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Transport Topics fuel coverage looks closely at what powers trucks. From the latest on battery, diesel and alternative fuel technology to the costs and prices associated with each, this news category covers today’s fuel ecosystem extensively. Topics include green house gas regulation, fuel prices, equipment costs, fuel infrastructure, surcharge and more.

Business, Fuel

US Diesel Stockpiles Swell as Global Fuel Demand Falters

The world’s appetite for U.S. diesel is falling, leaving stockpiles of the fuel at their highest level since early October.

Jeffrey Bair | Bloomberg News
January 13, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel

Saudis Curb Oil Supply to Some Buyers After Vow to Pump Less

Saudi Arabia reduced crude oil supplies to at least 11 refiners in Asia and most buyers in Europe after the kingdom volunteered to cut its production by 1 million barrels a day for February and March.

January 13, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel

Paccar Parts Begins Selling Electric Vehicle Chargers

Paccar Parts announced it is making available to customers electric vehicle charging stations designed to be compatible with Paccar Inc.’s Kenworth Truck Co., Peterbilt Motors Co. and DAF electric trucks.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
January 13, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel

Hunt for the Next Tesla Fuels Wave of EV Deals

Wall Street’s obsession with electric vehicles is touching off a new round of public listings and helping clean-tech companies to forge partnerships with powerful allies.

January 12, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Sherri Baker Joins Hyliion as Chief Financial Officer

Hyliion Holdings Corp., a provider of electrified powertrain solutions for heavy-duty vehicles, announced Sherri Baker will join the company as chief financial officer.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
January 12, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics

Exports Boosted US Shale Market, but Long-Term Demand Uncertain

These past five years could very well go down as the best years that U.S. shale oil exporters will ever see.

January 12, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel

Daimler Trucks-Backed Proterra to Go Public Through ArcLight SPAC

Proterra Inc., which makes electric buses and batteries, agreed to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company ArcLight Clean Transition Corp.

Brian Eckhouse | Bloomberg News
January 12, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel

Diesel Rises 3¢ to $2.67 a Gallon

The first full week of 2021 saw the nationwide price of diesel continue to rise, as it had for the last weeks of 2020. Trucking’s main fuel notched a 3-cent increase, according to the Energy Information Administration’s weekly data released Jan. 11.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
January 11, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel

Pilot, RTS Announce Partnership Aimed at Fleets

Travel center operator Pilot Co. and RTS Financial announced their fuel and factoring partnership with a variety of services.

January 11, 2021
Business, Fuel, Logistics

Winter LNG Boom Creates Most Expensive Cargo Ships in History

An unprecedented shortage of liquefied natural gas tankers has made them the most expensive ships ever hired to ferry commodities.

January 11, 2021