EPA Streamlines Aftermarket Natural Gas Conversion
The federal government just made it easier to convert cars and trucks to run on natural gas.
TCA Names Honors Highway Angel for Helping in Blizzard
The Truckload Carriers Association named John Crozman, an independent contractor leased to Long Haul Trucking of Albertville, Minn., its latest Highway Angel.
Hub Group Acquires Exel Transportation Services
Hub Group has purchased Exel Transportation Services for $83 million before post-closing adjustments. ETS is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Hub Group, operating independently under the name Mode Transportation.
TransCore’s Truckload Rate Index Up in March
Following a three-month decline, truckload rates for refrigerated vans increased 2.2 percent on the spot market in March compared to February, according to TransCore’s Truckload Rate Index.
FleetPride Buying Midway Truck Parts
FleetPride is buying 13 Midway Truck Parts locations in Illinois and one in St. Louis, Mo.
Diesel Rises; Crude Reaches 30-Month High
National on-highway diesel prices climbed for the second week in a row, rising 4.4 cents to $3.976. The national average is up almost 96 cents from last year.
Car Feature: Warp Factor II, the ’81 Chevy Camaro EV Dragster
Looks unfinished, but its closer to completion than you might realize
In Middletown, CT, just off of Route 9 and a few blocks from downtown, a beast is being built. Even with over 1,500 ft-lbs of torque on tap though, you’ll never hear this 9-secon…
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The mood at the Mid-America Trucking Show was upbeat as a host of new products were unveiled, including a number of components, eng EGR for EPA-2010? Navistar Says it’s all in the Programming – by Jim Park — Round two in the war of …
3 hurt in plane crash in Ridgely
The Federal Aviation Administration says a wind gust flipped a small plane that was landing at an air park in Ridgely on the Eastern Shore, seriously injuring three people on board.
Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit
Perspective by The Townsend Company
RPS policies as of March 2011. Source: DSIRE. Click to enlarge.
On May 25, 1961 President John F Kennedy, in a special joint session of Congress, declared, “I believe that this nation should commit itself …