Porsche presents two new eBikes Porsche is expanding its range of e-mobility products and introducing two new e-bikes to the market. The roadworthy features of the Porsche eBike Sport make it suited for everyday life, while the Porsche eBike Cr...
3-row Grand Cherokee priced to fight any rival The Grand Cherokee L will jump into the hotly contested three-row segment with a range of prices spanning more than $20,000 as it takes on a broad spectrum of rivals.
Increased variety of EVs boosts industry's recovery EV sales rose 34 percent last month, according to Morgan Stanley, while overall sales for the seven automakers that reported February results declined 9.3 percent.
Automaking is only part of GM CEO's vision GM's reach into insurance, robotaxis and electric delivery vans is part of a broader strategy to stretch what's typically a one-time transaction into a wider profit net over the lifetime of the vehicle.
Stellantis appoints Alison Jones as country manager UK Stellantis has appointed Alison Jones as country manager UK and senior vice-president for Peugeot, Citroen, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Abarth, Jeep and Alfa Romeo.
Commercial Fleet Sales Down 13.9% in February Total fleet sales for the month — which is comprised of commercial, rental, and government sales — came in at 178,252, which represented a 36% drop from the same time last year.
Which Truck Models Last Over 200k Miles? A comprehensive data analysis of passenger cars and pickup trucks from iSeeCars found that heavy-duty pickup models last twice as long as light-duty models — yet two truck-based SUVs last longer. Which models too...
A New Guide On How To Electrify Fleets The fast charging network EVgo releases a step-by-step document that details ways to overcome barriers and establish the best practices for success.
A New Guide On How To Electrify Fleets The fast charging network EVgo releases a step-by-step document that details ways to overcome barriers and establish the best practices for success.
Diesel Prices on the Rise, Hit $3.07 This uptick continues the rising trend we have seen since early November 2020, and has finally eclipsed prices same time last year.
WIFM Marks 10-year Milestone The group, created and developed by and for women in the fleet industry, has given women “the voice that was missing” and spotlighted their accomplishments.
Ex-DOT Official Finch Fulton Joins Locomation Locomation hired former U.S. Department of Transportation official Finch Fulton to serve as its vice president of policy and strategy.
BAE Systems Equips Vancouver Buses with Electric Propulsion Systems Fifteen public buses in Vancouver, Canada, will be fitted with BAE Systems’ all-electric propulsion system, allowing them to run emissions-free. The fleet is the first in North America to benefit from the next-ge...
Oil Soars Above $66, Highest in Two Years Oil rallied to the highest in nearly two years in New York after OPEC+ shocked markets with a decision to keep supply limited as the global economy starts to recover from the pandemic-driven slump.
CVSA Cancels North American Inspectors Championship in Minnesota The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has canceled this year’s North American Inspectors Championship, which had been scheduled to take place in August in Minneapolis, the trade group announced March 5.
Commercial Vehicle Group Partners With Xos Commercial Vehicle Group announced a partnership with commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Xos Inc. to develop sustainability initiatives intended to champion innovation and solutions for growing macro-trends...
Biden Attempts Bipartisan Push for Infrastructure Package President Joe Biden tried to maintain bipartisan momentum for a new infrastructure program by meeting March 4 with Republican and Democratic lawmakers at the White House.
Penske Agrees to Acquire Kansas City Freightliner Penske Automotive Group Inc. announced it entered into an agreement to acquire Kansas City Freightliner, a retailer of medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks.
Dems Trim Jobless Benefits, Senate Debates Virus Relief Bill Democrats agreed March 5 to pare back emergency jobless benefits but extend them for an extra month, bidding to solidify support as the Senate approached a voting marathon on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
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US Adds a Strong 379,000 Jobs in Hopeful Sign for Economy WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities ea...
US Trade Deficit Rises 1.9% in January SILVER SPRING, Md. — The U.S. trade deficit rose 1.9% in January as the coronavirus pandemic continued to disrupt global commerce.
Volkswagen Brand Doubles EV Share Target Volkswagen AG’s main brand doubled its forecast for the share of purely battery-powered cars in Europe to 70% by the end of the decade, signaling it expects to be delivering well more than 1 million EVs a year by...
ATA, Road Safe America Join in Speed Limiter Regulation Letter American Trucking Associations and safety group Road Safe America have sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlining their support for guidelines for speed limiters for policymakers in Congre...
3-row Grand Cherokee priced to fight any rival The Grand Cherokee L will jump into the hotly contested three-row segment with a range of prices spanning more than $20,000 as it takes on a broad spectrum of rivals.
Increased variety of EVs boosts industry's recovery EV sales rose 34 percent last month, according to Morgan Stanley, while overall sales for the seven automakers that reported February results declined 9.3 percent.
Automaking is only part of GM CEO's vision GM's reach into insurance, robotaxis and electric delivery vans is part of a broader strategy to stretch what's typically a one-time transaction into a wider profit net over the lifetime of the vehicle.
Mazda MX-30 Cold Weather 70 MPH Range Test The MX-30 has trouble achieving its WLTP claimed range even in ideal conditions, so you can imagine how winter affected it...
Green Transportation Summit & Expo The 10th annual GTSE is the region's premier clean transportation mecca. This year's conference breaks into new space with the inclusion of the EPA's West Coast Collaborative Partner's Meeting focusing on heavy-d...
Porsche presents two new eBikes Porsche is expanding its range of e-mobility products and introducing two new e-bikes to the market. The roadworthy features of the Porsche eBike Sport make it suited for everyday life, while the Porsche eBike Cr...
Volkswagen picks up pace of transformation with new ACCELERATE strategy Volkswagen is accelerating its transformation into a software-driven mobility provider. With the new ACCELERATE strategy that it has just unveiled, the company will systematically prepare for the profound changes...
Volkswagen previews “Project Trinity” EV; coming in 2026 Volkswagen gave a first design preview of Project Trinity. The electrically powered sedan is to be built in Wolfsburg from 2026 and is intended to set new standards in terms of range, charging speed and digitizat...
DOE to award up to $24M to advance direct air carbon capture technology The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $24 million for research into technology that captures carbon emissions directly from the air, replicating the way plants and trees absorb CO2. (DE-FOA-0002481) ...
Study: Shift to electric trucks and buses could save 57,000 lives Electric cars get the most attention, but passenger vehicles aren't the only vehicles on the road. A shift to electric trucks and buses in urban areas could prevent more than 57,000 premature deaths by 2050, acco...
Startup Ample aims to revive vision of large-scale EV battery swapping A California-based startup hopes to succeed where many have failed, and finally implement large-scale EV battery swapping. After seven years of development work, Ample is ready to release a battery-swapping syste...
Washington House passes bill to establish Clean Fuels Standard The Washington House of Representatives on Feb. 27 voted 52 to 46 to pass H.B. 1091, a bill that aims to establish a state-wide Clean Fuels Standard. The legislation is currently pending in the Washington Senate.
Record cold temps no problem for ADM trucks running on B100 Temperatures that plunged as low as negative 10 degrees Fahrenheit in Central Illinois were no trouble for a fleet of ADM trucks that ran more than 23,500 trouble-free miles on sustainable B100 biodiesel in Febru...
Calumet to bring on equity investor for renewable diesel project Representatives of Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. discussed the company’s plan to produce renewable diesel at its existing petroleum refinery in Great Falls, Montana, during a fourth quarter earnings ca...
Oil groups urge Supreme Court to overturn SRE ruling Several groups representing oil refining interests filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in late February and early March urging the court to overturn the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals January 2020 rul...
UK charges former biodiesel trader with fraud, money laundering The U.K. Serious Fraud Office on Feb. 25 announced it has charged biodiesel trader Gianni Rivera with fraud and money laundering in connection with an investigation launched in December 2018 concerning the sustai...
EIA: Biodiesel production at 1.817 billion gallons in 2020 U.S. biodiesel production reached 159 million gallons in December 2020, up 151 million gallons the previous month and up from 133 million gallons in December 2019, according to data released by the U.S. Energy In...
Biofuel infrastructure, GHG modeling bills introduced in House Co-chairs of the House Biofuels Caucus on March 3 introduced two pieces of legislation that aim to expand access to higher biofuel blends and fully recognize the environmental benefits of renewable fuels.
Neste completes acquisition of Bunge’s refinery plant in Rotterda Neste has announced its previously announced acquisition of Bunge Loders Croklaan's refinery plant in Rotterdam closed March 1. Neste will modify the facility to pretreat feedstock for renewable diesel production.
CLEAN Future Act includes RFS, renewable energy provisions House Committee on Energy and Commerce democrats on March 2 introduced the CELAN Future Act, which sets a goal to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. The bill includes provisions related to the RFS and bioene...
Bill funds tax credit that could benefit biofuel, CCS projects Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., on March 1 introduced the American Jobs in Energy Manufacturing Act of 2021, which aims to incentivize domestic manufacturing of advanced energy technologies.
Have Oil Majors Given Up On French Guiana? A tiny remaining bastion of France’s former colonial empire, French Guiana in northeastern South America, was once thought to possess tremendous petroleum potential which could spark a Guyana-sized petroleum boom...
Are Chinese Car Brands A Real Threat To Tesla? While China turns to local brands of EV over Tesla, Indonesia’s natural resources show great potential for its battery manufacturing industry. Asia is starting to look like it may overtake the U.S. and Europe in ...
Launching The World’s Largest Carbon Credit System Late last year, in a shockingly ambitious pledge, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced that his country would reach peak domestic greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade and that China would bring its...
Iran Doubles Down On Oil Industry Research And Development The Iranian Oil Ministry has stated plans to work with universities and research centres to develop 42 major oil projects. According to Saeed Mohammadi, Deputy Oil Minister for engineering, research and technolo...
Surprise OPEC+ Cuts Rollover Depresses Already Weak Oil Tanker Market Oil tanker owners and shipbrokers are set to suffer longer than expected from the massive OPEC+ production cuts after the coalition surprised the oil and tanker markets on Thursday by deciding to keep oil product...
Oil Flirts With $70 After The OPEC+ Surprise Brent is now flirting with the $70 mark after OPEC+ shocked markets once again by refusing to bring more oil production online.In this week's Global Energy Alert, our trading team delves into how an inflationary ...
Offshore Oil & Gas Projects Set For Record Recovery Operators are expected to commit to developing a record number of offshore oil and gas projects over the next five years, with deepwater projects set for the most impressive growth, Rystad Energy said in a new re...
New Factory Could Reduce Green Hydrogen Costs By 20% Danish catalyst manufacturer Haldor Topsoe plans to build a large-scale facility to manufacture electrolyzers that would be used for green hydrogen production and potentially reduce the cost of green hydrogen by ...
U.S. Oil Rig Count Sees Tiny Increase Amid Oil Price Rally Baker Hughes reported on Friday that the number of oil and gas rigs in the United States rose by 1 this week. The total number of active oil and gas rigs in the U.S. is now at 403—or 390 fewer than this time last...
The Largest Oil Lobby In America Is Now Backing A Carbon Tax The American Petroleum Institute (API) now advocates a carbon tax? We had to read the API’s press release twice to make sure we were reading correctly. Whatever else this accomplished we believe at the very least...
India: OPEC+ Decision Could Derail Oil Demand Recovery The world’s third-largest oil importer, India, is concerned that Thursday’s OPEC+ decision not to lift oil production in April could hurt the consumption-led recovery in oil demand, Indian Petroleum Minister Dhar...
U.S. Refiners Hit With Lower Fuel Demand From Key Markets The pandemic may be receding in some parts of the world, but it is still ravaging Mexico and Brazil, presenting another challenge to U.S. refiners as the two countries are among their key export markets. Bloomber...
Oil Rally Continues As OPEC+ Leaves Production Levels Unchanged Oil prices extended Thursday’s 5-percent gain into Friday, with both benchmarks rallying by another 3 percent on Friday morning in the wake of the OPEC+ decision to leave production levels unchanged through April...
China To Cut Energy Intensity By 3% This Year China will reduce the amount of energy it uses to expand its economy by 3 percent this year as part of efforts to hit emission reduction targets set earlier, Reuters reports, citing a statement by Premier Li Keqi...
Oil Market Even Tighter As 500,000 Bpd Come Offline In Canada Maintenance at three oil sands upgraders in Canada will take off some 500,000 bpd in production offline, helping tighten supply amid a price rally, Bloomberg reports. Canadian Natural Resources, Suncor Energy, an...
Green Transportation Summit & Expo The 10th annual GTSE is the region's premier clean transportation mecca. This year's conference breaks into new space with the inclusion of the EPA's West Coast Collaborative Partner's Meeting focusing on heavy-d...
Cold weather brings near record-high natural gas spot prices Natural gas spot prices at several trading hubs approached their record highs briefly during the week of February 14 amid significantly colder-than-normal weather that affected most of the Lower 48 states. The co...
Thanks to Our Most Loyal Supporters! This year ATRI celebrates 20 years of providing critical research to address the trucking industry’s top issues. Since our reorganization into ATRI in 2001, the Institute has relied on charitable contributio...
Texas and Florida had large small-scale solar capacity increases in 2020 TAs of December 2020, the states with the most small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity were California (10.6 gigawatts (GW)), New Jersey (1.9 GW), and Massachusetts (1.8 GW). Of the 4.5 GW of small-scale sol...
Annual U.S. natural gas production decreased by 1% in 2020 U.S. natural gas productionas measured by gross withdrawalsaveraged 111.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2020, down 0.9 billion Bcf/d from 2019 as result of a decline in drilling activity related to low ...
Data For 03/01/21 Summary Excerpt: Regular Gasoline Retail Price (Dollars per Gallon) 2.711 .. U.S. 2.652 ... East Coast 2.642 .... New England 2.811 .... Central Atlantic 2.555 .... Lower Atlantic 2.662 ... Midwest 2.411 ... Gulf...
Cold weather led to refinery shutdowns in U.S. Gulf Coast region The cold snap that affected much of the central part of the country in mid-February disrupted energy systems, particularly in and around Texas. In the U.S. Gulf Coast, where the petroleum infrastructure has rarel...
ATRI Releases Annual List of Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 24, 2021Contact: Rebecca Brewster (770) 432-0628 Arlington, Virginia – The American Transportation Research Institute today released its annual list highlighting the most ...
Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks – 2021 Since 2002, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has collected and processed truck GPS data in support of numerous U.S. DOT freight mobility initiatives. Using truck GPS data from over 1 million ...
ATRI Announces 2021-2022 Research Advisory Committee Members FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Carla Rose(770) 432-0628 December 7, 2020 ARLINGTON, VA – The American Transportation Research Institute today released the names of those individuals appointed by the ATRI Boa...
Brenda Neville Appointed to ATRI Board of Directors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Rebecca Brewster(404) 247-8787November 2, 2020 Iowa Motor Truck Association President and Chief Executive Officer Brenda Neville has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the A...
BP's oil exploration team swept aside in climate revolution BP and winds of change the company is investing in offshore wind off the Lancashire and North West of England Offshore Wind and the opportunity for the Northern Powerhouse Click headline for full...
Upward trend in power prices Upward trend in power pricesFrom the data published by the National System Operator, I came up with the table that shows the position of the reservoirs of our hydroelectric plants, which represent about 70% of th...
We may never learn the truth about the Texas blackout The reasons for the grid collapse are now a matter of intense debate. In the absence of detailed data the debate is mostly over general statistics, which do not establish causality.For example:Frozen wind turbine...
NTIA SBOM Proof of Concept for the energy industry REA is planning to participate in the Energy SBOM Proof of Concept being planned by the NTIA. Looking forward to seeing others participate in the very important and promising initiative to improve software supply...
Natural Gas Performed Heroically In Texas, Until It Didn’t In a recent article for WIRED — The Energy Sector Must Prepare for More Extreme Weather — I detailed some of the primary causes behind the recent power outages in Texas. One aspect I didn’t cover in that article ...
NTIA SBOM Proof of Concept for the energy industry The next info session on SBOM for the Energy and Bulk Power community will be on March 24, from 12-1pm ET. This session will focus on lessons learned from software an...
The FHFA Begins to Reckon with Climate Risks to the Housing Market Yesterday I had the opportunity to offer comments at the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s public listening session on its recently issued Request for Information (RFI) on climate and natural disaster risk to the ...
Germany Settles Nuclear Phaseout Legal Disputes for $2.9B The German government has agreed to a multibillion-euro compensation deal with major utility firms on Friday over its ongoing nuclear energy phaseout. The majority of the €2.4 billion ($2...
Residential power prices 2020 - BRICS Residential power prices 2020Brazil lost again - and badly - when the metric is the amount paid for the residential power bill referred to the energy consumed.We are the most expensive among the BRICS!If competit...
How Does Renewable Energy Impact Residential Water Quality? Out of all the global water sources, the United States has some of the safest water supplies. Many Americans get their water directly from the tap, which is safe for consumption and hygiene purposes. Although wat...
Asia Pacific Energy Assembly | 20 - 22 April 2021, Online The Asia Pacific Energy Assembly is the most senior and influential finance and investment meeting for the Asian energy sector. This year, we will bring together decision-makers from across the energy value ...
Seawater electrolysis: well, that's one problem solved Chemistry World just released this news article about a paper describing an approach that facilitates electrolysis of salty or brackish water. The article quotes a reviewer from the University of G...
US Electric Component Manufacturing on the Rise Accurate descriptions of the U.S. clean energy market have always required a bit of nuance. Installations of solar panels, wind turbines and energy storage have routinely vaulted the U.S. to the top of global ran...
Weighing in at a slim 981 pages.... The Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act (CLA)You know someone took their time to craft this title, because the short acronym contains a longer acronym.I am just s...
Life on Mars Some exciting good news came our way these past few weeks - Perseverance, NASA's most ambitious interplanetary rover yet, was slowly lowered to the surface of an ancient lakebed on Mars on Thursday, Feb. 18 a...
We Must Urgently Build an Inclusive Science Advocacy Movement On March 4, 1969, the Union of Concerned Scientists held its first public event at MIT. On that day, UCS founders staged a teach-in with the goal of disrupting teaching and research to give way to a different kin...
Duke Energy Faces Challenges to Its Push for New Natural Gas Plants Duke Energy’s plan to build gigawatts of new natural gas generators to supply its grid over the next 15 years has already drawn fire from clean energy advocates, who say it violates the utility’s long...
Storage Integrator FlexGen Gains New Leadership at Crucial Time FlexGen supplied large-scale grid batteries to ERCOT before the energy storage market took off there. Now, the founder has exited and the company has brought on new leaders from the solar startup world to gr...
FMCSA Declares Ohio Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Ohio-licensed commercial driver Gregory Alan Barnhart to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ord...
FMCSA: 5 changes to the HOS rule The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) unveiled a proposal on August 14 to revise its hours of service (HOS) regulations for commercial motor vehicle drivers. The FMCSA estimates its proposal wou...
Exempt from the Canadian ELD Mandate? Here’s 5 reasons to comply anyways With the Canadian Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Mandate taking effect in less than two years, details are beginning to surface around who’s going to be affected — and who’s not. Until adopted by any one or more...
Final Canadian ELD Mandate Rules Announced The final Canadian electronic logging device (ELD) Mandate was announced today by Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau. As expected, the rules state that ELD solution providers must obtain certification from ...
10 Steps to ELD Migration Success It has almost been a year since the first electronic logging device (ELD) Mandate deadline passed. Many carriers that were able to take advantage of the grandfather clause opted to use automatic onboard recording...
Canadian ELD Mandate Updates Updated October 16, 2018 The final Canadian ELD Mandate rule is expected to release this year or in the first quarter of 2019 (best guesses). While the full information is still not available, fleets can still ed...
The ELD Mandate: What We’ve Learned So Far It has been over six months since the first electronic logging device (ELD) Mandate deadline passed. Since then, the FMCSA has granted new exemptions and guidance, and the hard deadline has been enforced. In a re...
Post-ELD Enforcement Date: Regulatory Update April was a busy month since the hard ELD enforcement date starting April 1. Changes continue to be made in agriculture and tank hauling. CVSA is focused on day-to-day enforcement as well as an Hours of Service e...
ELD Enforcement Starts April 1. Are Your Drivers Prepared? During the “soft enforcement” period since the ELD Mandate took effect on Dec. 18, drivers caught running without proper ELD equipment, documentation, or training have been written up, but neither they nor the co...
New FMCSA Guidance on AOBRDs On Friday, March 9, 2018, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) provided an answer in response to requests to extend or exempt certain fleets as it relates to the ELD Mandate grandfather clause....
Debunking the Myth Around ELD and Crossing Borders There have been many different stories in the trucking business throughout the past six months when it comes to questions of ELD compliance among Canadian and Mexican drivers and trucking companies operating in t...
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