Truckers Opposed To Rule Changes
Proposed new rules to limit the hours truck drivers can work and mandate when they have to get out of the rig for a rest are roundly opposed by the industry and local trucking companies both big and small.
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Montreal woman tells of terror in sky as man sets self on fire in passenger plane
A Montreal woman said she feared for her life after hearing several bangs that sounded like gun shots, and seeing a man aflame while her plane was landing in Detroit Friday.
Lightweight electromobile with ROHACELL body crosses Australia almost exclusively on wind energy
The Wind Explorer pilot vehicle is a two-seated electromobile that weighs just 200 kg (441 lbs) and with a range of 400 kilometers (249 miles) per battery charge. The bodywork consists mainly of a carbon fiber composite with ROHACELL structural foam fr…
Novel battery to extract and store energy from the salinity difference between seawater and river water could make significant contribution to renewable energy
Estimated extractable power (GW) from the
difference of salinity in different countries, based on flow of river water
emptying into the ocean. Credit: ACS, La Mantia et al. Click to enlarge.
A team from Stanford led by Dr. Yi Cui, and Dr. Bruce Lo…
Media
Round two in the war of words on SCR. It’s now the lone holdout’s turn to tell its side of the story.
Vegetarian air rage incident disrupts Newark-bound flight
A vegetarian air passenger was so disgusted by the food she was served on a Newark, N.J.-bound Continental Airlines flight that she threw the loaded tray at a flight attendant, the New York Post reported Saturday, quoting sources.
Maxwells Heavy Transportation Module receives type approval from UK VCA
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced that the North American office of the UK’s Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) has granted European Economic Community (EEC)-Type Approval and Conformity of Production (CoP) clearance to Maxwell’s 125-vol…
Safeway, Canada Post warn of spoof scams
The Canada Safeway Ltd. grocery chain is warning customers in Western Canada about a phone scam that targets Safeway Club Card holders.