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News•August 21, 2009

New Mexico's Underreporting Penalties in Effect

The New Mexico legislature enacted a new law that penalizes commercial vehicle drivers for failing to report either miles traveled on the state's roads or vehicle weights on a weight-distance tax retur

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News•August 21, 2009

Obama Selects Lawyer as Administrator of PHMSA

President Barack Obama said he intends to name Cynthia Quarterman as administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration within the Department of Transportatio

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Articles•August 20, 2009

AMTs Can Improve Fuel Efficiency, Study Finds

Automated Manual Transmissions can improve fuel efficiency by up to 22 percent over conventional automatic transmission

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News•August 17, 2009

Diesel Prices Up Slightly

Diesel prices saw a slight increase this week, jumping 2.7 cents to $2.652, the fuel's fourth consecutive weekly boos

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News•August 12, 2009

DOE Expects Boost in Diesel Price for '10, No Change in '09

The U.S. Department of Energy predicts this year's average diesel price will settle at $2.46 a gallon, the same as last month's forecast, but its forecast for 2010 is up 5 cents from last month, to $2.84

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News•August 11, 2009

Report Warns Against Dependency on Oil

Rising gas prices coupled with the economic downturn have magnified the issues associated with consumers' dependence on oil, according to new research by the Natural Resources Defense Counci

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Articles•by Tom Berg•August 11, 2009

Trailer Economy Considerations: Research on side skirts and more

Canadian researchers and fleet managers have run another series of test runs on fuel economy improvement products, and some of the results have verified what was learned at an event the year before

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News•August 11, 2009

CDL Reporting System Needs Improvement

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in a report card on its long-term effort to improve the commercial driver license program, says there still is work to be done to improve the timeliness of reporting and data security

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News•August 10, 2009

Diesel Gains 7.5 Cents This Week

Across the U.S. this week, diesel prices averaged $2.625, a 7.5-cent jump from last wee

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Articles•by Tom Berg•August 10, 2009

Driving Impressions: Alternative Fuels for Light-Duty Trucks

Here are two ways to avoid buying petroleum from unfriendly countries

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