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News•June 21, 2010

Diesel Jumps For First Time in Five Weeks

Diesel prices jumped for the first time in five weeks, gaining 3.3 cents this wee

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Articles•June 18, 2010

Waterless Coolant Shows Savings and Economy Payback

Evans Coolants says its unique waterless engine coolant has shown fuel savings of 3 percent to 7 percent in fleet testing

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News•June 18, 2010

Senate Hearing on Employee Misclassification Emphasizes State Efforts

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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News•June 18, 2010

New LNG Station Opens at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

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

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News•June 17, 2010

California's Copper Brake Bill Returns to Negotiating Table

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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News•June 17, 2010

OOIDA Takes EOBR Rule to Court

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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News•June 17, 2010

House Passes Small Business Lending Bill

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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News•June 16, 2010

States Ramping Up Distracted Driving Efforts

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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Articles•by Tom Berg•June 15, 2010

Driving Navistar's eStar Van

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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Articles•June 15, 2010

A Win-Win on MPG

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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