ANA swings to black in April-December
All Nippon Airways Co. pivoted back into the black in the April-December period as robust travel demand and cost cuts bolstered the carrier’s bottom line.
Audi launches car assembly in Indonesia
Audi has launched car manufacturing operations in Indonesia. The carmaker is working with INDOMOBIL/Garuda Mataram Motor to assemble Audi A4 1.8 TFSI and A6 2.0 TFSI cars in the capital city Jakarta.
Around 2,700 cars will be assembled there by 2015, …
GMs views on challenges for battery development for extended range electric vehicles
Examples of degradation effects causing Li-ion battery power or capacity fading. Source: Roland Matthé, GM. Click to enlarge.
With the Volt extended range electric vehicle and the Leaf battery electric vehicle now on the market, joining an …
Trucker Buddy International Launches Teacher of the Month Award
Beginning in January 2011, Trucker Buddy International will be soliciting nominations for a new award program, The Teacher of the Month.
Judge Puts Minnesota Fatigue Program to Sleep
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that the Minnesota State Patrol’s use of CVSA Level III inspections to determine fatigue violates truckers’ Fourth Amendment rights.
FleetNet America’s Oren Summer to Retire in June
Oren Summer, current President and CEO of FleetNet America, Inc., has announced his retirement from the company effective June 30, 2011.
J.B. Hunt Reports Impressive Q4 Numbers
In its quarterly report released Friday, J.B. Hunt Transport Services said its fourth-quarter net income rose, as its trucking, intermodal and dedicated contract carriage units all reported improvement.
The scrapped tunnel project would have connected New Jersey Transit…
You know that tunnel under the Hudson River that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie decided not to build because it was too expensive? An escalating war of words over returning federal funds already spent on the canceled project could cost the state ev…
OriginOil lands first order for industrial-scale algae oil extraction system; Bio-CCS
OriginOil, Inc. has received the first commercial order to deploy its algae oil extraction system in an industrial setting. MBD Energy (MBD) recently committed to purchase an initial OriginOil extraction unit for piloting at one of Australia’s th…
Siemens series hybrid drive system Elfa reduces fuel consumption in buses by about one-third
City buses equipped with the new Siemens series hybrid drive system Elfa consume one-third less fuel than conventional buses, according to the company. Rather than powering the rear axle via an automatic transmission, as usually, the diesel engine in t…