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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.

Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel

CARB to Delay Enforcement of Registration Requirements

The California Air Resources Board is allowing fleets flexibility with some reporting requirements mandated under its Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which is set to take effect this year.

January 1, 2023
Government, Technology, Fuel

DOE Boosts Hydrogen Efforts With $750 Million in Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy announced it intends to issue $750 million in funds to dramatically lower the cost of hydrogen technologies for heavy-truck fuel cells as well as hydrogen delivery and storage.

December 29, 2022
Government, Business, Fuel

Kansas Section of Keystone Pipeline Restored After Spill

A pipeline operator put a damaged section in Kansas back into service Dec. 29, a little more than three weeks after a spill dumped 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a rural creek.

December 29, 2022
Business, Technology, Fuel

Clean Energy Fuels Secures $150 Million Loan

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced that it entered into a four-year $150 million sustainability-linked senior secured term loan with Riverstone Credit Partners.

December 28, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Nikola Tre BEV to Operate at LAX

Los Angeles World Airports announced the arrival of its first heavy-duty battery-electric vehicle, marking a significant step in the airport’s transition to a fully electric fleet.

December 28, 2022
Government, Fuel

Diesel Slips 5.9¢ to $4.537 a Gallon in Seventh Straight Decline

The national average price of diesel dropped 5.9 cents to $4.537 in its seventh straight decline, according to Energy Information Administration data on Dec. 26.

December 27, 2022
Business, Fuel

Elon Musk Tells Investors He’ll Pause on Tesla Stock Sales

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he won’t sell any more shares in Tesla for 18 months or more, likely an attempt to comfort shareholders of the electric vehicle company who have watched the stock lose nearly half of its value since Musk’s purchase of Twitter went through in October.

December 23, 2022
Government, Fuel, Logistics

Five States Extend Driving Hours for Heating Fuel Deliveries

Colorado, North and South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming have declared temporary emergency exemptions of federal driving hours for deliveries of heating fuel.

December 21, 2022
Business, Fuel

TC Energy Delays Full Keystone Pipeline Restart to Year-End

TC Energy Corp. pushed back the full return of its Keystone oil pipeline by a week after a 14,000-barrel oil spill shut the critical conduit, according to people familiar with the matter.

December 20, 2022
Business, Technology, Fuel

Clean Energy, Amazon Expand RNG Fueling Locations

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced the opening of a renewable natural gas fueling station that will provide an anticipated 1.4 million gallons of the clean fuel annually for Amazon .com Inc. and other truck fleets in the greater Chicago area.

December 20, 2022