U.S., Mexico Reach Cross-Border Trucking Agreement
President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed Thursday to a program that will allow Mexican trucks to travel into the United States, the Associated Press reported.
Update: This New Lancia is the Next 40 mpg Chrysler
After a few tantalizing sketches materialized on Lancia’s European website back in December, many speculated that we were seeing hints of the upcoming Lancia Y (pronounced “epsilon”) compact, which could form the basis for a new small Chrysler in …
A123 Systems to supply packs for EV from major North American automaker
Boston Business Journal.
A123 Systems Inc. has been chosen to produce battery packs for a battery-electric vehicle produced by an unnamed “major” North American automaker, said CEO David Vieau during the firm’s quarterly call earlier this week.
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Expansion appears to be flying high at FedEx hub
FedEx, with 4,700 workers unloading and reloading overnight flights and sorting packages at Indianapolis, has about 80 flights in and 80 out daily.
UK electric truck maker Modec falls into administration
UK-based electric commercial vehicle maker Modec, a partner with Navistar (earlier post), has entered administration. On 4 March 2011, R K Grant, S J Appell and A C O’Keefe of Zolfo Cooper were appointed Joint Administrators; Joint Administrators…
Paperless bookkeeping software
TruckTax Trucker-Books is a paperless bookkeeping software program that is designed to reduce the time and cost investment required by truckers to manage their bookkeeping, accounting and business tax information and filings. The program eliminates the need to prepare and package income and expense information by using a spreadsheet system to send information to their […]
Opinion: CSA – Problem or Solution?
Some trucking industry executives predicted the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program was going to be a “game changer” for the industry. They were right.
COMPETITION WATCH: Trimac posts strong Q4 results
CALGARY, Alta. — Trimac closed the books on 2010 with a strong fourth quarter and full-year 2010. [Full Story]
Sandia progressing to demo stage with supercritical CO2 Brayton-cycle turbines; up to 50% increase in efficiency of thermal-to-electric conversion
Simple diagram of the heated un-recuperated supercritical CO2 Brayton loop. Source: Wright et al. 2010. Click to enlarge.
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) researchers are progressing to the demonstration phase of a supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) Bray…
Peterbilt Manitoba named Dealer of the Year
WINNIPEG, Man. — Peterbilt Manitoba has been named Peterbilt’s North American Dealer of the Year. [Full Story]