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Omnitek Engineering Corp. said it has received certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for diesel-to-natural-gas conversions of the Detroit Diesel Series 60.

Fleet Advantage, a truck fleet equipment financing firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announced that it promoted Brian Holland to president from senior vice president.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to a two-month high, interrupting a steady decrease to the lowest level since before the last recession.

Hub Group Inc. has decided to voluntarily make drayage drivers in California into employees, taking a different stance from other fleets that continue to insist that intermodal truckers are independent contractors.

Diesel’s national average retail price will be $3.86 a gallon this year, the Department of Energy said, lowering its most recent forecast by 2 cents.

Visteon Corp., the auto-parts maker that was once a unit of Ford Motor Co., is exploring a plan to split into two companies, one focused on electronics and the other on climate controls, people familiar with the matter said.

Peterbilt Motors Co. said it demonstrated autonomous driving technologies in Detroit on its Model 579 concept truck.

Wholesale inventories rose 0.1% in July, the smallest increase since the same month last year, after rising 0.2% the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Sept. 10.

Several members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, are boasting about grants that the Department of Transportation has awarded to projects in their districts ahead of an official announcement by the department.

The American Moving & Storage Association has applied for an exemption for its 3,700 member companies from federal regulations preventing motor carriers from driving following the 14th hour after coming on duty.