Ontario trucker Ingratta goes back to court in speed limiter case
Last year, owner-operator Lee Ingratta of Gravenhurst, Ontario, beat a speed-limiter ticket in court when he used a homemade waiver that asked roadside inspectors to accept any possible damages to his truck’s ECM caused during an inspection. Last wee…
Navistar partners on new engine concept
EcoMotors OPOC—opposed piston, opposed cylinder—engine could produce up to 45 percent better fuel economy than current engines.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is pursuing a…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is pursuing a three-pronged strategy to truck safety as it tries to drive truck accident fatalities lower.
Libya unrest rattles markets; oil prices jump
Stocks fell sharply and oil prices spiked as investors became worried about increasingly violent unrest in Libya.
Cellulosic Ethanol Pickup Goes Coast-to-Coast
Tom Holm of EcoTrek recently drove a Ford Super Duty pickup truck 6,000 miles across country on cellulosic ethanol provided by POET for his “Best of America Tour.” He wrote this post for his blog detailing his arrival at the Atlantic Ocean.
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US 1 Accepts Buyout Offer from Executives
Logistics firm US 1 Industries has accepted a buyout offer from a company owned by two of its top executives.
Cargo theft increasing
FreightWatch reported cargo theft volume grew throughout the western hemisphere, with the U.S. reporting substantial increases in theft.
Maryland roadway segment opens
The ICC will link I-270 and I-95 with an 18-mile east-west electronic toll road connecting Montgomery and northwestern Prince George’s counties.
Court: Railroad can challenge Alabama tax
The Supreme Court says a railroad company can challenge an Alabama tax of its purchase of diesel fuel.The high court on a 7-2 vote overturned a decision by a federal appeals court that allowed Alabama to place a sales and use tax on CSX Transportation’…
Amyris says renewable hydrocarbon technology performing successfully at industrial scale
Amyris, Inc., a renewable hydrocarbons company, announced that it has completed multiple runs of its fermentation process using its engineered yeast to produce Biofene, Amyris renewable farnesene, in 100,000 and 200,000 liter capacity fermentors. These…