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NewsNovember 17, 2009

Diesel Prices Still Hover Around $2.80; Crude Prices Climb

The average price of a gallon of diesel fell about a penny over the past week, with Monday's numbers from the Department of Energy showing a national average of $2.79, down from last week's $2.801

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NewsNovember 17, 2009

Top CEOs Launch Electrification Coalition

More than a dozen business leaders, including Frederick W. Smith, chairman, president & CEO of FedEx, came together Monday to form the Electrification Coalition. The Coalition is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that wants to facilitate the deployment of electric vehicle

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NewsNovember 16, 2009

October Truck Numbers Point to Possible Pre-Buy

Truck sales jumped in October compared to the previous month, although they're still down from year-ago numbers

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NewsNovember 16, 2009

Kenworth Sales Company Opens Parts and Service Facility in Wyoming

Kenworth Sales Company has relocated its parts facility in Rock Springs, Wyo., to a new, much larger parts and service location near Interstate 80

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NewsNovember 16, 2009

Mack MP Engines Certified for EPA2010

Mack Trucks diesel engines have been certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board for their 2010 emissions limits, which go into effect Jan. 1

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NewsNovember 16, 2009

EPA, CARB Certify Volvo 2010 Engines

Volvo Trucks North America's D11 and D13 engines have been certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards

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NewsNovember 16, 2009

Kenworth Plant to Help Develop Energy Management Standard

Kenworth's manufacturing facility in Renton, Wash., has been selected to participate in a co-sponsored U.S. Department of Energy and Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance project to provide input toward development of an international energy management standard for manufacturing plants

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NewsNovember 16, 2009

FTR'S Trucking Conditions Index Improves But Remains Well Below Neutral

The FTR Trucking Conditions Index for October 2009 increased for the third consecutive month to -16.4, the highest reading since November 2008

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NewsNovember 16, 2009

FMCSA: Boston Wrong to Reroute Hazmat Trucks

Boston did not have the authority to route trucks carrying hazardous materials around the city, says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in a ruling published Monday

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NewsNovember 16, 2009

NHTSA Responds to Truck Stopping Distance Petitions

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration responded, in part, to petitions for reconsideration about the final rule for truck stopping distance requirements, which were published in July

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