California Finishing Plans to Issue Vouchers to Help Small Carriers Buy Cleaner Vehicles
California environmental regulators are drawing up plans to issue vouchers as early as this spring to small fleets to help them pay for replacing old trucks with units carrying a 2007 or newer diesel engine.
February 23, 2009Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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Diesel Declines 3.3¢ to $2.186; Gas Continues to Rise
The average retail price of U.S. diesel declined for the fifth consecutive week, dipping another 3.3 cents a gallon, according to the Department of Energy.
February 23, 2009UPS Rolls Out 300 CNG Trucks
UPS Inc. said it has put more than 300 compressed natural gas-powered delivery trucks into service in seven cities across the country.
February 20, 2009Diesel Falls 3.3¢ to $2.186
The national average price of diesel fuel fell another 3.3 cents to $2.186 a gallon, while gasoline rose for the sixth time in seven weeks, Energy Department said.
February 18, 2009National Retail Systems Deploys Clean Trucks to Calif. Ports
National Retail Systems has deployed 115 trucks to comply with the Clean Truck Program requirements set forth by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the company said Tuesday.
February 17, 2009Hearing to Come on Calif. Emissions Waiver
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing March 5 on a 2007 decision to deny California a waiver allowing the state to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for automobiles and light trucks.
February 17, 2009Test Drive Helps Kenworth Refine Its New Truck, Trailer Designs
RENTON, Wash. — In the struggle to squeeze a few more miles out of each tank of fuel, truck makers are designing tractors with the aid of computer models and wind tunnels more generally used to tweak race cars or airplanes.
February 16, 2009Diesel Dips 2.7¢, Marking 28th Decline in 30 Weeks
Driven by a freight-scarce economy, abundant fuel inventories and predictions of continuing economic distress, the average price of U.S. retail diesel drifted down another 2.7 cents a gallon to $2.219 last week, its fourth straight decline and the 28th in the past 30 weeks.
February 16, 2009Navistar Urges Trucking to Back Gradual Phase-in of 2010 Regs
ARLINGTON, Va. — A top Navistar Inc. official said the company is pursuing its own solution to meet the 2010 U.S. emission standards, because it doesn’t believe the fuel savings claimed by competitors will justify the higher costs and more complicated systems associated with the new engines.
February 16, 2009DOE Holds ’09 Diesel Forecast at $2.28 a Gallon
The Energy Department held its projection for diesel prices from a previous forecast, saying trucking’s main fuel would average $2.28 per gallon this year and $2.55 in 2010.
February 10, 2009