FMCSA: Carriers May Ignore Cargo Insurance Warning Letters
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said motor carriers that received notices of investigation for revocation of authority based on cancellation of their cargo insurance policies on or after March 21 “need not respond to such letters if the…
Chromatin announces dual-purpose hybrid sorghum for sugar and bioenergy production
Chromatin Inc. announced its dual-purpose SweetFuel sorghum hybrids, which combine high yields of both fermentable sugar and biomass per acre. Chromatin’s SweetFuel hybrids are designed to capture the value of sugars produced in sorghum juice as well…
Diesel Rises for 15th Straight Week, Gaining 3.7¢ to $3.908 a Gallon
Diesel rose for the 15th straight week, increasing 3.7 cents to a national average of $3.908 a gallon, while gasoline gained almost a nickel, the Department of Energy said Monday.
MAN Diesel & Turbo designs LNG-fueled two-stroke ME-GI engine for DNV Quantum 9000 container ship
MAN Diesel & Turbo has designed an LNG-fueled two-stroke ME-GI engine for DNV’s mew concept Quantum 9000 container ship. DNV launched the Quantum concept a year ago; the new Quantum 9000 concept has been designed to be more efficient and environm…
Summey asks Army Corps to review permit for new port terminal
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey has used political and legal tactics in his fight to halt the S.C. Commerce Department ‘s plan for building a rail yard on the former Navy base.
Pininfarina to Build 4000 Tiny Electric Cars
This is the Pininfarina B0 electric city car … and 4000 (four-thousand) of these slick little Smart-slayers will be hitting the roads of Paris as early as 2013.
4000 is quite a number (especially in the green car universe), but this isn’t some commo…
BYD, Chinese plug-ins not living up to the hype – but watch out
BYD full of broke plug-in promises so far.
Even Warren Buffett was duped
Crappy cars, stolen designs and a possible dud of a battery highlight the state of BYD according to recent analysis that calls into question not only Warren Buffett’s $232 million…
Kenneth Armstrong Awarded Trucker Buddy Driver of the Mon…
Second grade teachers at Prince Charles Public School in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, say their Trucker Buddy, Kenneth Armstrong consistently goes above and beyond their expectations for their classes.
2 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back: 2012 Ford F-650
Last week, Ford announced that it would be resurrecting the discontinued 6.8L V10 gasoline engine for service in the 2012 F-650 commercial truck … a move which, to me, seems baffling.
Keep in mind, we’re not talking about consumer vehicles here. I…
Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Lubrizol for $9.7 billion
Berkshire Hathaway announced it’s buying Lubrizol, which among other things makes additives for fuel and oil, for about $9.7 billion — $135 per share in an all-cash transaction, one of the largest acquisitions in Berkshire Hathaway history.