Truck Statistics
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Passenger traffic at Atlanta’s airport up in 2010
Passenger traffic at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta rose to around 89.3 million passengers in 2010 – but that is still below its peak of around 90 million reached two years ago.
Charging infrastructure anecdote from AABC
During his presentation on challenges for battery development for an extended range electric vehicle to the AABC event in Pasadena this past week, Roland Matthé, GM’s technical manager for the Voltec Battery System, as an aside touched on …
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Key gambles on privatisation
BOLD MOVE: John Key announces the Government might partially privatise four state-owned enterprises and sell down its Air New Zealand stake.
New BMW 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder for US offers performance of a six
BMW this past week announced the return of a four-cylinder engine to the US BMW line-up for the first time in since 1999 (earlier post), and has now provided a few more details. Like the company’s latest 3.0-liter turbo inline six, the new 2.0-liter …
Trial begins of new intelligent multimodal travel management service in European cities
EU-funded scientists are piloting a service that will allow people to determine the best way of making journeys in cities. As well as helping individuals find the most efficient route and travel mode, the systems should cut congestion and lower the env…
University of Victoria to retrofit research ship with fuel cell hybrid system
The University of Victoria (Canada) will use a portion of $13.3 million in funding provided by the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund for ocean research projects to refit the former Coast Guard vessel Tsekoa II for ocean research in the Strait…
Hours of Service
The DOT’s proposed amendment to the 34-hour restart provision was glossed over by many at first as the possibility of cutting allowable driving hours garnered much of the attention.
The Suez chokepoint
The US Energy Information Administration recently updated its brief on world oil transit chokepoints—one of which is Egypt’s Suez Canal. The EIA defines chokepoints as narrow channels along widely used global sea routes, some so narrow that ves…