impressive stat line of the Wind Explorer, a 441-pound electric car that traveled from one end of Australia to the other and smashed three world record…
Hendrickson Announces So-Cal Training Sessions for April
Hendrickson has scheduled its next round of technical suspension training for the heavy-duty transportation industry with its eighth edition of the Hendrickson Vehicle Suspension Institute (HVSI).
RWI Transportation Opens New Terminal in Dallas
RWI Transportation has opened a new terminal in the Dallas/Fort Worth market.
Weekly Spot Market Freight Volumes Hit Two-Year High
Truckload freight availability on TransCore’s DAT Network of load boards increased by 12 percent nationwide in the week ending March 5, showing the strongest load volume for a single week since TransCore began reporting weekly levels in January 2008.
Strong Commercial Vehicle Order Intake Reiterates Current Market Strength
The fundamentals that support heavy-duty commercial vehicle demand continue to signal the start of an up-cycle for the market, according to ACT Research Co.
Rep. Defazio Opposes Funding for Mexican EOBRs, Questions Authority to Grant Mexican Carriers Permanent Access
In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), expressed concern of U.S. DOT funding or EOBRs for Mexican carriers participating in the pilot program.
UW-Madison group proposes surrogate models for fuels for advanced combustion engines
Flowchart showing the surrogate formulation method. Credit: ACS, Anand et al. Click to enlarge.
In January 2006, the Fuels for Advanced Combustion Engines (FACE) Group was chartered as a working group of the Coordinating Research Council, tasked w…
Authorities allege trucker is serial rapist
A truck driver arrested last month and charged with sexually assaulting a Columbia woman has been linked to other attacks on women from Virginia to California, according to police.
Iron Mountain stock up on REIT news
Iron Mountain Inc. shares popped Thursday morning after hedge fund operator Elliot Management Corp.