Study – US consumers don’t understand hybrids and plug-ins
You don’t have to plug-in a Prius?
Hybrid and EV sales aren’t an easy sell
A plug-in hybrid can use both gas and electricity? A Toyota Prius doesn’t have to be plugged-in?
While those sound like silly questions to fans of hybrid and plug-in vehicles, m…
Why Doesn’t GM Build a Diet Chevy Volt?
Without a doubt the biggest knock against the Volt isn’t its limited electric range or its so-so fuel efficiency, but the $41,000 price tag. Yet GM has the ability to make a much cheaper Volt. So what’re they waiting for?
GM doesn’t make a dime o…
Car Crosses Australia on Wind Power
Eighteen days. Fifteen dollars worth of electricity. Oh, and a distance of 3,107 miles. That’s the impressive stat line of the Wind Explorer, a 441-pound electric car that traveled from one end of Australia to the other and smashed three world record…
Hendrickson Announces So-Cal Training Sessions for April
Hendrickson has scheduled its next round of technical suspension training for the heavy-duty transportation industry with its eighth edition of the Hendrickson Vehicle Suspension Institute (HVSI).
RWI Transportation Opens New Terminal in Dallas
RWI Transportation has opened a new terminal in the Dallas/Fort Worth market.
Weekly Spot Market Freight Volumes Hit Two-Year High
Truckload freight availability on TransCore’s DAT Network of load boards increased by 12 percent nationwide in the week ending March 5, showing the strongest load volume for a single week since TransCore began reporting weekly levels in January 2008.
Strong Commercial Vehicle Order Intake Reiterates Current Market Strength
The fundamentals that support heavy-duty commercial vehicle demand continue to signal the start of an up-cycle for the market, according to ACT Research Co.
Rep. Defazio Opposes Funding for Mexican EOBRs, Questions Authority to Grant Mexican Carriers Permanent Access
In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), expressed concern of U.S. DOT funding or EOBRs for Mexican carriers participating in the pilot program.
UW-Madison group proposes surrogate models for fuels for advanced combustion engines
Flowchart showing the surrogate formulation method. Credit: ACS, Anand et al. Click to enlarge.
In January 2006, the Fuels for Advanced Combustion Engines (FACE) Group was chartered as a working group of the Coordinating Research Council, tasked w…
Authorities allege trucker is serial rapist
A truck driver arrested last month and charged with sexually assaulting a Columbia woman has been linked to other attacks on women from Virginia to California, according to police.