Leased operator wins photo contest
Alan Dunham’s fuel islands photo shot in Oklahoma. This sunset, witnessed ‘at the trailing edge of what were tornado-like forces running across Oklahoma on July 5, 2010,’ says the photographer, owner-operator Alan Dunham, leased to C.R. England, ‘is on…
Southwest Airlines grounds 81 planes after emergency
Southwest Airlines grounded 81 aircraft from its Boeing 737 fleet for inspection after one of its planes with a gaping hole in the fuselage made an emergency landing at a military base in Arizona on Friday, the company said on Saturday.
Preacher has mobile congregation at Ala truck stop
Published: Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 12:00 a.m. Each afternoon, at Oasis Travel Center off Interstate 10, the Rev.
Refrigeration unit monitoring
The FuelCheck ultrasonic monitoring option for Vector and X2 Series trailer refrigeration units is designed to help reduce operating costs and protect the integrity of the cold chain by alerting drivers when low-fuel situations could lead to a system shutdown. It also enables fuel-consumption tracking.
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1 in 5 air traffic control trainees wash out
More than one in five of air traffic controllers hired by the Federal Aviation Administration in recent years washed out before finishing their training, said a report released Friday by a government watchdog.
Loser Deal: Electric 500C Will Cost Fiat $10K Per Sale
Despite carrying a pricetag in excess of $40,000, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne insists that Fiat will lose as much as $10,000 for each of the upcoming (2013) electric 500Cs it sells, adding that “the economics of EVs simply don’t work. On the 500 th…
Truckers Say EOBR Bill Will Not Make Highways Safer
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association responded to the announcement by U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and Lamar Alexander that they were introducing a bill to mandate electronic on-board recorders for interstate commercial motor carriers.
High performance Li-ion cathodes using nanoporous spheres of lithium iron phosphate
A team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) synthesized micron-sized, three dimensional (3D) nanoporous spherical LiFePO4/C cathode materials for Li-ion batteries that exhibit excellent cyclability and superior rate capability.
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Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launch new fuels lab
The UK Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launched a new lab to support investigations into the dynamic aspects of combustion of alternative fuels, as well as gasoline and diesel, with the aim of reducing harmful vehicle exhaust emissions, particul…
A123 zeros in on stop/start hybrids with 12V li-ion nanophosphate battery
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Hybrid
A123 Systems is looking to cash in on the emerging stop/start hybrid market with its 12V Nanophosphate lithium-ion battery. Compared to typical lead-acid AGM batteries, A123 says that its li-ion units offer e…