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NewsOctober 13, 2011

NAFA Wants DOE to Rule on Hybrid Compliance Credits

NAFA Fleet Management Association wants the Department of Energy to clarify its position on the use of hybrid compliance credits. NAFA also urged the agency to proceed with a pending rulemaking covering the use of such credits

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NewsOctober 12, 2011

Infrastructure Bank Going Nowhere in House

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica convened a hearing yesterday on President Obama's proposal to create a national infrastructure bank, and opened the event by making the situation perfectly clear. "I'm afraid that the national infrastructure bank is dead on arrival in the House," he said

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NewsOctober 12, 2011

Diesel Drops 2.8 cents Over the Past Week; Oil Prices Stabilize

Diesel prices continued their week over week decline, dropping nearly three cents from last week's national average price. The national average price for diesel was $3.721 per gallon, down 2.8 cents from last week.

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ArticlesOctober 11, 2011

Dairy Operation to Recycle Natural Waste of Cows into Fuel for Delivery Vehicles

Recycling waste is an integral part of sustainable living in both small-scale homes and large-scale industrial operations. Fair Oaks Farms, a dairy farm in northwestern Indiana, is taking this concept to a new level

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeOctober 11, 2011

Public-Private Partnership Helps Put Natural Gas Trucks into Southern California Fleets

What do an office supply store, a dairy processor, a flooring supplier, a beer distributor and a grocery retailer have in common

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ArticlesOctober 11, 2011

Flawed Economy Rules: Fuel Efficiency

By all means, let's improve fuel economy in our trucks as well as in our cars

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeOctober 10, 2011

Private Fleets Find Fuel Savings in Changing Driver Behavior

With the federal government's new regulations setting fuel economy goals for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, there's been a lot of attention paid to current technologie

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NewsOctober 10, 2011

ATA Urges State Department to Move Forward on Keystone XL Pipeline

The American Trucking Associations has asked the State Department to issue a presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. The project will provide jobs, as well as affordable access to reliable energy, for and the entire U.S. economy, ATA says

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NewsOctober 7, 2011

Omnitek Engineering Aligns with Natural Gas Fueling Station Company

Omnitek Engineering has signed a letter of intent with San Clemente, Calif.-based Go Natural Gas to form a strategic alliance to facilitate diesel-to-natural gas truck engine conversions through turnkey programs and services

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NewsOctober 7, 2011

Teletrac Wins FMCSA Contract for Cross-Border Long-Haul Trucking Program

The Department of Transportation has selected Teletrac to provide fleet tracking and Hours of Service software to FMCSA for its United States - Mexico cross-border, long-haul trucking pilot program

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