Freight index rises in January
Freight Transportation Services Index rose 0.9 percent in January from a revised December.
OK Tire, ERS partner to provide 24-hour roadside assistance
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — OK Tire has partnered with Emergency Road Services Corporation (ERS) to provide 24-hour emergency roadside assistance for the commercial trucking industry in both Canada and the US. [Full Story]
More proof Toyota needs to add a 3rd row of seating to the Prius V
More potential with a thrid row of seating?
Is Toyota blowing a big opportunity?
According to the car folks over at InsideLine, the larger Toyota Prius V is a better car than the current Prius, offering not just more cargo and passenger room, but also …
New iPhone App Crowdsources EV Charging
Even though there is electricity everywhere, electric vehicles supposedly face an uphill battle without a formal “charging infrastructure.” But a new app for the iPhone crowdsources private outlets for public EV charging.
The app is called Plugshar…
BAE Developing Parallel Electric Hybrid System for Class 6-8 Trucks
By Tom Berg, Senior Editor BAE Systems announced a parallel electric-drive hybrid system for Class 6, 7 and 8 trucks that’s based on HybriDrive series hybrid that’s now working in 3,000 transit buses worldwide.
Qantas, Singapore up fuel surcharge, Cathay warns on oil impact
By Narayanan Somasundaram and Alison Leung SYDNEY/HONG KONG – Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday they would raise fuel surcharges to offset higher oil prices, while Cathay Pacific warned that growing energy costs could hurt its pro…
PARC building cleantech portfolio; co-extrusion printing of novel battery electrodes and carbon-neutral renewable liquid fuels from atmospheric CO2
Schematic of the HP-BPMED device used in the renewable fuels research. (a) Atmospheric CO2 separation using a continuous-flow electrodialysis system. (b) Detailed view of the stack. Source: PARC, portions courtesy of Ameridia Corp. Click to enlarge…
Watch Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius in action
Now this is a game-changer
In my opinion the problem with the automobile isn’t the fact that it doesn’t plug-in, it’s the fact that there are too many automobiles built too inefficiently with far too many natural resources. Yet, in the next few decade…
Tactical team takes trucker on I-65
Authorities had still not released by late Tuesday the name of a truck driver who was taken into custody Monday afternoon by a Chilton County Sheriff’s Office tactical team after he led state and local lawmen on a harrowing chase that continued along I…
Willie’s Place to reopen as a Petro
TravelCenters of America bought the Dallas-area property March 1 after it was posted for foreclosure.