N.L. union joins call to investigate chopper
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada laid out the wreckage to try to better understand what happened when Cougar flight 491 went down on March 12, 2009.
Simulations identify potential approach to reducing amount of rare earths required in permanent magnets
Computer simulations reveal faults in rare earth material. Credit: Thomas Schrefl. Click to enlarge.
Researchers at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences in Austria have shown that rare earth permanent magnets may contain local deformations i…
Oakland port truckers seek emissions rule delay
Truckers seek delay of a California Air Resources Board mandate that requires trucks to reduce nitrogen oxide by 2014.
Rolls Royce unveils the Phantom Experimental Electric; induction charging system
Powertrain of the 102EX. Click to enlarge.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is unveiling the 102EX, a one-off, fully electric-powered Phantom, today at the Geneva Motor Show. (Earlier post.) The car will tour during 2011, serving as a testbed to gather rese…
VW unveiling new electric microbus concept in Geneva
Volkswagen is unveiling an electric microbus concept at the Geneva Motor show. The original Microbus (called the Bulli in Germany) was introduced in 1950. In 2001, Volkswagen developed a modern concept version it called the Microbus concept. The new e…
FMCSA Expands Pre-Employment Screening Program
By TruckingInfo Staff The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration added a new feature to the screening program that gives carriers a look at the history of a driver who is applying for a job.
PowerTrain to pay $2M penalty for selling nearly 80K engines that failed to meet Clean Air Act standards
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Justice Department (DOJ) announced that Mississippi-based PowerTrain, Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $2 million to resolve claims that the company imported and sold nearly 80,000 nonroad engines…
Continental Airlines stop Cairo service plan
Continental Airlines, recently bought by United Airlines to form United Continental Holdings Inc, has scrapped plans to launch new service to Cairo, because of declining travel demand to Egypt, which is grappling with political unrest.
Opel adding Start/Stop to more ecoFLEX models
At the Geneva Motor Show, Opel is highlighting two enhancements to its lower fuel consumption ecoFLEX family of vehicles:
The Corsa 1.3 CDTI ecoFLEX now combines its 70 kW/95 hp powertrain with Start/Stop technology, offering combined fuel consumption…
Trucking Group Says FMCSA ‘Misused’ Sleep Data
The American Trucking Associations is raising the ante in its challenge to the science behind proposed new truck driver hours of service rules with a statement that studies linking length of sleep time and untimely death were “misapplied.” The ATA obta…