Soot-Filter Makers Say Units Will Be Ready for Reefers Ahead of Calif. Retrofit Deadline
Online Map Shows TSE Network
The Texas Transportation Institute has put an interactive map online showing where truck stop electrification units are located nationwide.
June 25, 2007So. Calif. Emissions Rules Could Boost New Truck Sales
A push for lower emissions from heavy-duty trucks, coupled with grants from state and localities in order to meet Southern California’s air-quality standards, are prompting interest in and sales of new trucks in the region, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported Monday.
June 25, 2007Existing Home Sales Drop 0.3%
Existing homes sales fell in May to the lowest level in four years, while the median home price dropped for a record 10th consecutive month, the Associated Press reported.
June 25, 2007Soot-Filter Makers Say Units Will Be Ready for Reefers Ahead of Calif. Retrofit Deadline
Ala. Court Overturns Truck Tax Assessed for In-State Use
An Alabama appeals court ruled Friday that a trucking company with headquarters in the state should not have been required to pay more than $900,000 in state use tax for trucks that were originally delivered to a terminal in Ohio, a state appeals court ruled Friday, the Associated Press reported.
June 25, 2007Gasoline Prices Fall 11 Cents, Lundberg Says
The average price of gasoline across the country fell by 11 cents over the last two weeks, according to the latest Lundberg Survey released Sunday.
June 25, 2007Investors Wait for Economic Growth to Reignite Trucking
Investors in trucking stocks, who watched share prices fall in the second half of 2006 and rebound this spring, are now waiting for a verdict on the U.S. economy.
June 25, 2007OEMs Promote Disc Brakes as 2007 Option
Class 8 truck makers said they are offering electronically controlled air disc brakes as an option in 2007 models, promoting them as safer and easier to maintain than the drum brakes most U.S. heavy trucks use.
June 25, 2007N.Y.C. Fee Plan on Hold
(Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.) New York state lawmakers are bucking at a plan backed by both Gov. Eliot Spitzer and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for new “congestion fees” on cars and trucks that operate in the heart of the city during peak business hours, news reports said Friday.
June 22, 2007