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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鈥檚 fuel ecosystem extensively. Topics include green house gas regulation, fuel prices, equipment costs, fuel infrastructure, surcharge and more.

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Getting It Right: Developing New Oil Standards

The saying 鈥淭ime flies when you鈥檙e having fun鈥 could likely apply to developing new engine oils. And some time has passed since the last diesel engine oil category was introduced in 2017 when the American Petroleum Institute (API) announced CK-4 and FA-4.

July 22, 2022
BusinessFuel

Ford Secures Batteries to Build 600,000 EVs a Year by 2023

Ford Motor Co. has secured enough battery supply to build more than half a million electric vehicles annually by late next year, a quantum leap above the 27,140 battery-powered cars it sold in the U.S. last year.

July 21, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous

Tesla鈥檚 Musk Signals Optimism on End to 鈥楽upply Chain Hell鈥

Tesla Inc. reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates, reflecting the company鈥檚 progress in getting production back on track while tackling supply chain hurdles and COVID lockdowns at its factory in China.

July 21, 2022
BusinessFuel

Ford Plans to Cut up to 8,000 Jobs to Help Fund EV Investment

Ford Motor Co. is preparing to cut as many as 8,000 jobs in the coming weeks as the automaker tries to boost profits to fund its push into the electric vehicle market, according to people familiar with the plan.

July 20, 2022
BusinessFuel

Gas Demand Stalls at Height of Summer Driving Season

U.S. gasoline demand remains below where it was this time two years ago as historically high prices keep more drivers off the road than COVID-19 did in the summer of 2020.

July 20, 2022
GovernmentFuel

USPS to Boost Purchases of Electric Vehicles

The U.S. Postal Service plans to substantially increase the number of electric-powered vehicles it鈥檚 buying to replace its fleet of aging delivery trucks, officials said July 20.

July 20, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Sky-High Diesel Prices Squeeze Truckers, Farmers, Consumers

NEW YORK 鈥 When longhaul trucker Deb LaBree sets out on the road to deliver pharmaceuticals, she has strategies to hold down costs. She avoids the West Coast and the Northeast, where diesel prices are highest. She organizes her delivery route to minimize 鈥渄eadheading鈥 鈥 driving an empty truck in between deliveries.

July 20, 2022
BusinessFuel

Deal for $5.5B Hyundai EV Plant in Georgia Nears Final Approval

SAVANNAH, Ga. 鈥 The local economic development agency that worked with Georgia officials in recruiting Hyundai Motor Group to build a $5.5 billion electric car plant near Savannah approved its portions of the deal July 19, though details of tax breaks and other incentives have yet to be disclosed.

July 19, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Hawaii Boosts Hydrogen Fueling Stations, Enacts Other Clean Energy Laws

Providing incentives for trucks to use hydrogen is one of four new laws that took effect in July to counter climate change and boost clean energy in Hawaii.

July 19, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

DOE Eyes Mines as Future Clean Energy Sites

Current or abandoned mines are being considered by the U.S. Department of Energy for experimental clean energy sites below the earth鈥檚 surface in a new $500 million grant program.

July 19, 2022