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The proposal doesn't change the tougher NOx standard, but it would revise key implementation requirements that manufacturers say have driven up costs and complicated fleet purchasing decisions.
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During a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the Employee Misclassification Prevention Act held last Thursday, speakers stressed the importance of state efforts to combat misclassification of independent contractors
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Speedy Fuel has opened its first full service liquefied natural gas fueling station to serve Class 8 trucks in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Read More →California's brake copper bill has moved through the California State Assembly's Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials this week, with plans to return to the negotiating table with the brake manufacturing industry
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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has challenged the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's electronic onboard recorder rule with a petition filed in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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The House of Representatives has passed the Small Business Lending Fund Act, which sets up a fund to help banks increase small business capital investment lending
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States are ramping up their efforts to combat distracted driving, with 28 states, Washington, D.C., and Guam now banning text messaging by all driver
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Primitive batteries and limited range caused electric cars and trucks to lose a technology battle with the internal combustion engine in the early 20th century. But electrics have come a long way, buddy
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The folks in Washington should take a page from last month's Obama administration announcement that two federal agencies would be working together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the fuel efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles
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Sens. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) have introduced the Motor Carrier Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that would beef up regulatory oversight of brokers and freight forwarders in the trucking industr
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In a testimony before the California Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, Terry Heffelfinger, director of product engineering, R&D, and quality for Affinia Global Brake and Chassis, called for different implementation procedures for SB 346, a bill that would mandate a reduction in the use of copper in brake products
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