Truckers Getting in Shape
When you’re traveling it’s easy to pack on the pounds, especially truckers who live on the road.
NREL study finds gasoline hybrid delivery trucks substantially reduce emissions and beat or maintain fuel economy compared to diesel vehicles
Criteria emissions by drive cycle. Source: Barnitt 2011. Click to enlarge.
NREL’s Fleet Test and Evaluation Team recently completed a year-long technology evaluation of gasoline hybrid electric (gHEV) FedEx Express delivery trucks compared w…
Maxwells CEO pitches ultracaps for GM eAssist system
In a blog post, Maxwell Technologies president and CEO David Schramm argues that ultracapacitors would be a perfect fit for GM’s eAssist second-generation light electrification technology (Earlier post.) The eAssist system is slated to be GM’s …
TSX closes down slightly on global energy turmoil
Canadian stocks staged a minor comeback Wednesday morning from a global sell-off the previous session, as rising oil and gold prices fuelled by continuing turmoil in Libya lifted the energy and materials sectors.
Morgan Technical Ceramics to supply precision ceramic pump components for hybrid and electric vehicles
Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC), a business within the Morgan Ceramics Division of The Morgan Crucible Company plc., recently signed an agreement with a leading international provider of automotive mechatronic drive and pump solutions to supply ceramic…
GFEI report concludes 50% improvement in average fuel economy of entire global light duty fleet by 2050 is achievable; importance of the regulatory and fiscal environments
US NRC panel’s summary estimates
of the potential reduction in petroleum consumption by 2035 for vehicle
powertrain types assuming that the entire potential of
these technologies is used to improve fuel economy
rather than performance. Source: Ge…
New electric car sharing scheme for Brussels
Sustainable-mobility.org. Zen Car and the Société Régionale d’Investissement de Bruxelles will partner to set up an electric car sharing scheme in Brussels as of March. The project may be supported by the state.
29 cars will be put into circul…
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Karen Rae had to catch a train, so the Federal Railroad Administration’s deputy administrator departed early from a high-powered Jan.
CSX Transportation began operating the big new intermodal terminal it …
CSX Transportation began operating the big new intermodal terminal it built at North Baltimore, Ohio, near Toledo, which will be the western anchor of its National Gateway doublestack corridor.
Oil Tops $100 Mark
The price of a barrel of crude oil rose to above $100 in mid-day trading on Wednesday.