Meet the Sora, the Tesla Roadster of Electric Motorcycles
What’s as fast as a Tesla Roadster, has more range than a Nissan Life, and costs about as much as a Chevy Volt? The answer is the Sora by Lito Green Motion, an electric motorcycle that’s just badass.
Lito Green Motion, based out of Barthélémy Lon…
Qualcomm Announces New Workflow, Safety Applications
By Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Qualcomm announced several additions and enhancements to its product lineup at the National Private Truck Council meeting in Cincinnati this week, including vehicle inspection reports, a proof-of-delivery app on a …
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The Indiana Court of Appeals has dismissed Bren Simon’s petition seeking to reverse a lower court’s ruling that removed her as interim trustee of her late husband’s $2 billion estate.
VW stages global launch for third generation of Beetle; for the US, two gasoline and one diesel engines
World Premiere of the new Volkswagen Beetle, Berlin. Click to enlarge.
Volkswagen staged the global debut of the third generation of its iconic Beetle simultaneously in Shanghai, Berlin and New York. The 2012 Beetle offered in the US provides a cho…
Mack Names Distributor of the Year
Mack Trucks named Tri-State Truck Center of Memphis, Tenn., as its 2010 North American Distributor of the Year.
Saltchuk Resources to Acquire Interstate Distributor Co.
Interstate Distributor Co. announced that the 78-year-old trucking company owned by the McLean family has agreed to be acquired by Saltchuk Resources based in Seattle.
Compli Enters Trucking Business With Comprehensive HR and Compliance Offering
Compli, a company with a decade of experience providing human resources and compliance management software, has brought its expertise to the trucking industry, where it says it can give small- to mid-size trucking companies a level of control over i…
Diesel Pushes Higher, Crude Continues Modest Decline
The price of on-highway diesel fuel continued to push higher last week, though the national average price increase of 2.7 cents was modest compared to the previous week’s 10-cent jump. The national average price is currently $1.031 higher, or 33.5 p…
Natural Gas Advocates Go To Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill was the venue last week for a gathering of natural gas vehicle advocates trying to educate the public, media, and policy- and decision-makers about the use of natural gas as a clean, domestic and abundant transportation fuel that is a v…
NPTC Supports Mandatory EOBR Rule
The National Private Truck Council has followed the lead of the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association, coming out with a policy endorsing the federal government’s proposal to mandate electronic onboard recorders to tr…