50 cc of Moped-flavored Awesome: Satan Since 2003
Before you click play: there is some probably NSFW language in the video (lower the volume).
As a fan of oddball things in general and scooters and mopeds in particular, I’ve been to my share of scooter rallies and moped rides, and this short traile…
Driver Arrested in Connection with Fatal Accident on Dulles Toll Road
Photo Courtesy of Google Images Five Injured UPDATE: A male driver involved in the three-car accident on the Dulles Toll Road that resulted in one fatality has been arrested by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police.
Labor Issues
A veteran southern Ontario trucker is adding his voice to the anti-pay-per-mile chorus.
DOE to award up to $12M for applied RD in hydrogen storage technologies
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT) Program will award up to $12 million to advance hydrogen storage technologies. A non-federal cost share of 20% is required for the projects.
This FCT Program Funding Opportunity Announ…
Oerlikon Graziano, Vocis Driveline develop Independent Shift Rail transmission; DCT speed in a smaller, lightweight package
Italian transmission specialist Oerlikon Graziano and UK partner Vocis Driveline Controls, itself part-owned by Oerlikon Graziano, developed an innovative 7-speed automated manual transmission (AMT) that combines the dual-clutch principle of a DCT with…
Deliver-E Trike is Ready for the Rough Stuff
With twin electric motors powering this new-age delivery trike to a top speed of 50 mph and nearly 40 miles of range, Simon Williams’ Deliver-E concept is ready to – um – deliver the goods.
Williams is aiming his Deliver-E specifically at letter c…
Trailer maker plans to hire 200
Lafayette-based Wabash National Corp., the top truck-trailer manufacturer in the country, will add 200 jobs to build fluid tankers for another Indiana company.
I-10 construction in Phoenix
By eTrucker Staff Expect heavy delays from road construction on Interstate 10 in the Phoenix area March 18-19. Westbound I-10 will be narrowed to one lane from Wild Horse Pass to Chandler Boulevard from 10 p.m. March 18 to 6 p.m. March 19 as crews shif…
F-22 Raptor flies on 50:50 blend with camelina-derived renewable jet
An F-22 Raptor successfully flew at supercruise—supersonic flight without using the engine’s afterburner—18 March on a 50:50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and renewable jet fuel derived from camelina. The flight was the caps…
UK new car CO2 emissions fell 3.5% in 2010 and more than 20% since 2000
Emissions of new cars in the UK fell 3.5% to an average of 144.2 g/km CO2 in 2010 according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ (SMMT) 10th annual CO2 report. Average CO2 emissions from new cars have fallen by more than 20% since 2…