Oil Falls to Two-Week Low Under $100
Oil fell to a two-week low Monday to less than $100 a barrel in part due to concerns that Japan’s big earthquake Friday will hurt growth and reduce fuel demand in that country’s economy, the world’s third-largest, Bloomberg reported.
GE to Host EV Experience Tour
General Electric will be hosting a seven-city Electric Vehicle Experience Tour that will bring automakers together in order to educate the public on the technology and operation of plug-in and pure electric vehicles.
Supporting the electric vehicle ma…
Help for truck drivers who claim expenses on taxes
Employment expenses and your tax return can be a confusing topic. Last week I tried to clear up some of the questions I usually get asked about what people can claim.
Hybrid vehicle production stalled by Japanese earthquake
Hybrid supplies set to decline just as gas prices set to increase?
Toyota, Lexus and Honda hybrid supply issues?
Today, Toyota produces most of its hybrid cars in Japan, as does Honda. Likewise, the Nissan Leaf is currently only produced in Japan. Unfo…
UPS, FedEx Suspend Some Japan Service Due to Earthquake
UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. suspended some package-delivery service in and around Tokyo because of Japan’s earthquake Friday, while several truck and auto makers scrambled to assess the damage in that country, Bloomberg reported.
FEV to show compressed natural gas light-duty concept engine with ATAC combustion system at 2011 SAE World Congress
FEV Inc., (FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, will exhibit a lean burn engine concept at the SAE 2011 World Congress that has been modified to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The engine is designed for use in…
Yogurt, cheese spilled in train derailment
Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad reported a 10-car derailment at 6:55 a.m. Sunday in Montour, a town eight miles west of Tama, said fire officials.
SG Biofuels applying 1.6M genetic markers to Jatropha reference genome
SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company using breeding and biotechnology to develop elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha, is applying more than 1.6 million genetic markers (SNPs) for Jatropha curcas toward the development of marker assisted selection (MAS) met…
Gallup poll finds US concerns about global warming stabilizing at lower levels; self-professed understanding of global warming increasing
A new Gallup poll finds that Americans continue to express less concern about global warming than they have in the past, with 51% saying they worry a great deal or fair amount about the problem, although attitudes appear to have stabilized compared wit…
Will Japan’s nuclear problems hurt plug-in car viability?
Will nuclear failures in Japan hurt plug-in viability?
The end of nuclear-powered plug-ins?
Is nuclear power safe? That argument has raged for decades, and the possibility of a renewed embrace of nuclear power in the US seemed to be gaining popularity,…